ELECTRONIC
PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
SYSTEM
(ePDS) & ePOS
Smart PDS – Integrated approach
The department of Food and Civil supplies,
Govt. of Telangana
OVER VIEW - TELANGANA
No. of Districts
..
No. of Revenue Divisions ..
10
42
No. of Mandals
..
467
MLS points
..
173
No. of Fair price shops ..
17,163
MAJOR CHALLENGES IN
PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
 Non-existent, duplicate, migrated families/units
 Updating Ration cards with mutations
 Allocation of Essential Commodities
 Archaic processes resulting in creating duplicate
cards and units
 Sharing of data with other Departments
 Absence of Master data of all the Ration cards,
FP shops, MLS points etc.,
 Monitoring of off take and Closing balances
 Diversions and Leakages. No Transparency
Ration Card
Management
1
Grievance
Redressal
4
Electronic
Point of Sale
(ePOS)
4
5
ePDS
Key Functional Areas
2
3
Movement of
Essential
Commodities
Allocation
END TO END COMPUTERISATION

Aadhaar backbone

Component I
 ePDS- Digitalization of Ration cards and
Aadhaar seeding
 Supply Chain Management
 Vehicle Tracking system(GPS)
Piloted in Hyderabad & Khammam
 Component II
 FP shop automation piloted
ePOS in (45) shops in Hyderabad.
COMPONENT I - ePDS MODULES
Online software developed NIC
Aadhaar seeding – Data entry of UID/EID
Ration card management (RCM)
 DKR generation– Register containing
names of card holders
 Mutations - Link with Meeseva Kiosks
Allocation and payment by FP Shop
dealers through eSEVA
Grievance redressal –SMS Gateway
AADHAAR BACK BONE
Seeding
in ration card database savings
Aadhaar – common field to pull data
from other databases
 LPG data base – Savings in Kerosene
allocation
 Eligibility of House holds from Samagra
Survey data for new Food security
cards
ePOS – Online Aadhaar authentication
of card holder – savings
Organic Seeding Entry Screen
SEEDING – BENEFITS TO CARD HOLDERS
System is citizen friendly to the genuine
card holders - ECs are assured
Activations at local office based on UID
Elimination of Duplicates
Impersonination is avoided
SEEDING – USEFUL TO DEPT.
 Validations in seeding
Duplicates not allowed.
Algorithms provided
 Enables data purification
Seed EID/UID, if persons are available
If EID is rejected, facilitate for re- enrollment
If EID is pending, request UIDIA for priority
processing.
Deactivate, if the person is not found.
Bogus cards/units are eliminated
STATUS OF AADHAAR SEEDING IN
TELANGANA
BPL cards
–
79,98,839
Units
–
2,48,69,797
Seeded units –
2,35,44,129
% of seeding –
94.67
SAVINGS AFTER SEEDING
STATUS IN JUNE,14 Versus NOVEMBER,14
Particulars In June 2014 In November 2014 Difference
No. of BPL
91,84,991
79,65,0,28 12,19,963
Cards
No. of BPL
3,21,43,953
2,47,47,002 73,96,951
Units
Rice
Allotment
(Mts)
1,39,037
Savings in rice : 23223 MTs
1,15,814
23,223
AADHAAR AS COMMON FIELD - LPG
Kerosene distribution– 1 liter to LPG
holder & 2 liters to non LPG holder in
Rural areas and 4 Liters in Municipal
Corps.
Aadhaar seeded LPG data of OMCs
Mapping of LPG data with ePDS data
7406 Kilo Liters of Kerosene saved
Enabled issue of additional Kerosene of
1 liter per card holder in Rural areas
RATION CARD MANAGEMENT
 Digitalization of Ration cards
 Aadhaar Seeding
 Activation/Deactivation by Tahsildars
 Generation of DKR every month
 Changes/Transfers of Ration cards through
Meeseva
 Approval of cards by Tahsildars through Digital
key
 Provision for ‘Log’-’Recording of all transactions
 Transparency – Search provision & Reports in
public domain
National Informatics Centre
Integration of Meeseva with ePDS
Ration card Mutation Services in Meeseva
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Deletion of Member in Ration Card
Household Head Modifications
Member Migration in Ration Card
Ration card Missing Details in Data Base
Ration Card Modifications (Address Change & Member Modifications)
Ration Card Transfer
Surrender of Ration Card
https://epds.nic.in
National Informatics Centre
Address Change and Member Modifications UI at Meeseva end
https://epds.ap.gov.in
National Informatics Centre
Tahsildar user dash board after login
https://epds.nic.in
National Informatics Centre
Inspector Login dashboard
https://epds.nic.in
National Informatics Centre
Digital Signing in ePDS
https://epds.nic.in
National Informatics Centre
Print Ration Card
https://epds.nic.in
ALLOCATION OF ECs
 Closing balances at FP Shops
 DKR generation from State Level
 Allocation of EC’s from State level up to FP Shop level
 System generates allocation proceedings
 Provision for generation of ROs and Recording of
payments by FP Shop dealers
Allotment month wise Detailed RO
Report
National Informatics Centre , Govt. of India
Telangana State Unit
USERS AND ROLES IN ePDS
Users
Roles
DEO
Data entry operators at block / mandal/ circle offices ( 1-5 per
block/mandal/circle office)
INSP
Inspectors at block/ mandal/circle offices( 1- 2 per
block/circle/mandal)
ASO_TAH
Assistant Circle Officers/ Tahsildhars / Mandal revenue officers
(1 per 6 block/circle/mandal - 600)
DSO
District Supply officers (districts level -10)
JC/ CRO
Joint Collector/Chief Rationing Officer (dist level-10)
DyDIR
Deputy Director (state level – 2)
COMMR
Commissioner Civil Supplies
Public Domain
Search Provision
Transactional Reports (DKR,Allotment etc)
FAQ’s
CYBER SECURITY MEASURES
 The software is security audited and all the user ids
(approx 2500) are protected with passwords.
 Meeseva approvals are all digitally signed in ePDS
and verified by the Meeseva kiosks before printing.
 All the transactions are stored in history for
retrieving at a later date as a transaction log.
 All activities of all users are recorded online for
future listing
SUPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
 Linkages from FCI to MLS points to the FP shops.
 Linked to eSeva for payments by FP Shop dealers and
for generation of Release Orders
 System generated truck sheets.
 SMS alert on stock arrivals
 Piloted in Hyderabad & Khammam
 Scaling up in progress
 Hardware under procurement for all MLS points
SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
Supply Chain Management
Screen shots After Login as MLS Point Stage 2
National Informatics Centre
Supply Chain Management
Screen shots After Login as Tahsildar / ASO
National Informatics Centre
ePOS PILOT IN HYDERABAD
PROCESS FLOW
 Commodities received at FPS - Authenticated by route officer
 Any member of the family having Aadhaar can take ECs
 PoS device validates Ration Card number and displays the details of
family Members.
 PoS Device sends the encrypted XML to Authentication User Agency
(AUA) & Forwards the XML to Authentication Service Agency (ASA –dept.
engaged BSNL) by adding security keys.
 ASA invokes Central Identity Data Repository (CIDR) of UIDAI and transmits
the authentication packets to CIDR.
 The PoS Device receives the authentication result. If 'YES', the FPS dealer
keys in details of commodities and issues ration
 Receipt provided in Telugu.
 If 'No', system also handles exceptions( through VRO Authentication)
 Beneficiaries have to undergo Best Finger Detection (BFD)
in order to increase the authentication accuracy
ePOS PILOT IN HYDERABAD - BENEFITS
45 shops - October 2012
Benefits
 Ration assured
 Paper slips – transparency
 Monitor whether the shop opened or not
 System generated CBs
 Savings
 14 % - average monthly
Seasonal migration
FUTURE ROAD MAP
 Supply chain management
entire state
to be expanded to
 Vehicle tracking (GPS) system to be extended to
entire state
 Public grievance redressal in ePDS workflow
 ePOS in all the Fair Price shops of the state
 Integration of SKS data with ePDS database
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