1. the e-yantrik TFDS
FOOD DIVERSION SYSTEM
TO
FOOD DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM

3. TARGETED PUBLIC
DISTRIBUTION
SYSTEMS
THE WHAT & HOW OF
PROBLEM STATEMENT
“For every Rs 4 spent on the PDS, only Rs 1 reaches the poor”

4. The Public Distribution System is
one of the important elements of
the Government’s ‘Food Security’
system.
OBJECTIVES
• To ensure uninterrupted flow of
essential commodities to identified
beneficiaries.
• Commodities supplied - rice,
wheat and sugar through a
network of 478,000 Public
Distribution Shops at an
affordable price. Eg.- rice at
Rs.4.75/ kg .
• Beneficiaries include different
sections of population categorized
under - BPL , APL, AAY(to the
aged , disabled – 10 kg free of
cost) etc.
fig.1 population covered under
TPDS theoretical . (source :
FCI, 2006)
PROGRAMMES
• BPL : food grains at low cost
to families below poverty line
• AAY : Antyodaya Anna Yojana
. provided to poorer bpl families
of the state. 35 kg per family at
Rs. 3.00
• ANNAPURNA SCHEME : .
provided to aged, destitute &
disabled individuals of the state.
10 kg per individual free of cost
fig.2 % of each scheme under
PDS(source : FCI, 2006)
POPULATION COVERED UNDER EACH SCHEME
UNDER PDS
BPL - RS. 4.75
BPL - RS. 6.30
AAY
AP
APL
UNCOVERED
BPL - RS. 4.75
BPL - RS. 6.30
AAY
AP
APL

5. FCI
FCI FPS
AAM AADMI
CitizensWSP
Kerosene/ Sugar
Factory
Food grains
: holes
: middle men
DISTRICT LEVEL MACHINERY : It consists of the District
Collector and District Supply Officer and his staff at the district
level and the Tehsildar/Taluka Supply Officer and Food
Inspectors at the Tehsil/block level.
TO THE AAM AADMI : lifting of food grains from FCI
godowns is done by the designated wholesale dealers of food
grains, who operate at the district or sub-district level, upon
receipt of the allotment of grains from the district
level. The food grains lifted by them are transported to their/other
godowns at the sub-district level (stage I transport) and from there
to the designated retail points (i.e. FDS) (Stage II transport).

6. The TPDS currently suffers from a
number of issues that make it
difficult for it to meet its objective
of ensuring that the allotted
quota of specified food articles
reaches the intended
underprivileged /needy segments
of society . some are –
1. PDS Leakages : high
inclusion/ exclusion errors
leads to deprival of basic
needs to BPL & Excessive
diversion of grains to APL &
Black markets via middle
men creating burden on govt.
TRANSPORTATION.
2. GHOST cards : single family
procuring extra ration through
multiple ration cards /
different person procuring
benefits using a card issued in
anybody else’s name . As a
result , about 42% of
subsidised grains issued by
the central pool reach the
target group, according to a
Planning Commission study
released in March 2008.
( fig. allotment and procurement
indifference )
3. System Transparency and
Accountability : system lacks
transparency and accountability
at all levels making monitoring
the system extremely difficult.
Giving enough space for
corruption.
4. Complete failure of Grievance
Redressal Mechanisms: Most
fair price shops are private owned
. Vigilance committee & Anti-
Hoarding cells are virtually non
existent.

8. IDEA : The idea derives its inspiration from the
Permanent Account Number (PAN)
system of tracking account transactions by Income
Tax dept. Of INDIA of individual and combines the
uniqueness model of UIDAI- Aadhar Card .
SCHEME OF IDEA :1. Under the scheme , each
citizen of India shall be
allocated an E-Yantra account (EYA) in govt.
records database .
E-YANTRAACCOUNT – It is a linked database
containing biometric, monetary and WORK
PERFORMANCE particulars of an individual .
The BIOMETRIC data from AADHAR card and
FINANCIAL DATA from PAN records of
individual.
FOR AAM AADMI :
• The beneficiary accesses the allotted quota of
his/her Ration using the EYA number as
login ID and BIOMETRIC DETAIL (eg. Iris,
thumb impression ) for confirming that
he/she has received the intended quota , as
set aside by govt. , at the reception gateway (e.g.-
FAIR PRICE SHOPS)
(next…)

9. EYA FOR GOVT. OFFICIALS –
AAM AADMI
SUVIDHA
WORK
PERFORMAN
CE RECORD
MIS
“corruption stems from the assumption that
the boss is always the ruler of feedback
mechanism” - The World, 1889
The WORK RECORD DATABASE will be a unique
feature of E-Yantra Account (EYA).
Just like govt. maintains a track record of financial assets
using PAN , similarly govt. shall be maintaining a Work
record Database of each govt. employee involved at each
stage of PDS delivery process , starting from CENTRAL
to FPS(fair price shop) delivery stage.
The work completion at each stage will be automatically
be considered over and the associated official be given
clean chit by system, as soon as projected delivery
process acceptance is confirmed by receiving component at
lower level of delivery process, using his EYA & biometric
password.

10. Central level
States S1,
S2…Sn
District
level
Aam
aadmi
Fair price
shops
District level/
tehsil level
RECEIVED =
Y/ N ??
STATUS ??
FEEDBACKS FROM
VARIOUS LEVELS
PERFORMANCE
RECORD
DATABASE
FLOW CHART OF FEEDBACK
MECHANISM

11. FEATURES : plugging
weakLEAKS
1. 24*7 helpline for complaints
and grievances using MIS
login regarding delay or
quality of delivery.
2. Complete corruption
tracking and availability
through RTI portal.
3. Any default at any stage of
delivery , leads to automatic
deduction of penalty from
wrongdoer’s bank account
since monetary accounts of
individual linked to EYA via
PAN , just like income tax are
cut automatically.
4. Freedom to beneficiary to
procure commodities from FPS at
any corner of India, in Any no.
of installments , as long he/she
has not procured the intended
quota of his/her family using
UID-MIS login similar to
ATMs
1. Elimination of GHOST
CARD system- utilizing the
MIS database , people
belonging to one family will
be considered as one unit, So
whoever procures , as long as
they belong to one family, the
commodity account will be
same.
2. NO Scope for middle men :
system having full details of
components in e-TPDS leaves
no scope for middle-men
EXISTING OPTIONS :
1. INCORPORATING UID
FOR TARGETED PDS :
It does not offer an accountable
methodology for economic
worth assessment even in APL
level.
2. DIRECT BENEFIT
TRANSFER scheme : delay
in procurement and lack of
proper organisation of
execution of distribution
works.

12. Across this land if i hungry go;
My soul would cry, n
The world shall echo !!
- ANONYMOUS

13. CENTRAL
• Ministry of Consumer affairs
• FCI ALLOCATION
STATE
• State dept. of food & civil supplies
• Distribution of availed stock from
union to districts
DISTRICT
• District food office
• Giving license to pvt. Dealers to
ensure delivery to FPSs(Fair price
Shops)
THE KEY STEPS involved
in realizing the E-Yantra are :
1. Undertaking of a vast
majority of private FAIR
PRICE SHOPs by govt..
2. Introduction of UID
scanning machinery at
all level of work process .
3. Setting up a 24*7
helpline facility to
address grievances
regarding the same.
s cost analyis:
depending upon the
machinery involved it may
vary between 12-13
Cr INR. (exact data
unavailable)

14. 14
Inventory
FCI Godown Allotment
details
Deputy DirDC/CEO
Distribution to beneficiaries
Food grains transport
Monthly
MIS report
Allotment
Intimation
Monthly
MIS report
Other
Schemes and
activities
Authorizes FPD
allotment
FPD owner
submits
SmartCard / PoS
and payment
MIS Report
on FPD
MIS
Inspection
report
Other
Schemes and
activities
Allotment
Intimation
STATE
Commissioner/SDC
DISTRICTTALUKVILLAGE
Food Inspector with
SmartCard/Data
Storage Device
Owner with
SmartCard / PoS
Fair Price shop
Commissioner
MIS Report FlowFood Grains Flow
Tashildar/EO
SmartCard / PoS
Whole sale point
Inventory
SmartCard
/ PoS
Payment
Monthly
MIS report
Instructions
PoS Device PoS Device
Transport
food grains

15. Despite the wide scale feasibility of the E-Yantrik
way out to plugging of leaks in current scenario ,
however certain problems persist , owing to high
level technicization , some of the challenges
standing mountain high in the path of its actual
realisation are :
1. ILLITERACY : A larger group of targeted
beneficiaries of the system include the poor
and the backward whose illiteracy and
impotency to adapt to new technology , makes
this scheme difficult to implement.
2. MERGING UID AND PAN DATABASE :
Merging the two totally different databases
requires high level of labour and cost input .
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16. In preparation of the presentation we have taken help from the following sources:
• Annexure C : UID and PDS System
•Justice wadhwa committee report on PDS
• FCI report 2006
•http://www.google.co.in/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=pds%20&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0C
CkQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FPublic_Distribution_System&ei
=nAQoUpjoAsTsrAeH3YCgAg&usg=AFQjCNFyiHdCb7Jni8cNA40z8eBXItYayQ&bvm=bv.51773
540,d.bmk
•PDSportal.nic.in
•World Bank Data bank
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