the e-yantrik TFDS

FOOD DIVERSION SYSTEM

TO

FOOD DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM

TARGETED PUBLIC

DISTRIBUTION

SYSTEMS

THE WHAT & HOW OF

PROBLEM STATEMENT

“For every Rs 4 spent on the PDS, only Rs 1 reaches the poor”

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

FCIFCI FPS

AAM AADMICitizensWSP

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).

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.

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-YANTRA ACCOUNT – 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…)

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.

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

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.

Across this land if i hungry go;My soul would cry, n

The world shall echo !!- ANONYMOUS

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

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

STAT

E

Com

miss

ioner

/SDC

DIST

RICT

TALU

KVI

LLAG

E

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

InventorySmartCard

/ PoS

Payment

Monthly

MIS report

Instructions

PoS Device PoS Device

Transport

food grains

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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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=0CCkQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FPublic_Distribution_System&ei=nAQoUpjoAsTsrAeH3YCgAg&usg=AFQjCNFyiHdCb7Jni8cNA40z8eBXItYayQ&bvm=bv.51773540,d.bmk•PDSportal.nic.in•World Bank Data bank

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