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IOT-BASED SMART RATION DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM

USING BLUETOOTH
V.H. Pachangane*1, Saraswati Shinde*2, Rutuja Raut*3, Shruti Shirole*4
*1,2,3,4Department Of Information Technology, JSPM’s Jayawantrao Sawant Polytechnic,
Pune, Maharashtra, India.
ABSTRACT
A ration Distribution System means the distribution of essential commodities to a large number of people. It is
done by the government. All the people have a ration card to buy various materials (sugar, rice, oil, kerosene,
etc) from the ration shops. Poor people in developing countries like India meet their fundamental needs
through government subsidies for basic domestic commodities. The prevailing public distribution structure in
Ration shops involves labor-intensive measurement of quantity. This current system also requires transaction
record maintenance. The public distribution system is one of the widely controversial officers that involves
corruption and illegal smuggling of goods. All these happen because every job in the ration shop involves
manual work and there are no specific high- technologies to automate the job. Our main objective here is to
automate the process of distribution. The classical method involves the customer telling the person handling
the ration shop outlet, the amount of the commodity he/she needs, and the type too. The person working then
measures the commodity and gives it to the customer. In our version of the system, we will develop an
embedded system project where we will have the customer input the amount he requires and the system made
will automatically collect that amount in a container. It is a new concept that takes into account the various
social, economic, and general aspects relating to technology as well as day-to-day disciplines.
Keywords: Public Distribution System, Automatically Collect, Fair Price Shop, Sensors, Smart Card, Radio-
Frequency Identification, GSM, RFID, Motor, Solenoid Control Circuits, Mechanical Part, Microcontroller.
I. INTRODUCTION
The public distribution system is one of the widely argumentative officers that involves corruption and illegal
smuggling of goods. All these happen because there are no specific high-tech technologies to automate the job.
Our main objective here is to automate the process of ration distribution. The traditional method involves the
customer telling the person handling the ration shop outlet, the amount of the commodity he/she needs, and
the type too.
Previously some changes were proposed to make the public distribution system smart, initially, the user is
asked to swipe the RFID card. The Raspberry pi compares the unique tag ID with the database. If the tag ID
matches, the user is asked to scan the finger. Once the user identity is validated, the type of product and
quantity can be selected through voice commands. If the type of product and quantity is valid, the system deals
with the valid type of product. A message is sent to the user giving the details of the transaction. However, if the
identification fails the system waits for valid identification.
The project titled IOT-based smart public distribution system is an automatic method of distribution of
commodities to confirmation card holders. Also, the details of transactions made are maintained in a database.
To counter these dishonest activities this system is developed which includes the following features,
• Fingerprint verification algorithm used to identify a particular user making the system secure.
• The type of product and its quantity need to be selected using an android application.
• Predefined information about the amount of ration to be distributed.
• Automatic ration distributing technique.
II. METHODOLOGY
I. Hardware Tools:
1. Fingerprint module
2. Raspberry pi
3. DC Motor
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4. Hydraulic Valve

Figure 1: Fingerprint module

1. Fingerprint module: A fingerprint module is interfaced with the Raspberry pi. A minutiae algorithm is used
to process the fingerprint obtained from the module.

Figure 2: Raspberry pi embedded board.

2. Raspberry pi: The details of each user of the family are enrolled in the database. Raspberry pi takes the
serial number from the reader and accesses the corresponding record in the database in accordance with the
thumbprint identification. Figure 1 shows the Raspberry pi embedded board.

Figure 3: DC motor.
3. DC Motor: The motors are used to control the valve arrangement (i.e.to open and close the valve).

Figure 4: Hydraulic Valve.

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4. Hydraulic Valve: The purpose of flow control in a hydraulic system is to regulate speed. The motor operates
the hydraulic valve to dispense the oil to the cardholders. Figure 2 shows the cross-sectional view of a hydraulic
valve.
III. FLOWCHART OF SYSTEM
A flowchart of systems that are used is presented in this section.

Figure 5: Flowchart of system.

IV. FLOWCHART OF THE SYSTEM
The methodology of the system is explained in Figure 3 which shows the flow chart of IOT based smart public
distribution system. Initially, the user is asked to enter the ID and password given to them in the app. The
Raspberry pi compares the unique ID with the database. If the ID matches, the user can view their profile which
will have details of their transactions. Then the user is asked to scan the finger. Once the user is authenticated,

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the commodity and quantity can be selected using the buttons given. If the commodity and quantity are valid,
the system dispenses the valid commodity. However, if the authentication fails the system waits for valid
authentication.
V. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
Below we have shown the final block diagram of the resulting system. The system is shown in two views- the
front view and the side view through which we can understand and visualize the entire system about how it
will actually look.

Figure 6: Front View of the resulting system.

Figure 7: Side view of the resulting system.

VI. CONCLUSION
Through this paper, we have made the goal to introduce a new technology that helps to remove the wrongs of
the existing system and also has its own advantages which are useful for other applications. IOT-based Smart
public distribution system is an automation system and it is recompense over the present fair price shops. It
acts as an anti-corruption tool as it reduces corruption to a great area. Fingerprint authentication uses Minutiae
extraction-based algorithm, which makes the system safer and error-free. It removes fake ration card holders
and protects the interest of the common people to secure the country's food security. By means of its
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performance one can reduce the corruption level. Selecting the type of product and quantity through the
android app will make the system more smart and strong. It will help the country's economy to reach new
heights. The automated public distribution system (PDS) is easy to implement and requires much less hard
work when compared to the other system. Using this system one can avoid unprofessional behavior because
there is no manual operation and also all information is stored in a database. So this system will be really
helpful to the people.
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