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o Ineffective identity management o Lack of beneficiary management o Structurally weak vigilance o Absence of accountability

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oEmpowerment (of beneficiary) oTransparency (in TPDS) oInnovation (in governance)

State Govt. has initiated this mission mode project with the help of state NIC, Gujarat near about in the year 2010 end. Many reform processes have been carried out since then and all these processes are supported by GRs.

o Start date: 23rd April 2010 o Ownership – Department owns the project. Developed by State NIC * Concurrent Business Process Re-engineering (BPR) o Beneficiary of the projects are AAY,BPL and APL Card holders o Resurvey of existing ration cards carried out by filling up Form-1

and digitization of existing Ration Cards completed o Issue of Biometric Based new Barcoded Ration Cards o At least one member of ration card must have bio-metric data o Minimum 4 Finger’s bio-metric images are captured of a person o EPIC matching with Gujarat Voters Identity Card Data o Ration Card Data digitization done in local language o Accept various Ration Card related applications at ATVT centre

or on Digital Gujarat portal

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o We have FPS area concept. i.e . The smallest unit is FPS Area and not the FPS StateDistrictTalukaFPSFPS Area

o Non-disruptive Implementation o Bottom up approach o Modular Software Development approach o Leveraging existing IT infrastructure o Central Architecture , no local data store o Central Software version controlling. o Centrally Scheme policy management. o Allocation to biometric ration cards only o Central Allocation through one command up to FPS Area level o Calculates entitlements up to beneficiary level. o SMS to FPS ,VVC( Village Vigilance Committee) and registered

mobiles on generate Delivery Challans from State Godown

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o Permit system is fully implemented including MDM , ICDS , permits to NGOs/Institutions and Fisheries Retailer Permit .

o Supplementary permit to FPS owner in case of issued quantity is exceeds to allocated quantity.

o Biometric based Food Coupons System was initially introduced Started on 1st April -2011 at Moria village of Palanpur District

o Later on ,as an alternate to Food Coupon system , the eFPS is introduced. Now at the most of places eFPS is operational. (16838)

o eFPS client software to capture the transactions at FPS level. FPS has a choice to opt either to go for eFPS model of Coupon System model. If the particular FPS area is declared as eFPS than the food coupon system becomes inactive for that area.

o eFPS is operated by FPS owner. The good internet connectivity is must to run eFPS software. Internet connectivity and necessary h/w s/ws are self-procured by FPS.

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o In eFPS , If the ration card member has biometric data than the system will first try for finger print verification and that up to the 5 failed attempts and at last open transaction may take place.

If the particular member who comes to avail commodity at eFPS does not have biometric data than directly open transaction takes place. ( No denial of Service) o The Pvt. Outlets/eGrams to operate PDS food coupon system

wherever eFPS is not exist. o Delivery Challans and Gate Pass from State Civil Supplies

Godowns. o Doorstep delivery of commodities from state Civil Supplies

Godown to FPS o Transport Pass through HHT/Desktop based from FCI was

introduced

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o FP Authentication at various key decision stage o NFSA is implemented from 1st April-2016 o Stake holder management ( Area Master, FPS master, R/H

master, Godown) o Public Grievance Redressal System. Citizen can register their

complaint through web or telephonically. o SMS alerts at various stages o Dissemination of Data on Transparency Portal(state portal) ( http://dcs-dof.gujarat.gov.in ). o Single Sign on o During pick load time approximately 50,000 to 60,000 e-

transactions per hour ( 1000 transactions per minute ) o Allocation and Distribution as per NFSA – from 1st APR-2016

oFood, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department oGujarat State Civil Supplies Corporation and its Godown oDistrict Collectorate oTaluka Mamalatdar Offices/Zonal Offices oCDPO oMDM Office oFair Price Shops oE-Gram oIndividual Internet Operator oRation Card holders oSKO Dealers

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Description Fig.

• Districts 33+ 1 FC-Ahd

• Talukas 267 + 40 Zonals

• Civil Supplies Godown 212

• Total FPS Areas 17,243

• eFPS Areas operational ( as per MAY-16) 16,838

•Mobile Registered with system to avail SMS alerts 80,310

•Permits issued ( aprox. Per month) 70,000+ per month

•Delivery Challans Issued ( aprox. Per month) 36,000+ per month

•Ration Card Application-2013 16,00,095

•Ration Card application -2014 16,000,00+

•Ration Card application -2015 16,57,297+

•Total Members having biometric data 1,76,37,020

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Month Food Coupons eFPS Total Transactions

Open Transactions in eFPS

No. of eFPS

APR-15 40,02,286 29,65,644 69,67,930 9,15,384 6,721

MAY-15 35,58,516 37,51,010 73,09,526 11,27,093 8,085

JUN-15 26,19,484 47,55,667 73,75,151 12,34,646 10,180

JLY-15 18,84,885 58,22,765 77,07,650 14,04,591 12,401

AUG-15 12,66,519 63,66,346 76,32,865 14,68,158 13,532

SEP-15 7,69,944 71,08,553 78,78,497 18,11,036 14,927

OCT-15 5,03,373 75,63,956 80,67,329 19,53,805 15,723

NOV-15 3,77,013 75,98,000 79,75,013 23,69,871 16,011

DEC-15 3,59,851 78,55,539 82,15,390 25,48,604 16,113

JAN-16 3,17,487 80,03,753 83,21,240 25,29,838 16,273

FEB-16 2,22,846 80,26,919 82,49,765 24,11,394 16,503

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Month Food Coupons eFPS Total Transactions

Open Transactions in eFPS

No. of eFPS

MAR-16 1,57,638 82,26,595 83,84,233 24,37,000 16,680

APR-16 91,596 73,84,998 74,76,594 21,99,440 16,819

MAY-16 85,037 75,13,584 75,98,621 22,79,989 16,838

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Month APL BPL AAY Total Population

APR-15 81,95,465 26,34,077 7,78,645 1,16,08,187 5,81,32,586

MAY-15 82,64,135 26,46,139 7,81,549 1,16,91,823 5,84,74,596

JUN-15 83,06,318 26,54,969 7,83,417 1,17,44,704 5,86,74,084

JLY-15 83,45,743 26,62,434 7,85,612 1,17,93,789 5,88,67,422

AUG-15 83,84,468 26,71,169 7,87,396 1,18,43,033 5,90,95,286

SEP-15 84,45,136 26,78,890 7,88,969 1,18,92,995 5,93,26,343

OCT-15 84,58,892 26,86,885 7,90,502 1,19,36,279 5,95,03,036

NOV-15 84,91,824 26,95,460 7,92,007 1,19,79,291 5,96,79,799

DEC-15 85,15,623 27,01,445 7,92,999 1,20,10,067 5,97,96,842

JAN-16 85,29,658 27,04,265 7,93,792 1,20,27,715 5,98,73,200

FEB-16 85.57,616 27,10,044 7,95,094 1,20,62,754 6,00,39,557

MAR-16 85,82,926 27,17,187 7,96,374 1,20,96,487 6,01,97,887

APR-16 86,10,547 27,21,414 7,96,413 1,21,29,374 5,93,99,407

May-16 86,33,922 27,23,130 7,98,024 1,21,55,076 5,95,11,410

Note: Ration abstract is processed on 15th of every month

Issue Solution Approach

Identity Elector’s Photo Identity Card No. + Bio-metric data of at least one member of Beneficiary Family

Delivery ON LINE bio-metric verification of the Family member

Record keeping Capturing of Transaction Data at FPS level

Logistics efficiency

Commodity-wise aggregation of Supply and Demand Data at various stages i.e. FCI Depot, Godown, FPS, Kerosene Agent/ dealer etc.

Transparency Dissemination of data on transparency portal, SMS alerts

Accountability Bio-metric authentication by Decision makers

Stake holders’ Participation

Appropriate Risk-reward System particularly for the FPS dealer and the card holder.

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o Non-consistent internet connectivity at field level

o Ascertaining card holder’s identity by matching Electoral

Roll Data (EPIC) and capturing of bio-metric data.

o Capturing Finger Print of right person

o To ensure FPS viability as diversion/leakage is under

control

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o Issue of new BARCODED RATION CARDS having 2D barcode on it. BARCODE contains some crucial information of Ration card.

o The BIOMETRIC data of at least 1 member/card is captured as per ISO standard (ISO 19794-4 and 19794-2 (minutiae))

o Establishing the identity of a person through convergence of Ration Card data with EPIC

o eTransactions may happen through eFPS. These may be either biometric verification based or mobile OTP or even open transactions may take place

o Food coupons to the beneficiaries to avail the commodity covered in Public Distribution System . The food coupons can be printed from e-gram/Pvt. users on biometric verification of beneficiaries or by mobile OTP.

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o AADHAAR seeding in Ration card data

o Aadhaar Authentication Based eTransactions at FPS,

o DBT for Kerosene

o Godown Module ( Supply Chain )

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Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Dept. , Govt. of Gujarat Email: secfcs@gujarat.gov.in

National Informatics Centre, Gandhinagar Gujarat State, Email: sio-guj@nic.in

::Contacts::

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• FPS Transactions • Direct receipt printing at eFPS ( with biometric or OTP or Open) • Paper Based Food Coupon System after online verification of

finger print of beneficiary or by OPT verification

• Supply Chain Management • Central Allocation instead of block level allocation • All transactions and stock positions at different godowns and

door step delivery up to FPS centrally monitored

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• Issuance of Bar-coded biometrics Ration Cards • Establishing the identity by mapping beneficiaries' EPIC

number • Barcoded Paper Based new ration Card with biometrics data • Finger Print Authentication of competent authority at crucial

decision point • Ration Card related all transactions ( New, Division of cards,

addition/deletion of members, amendments in cards, cancellation of cards etc. ) monitored online

• Transparency and grievances • Online Public Grievance Redressal System • Dissemination of Data on transparency portal

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o Details of Your Ration Cards with members o Details of Ration card Holders - Card Category & District wise o List of Fair Price Shops and retailer & Hawkers o FPS wise/Retailer-Hawker wise Card holders o Details of Allocated ,lifted and sale Quantity(s) to & by Fair

Price Shop/ Retailers/Hawkers o FPS-wise Details of Village/ Town Vigilance Committee

members o Monthly Allocation Details of Essential Commodity(s)- District,

Scheme and Item-wise o eFPS transactions ( RC no, Holder name,qty and date) o Ration Card wise eFPS transactions o Ration Card Abstract ( NFSA/PHH,Non-NFSA)

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o Developed in ASP.Net technology with SQL Server 2012. o Client modules based on Smart Client Technology o HHT Based FCI Transit Pass o SQL Server Reporting Service for Reporting tool o Inclusion of 2D PDF 417 barcode in various documents like

New Ration Card, e-Permit, Food Coupons etc. o Finger-print captured as per ISO Standard (ISO 19794-4 and

19794-2 (minutiae)) o Single Sign On facility o Hosted on State Data Centre. Web servers are on load

balancer while Database servers are in cluster mode.

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Ration Card Management Scanning of Forms Masters Management Scheme Policy Management FPS and Area Management Central Allocation E-Permit ( including MDM,ICDS, Fisheries Retailers &

NGOs ) Godown Module. Delivery Challans (Issue of Commodites from

Godown to FPS ) is fully implemented. Inventory module is under implementaion

eFPS ( released in July-2014) PDS food Coupons ( gradually becoming obsolete)

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PGRS Mobile registration

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o Start date: 23rd April 2010 o Food Coupons Started on 1st April -2011 at Moria village of

Palanpur District o On-line allocation and e-permit started NOV-2011 o Godown Module ( DC) started OCT-2012 o PDS Transparency Portal launched during February 2012. Toll

Free no. also operationalized. o Since August 2012, all ATVTs accept Ration Card related

applications. o Supply Chain Computerization completed during September

2012. Introduction of SMS alerts to the members of Vigilance Committee.

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o HHT based TP module started implementing in JAN-2013 for trial and started in FEB 2013

o Public Grievance Redressal System in FEB-2013 o SMS to VVC in JAN- 2013 o Mobile Registration Module FEB-2013 (with SMS) o Self-Supplementary Permit Started May-2013 o Released eFPS module in July-2014. The revised concept of

open transactions introduced in FEB-2015 o Godown module released in Jan-2016 o NFSA implemented from 1st APRIL-2016

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o During July 2011, the Representatives of United Nation’s World Food Program visited the Pilot Project and have appreciated the initiative.

o Central Vigilance Committee (CVC), headed by Hon'ble Supreme Court Justice Wadhwa (Retd.) has visited a few Pilot project FPS areas in August 2011 and observed the working of the Pilot Project.

o Later, CVC also submitted its report to Hon'ble Supreme Court in the matter of 196/2001 (PUCL vs. Union of India & others). In its order dated 14.09.2011, Hon'ble Supreme Court of India has recommended Gujarat model of TPDS Reforms for consideration of other States.

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CSI Nihilent e-Governance Awards( jointly) under G2C

category 2011-12

Received CSI Nihilent excellence award 2012-13

( G2B) ( Godown module)

Received Excellence in Government Process Reengineering

for National award on e-Governance 2013-14.

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