In New Delhi: HCL Infosystems has announced that it has bagged the contract from the Government of Madhya Pradesh to implement country's largest food-coupon based targeted Public Distribution Systems (TPDS) in the state.
The order would involve setting up an efficient model of food & civil supplies distribution in the state based on the UIDAI guidelines, for over 10million expected transactions per month at Rs. 10.98 (per transaction per family) spread over 78 months.
While the BPL & AAY families (10 million approx.) would get access to the scheme for free, the APL families (8milliion approx.) will be paying a one-time subsidised registration fee of Rs. 250 only. The deployment would not only make use of technology to increase efficiency and transparency in the current system with food coupons distributed to the BPL, AAY and APL families but also generate 50million (approx.) UID numbers after all the verification and de-duplication process. These food coupons will capture all biometric, tax, demographic and personal information details, enabling authorities to ensure proper distribution of food rationing and other benefits. HCL Infosystems led consortium with its expertise was found best suited to deploy this unique solution, after extensive scrutiny, solution demonstration and evaluation by various committees and other state agencies.
The foundation of TPDS has been laid to effectively deal with issues like bogus/duplicate ration cards, food leakage/manipulation timely informing authorities of any irregularities. The food coupon based system will ensure the power is in the hand of the consumer who will be able track and monitor food grains and other supplies rightfully assigned to him. This watertight process will help eliminate misuse of subsidy and any irregularities through analysing accurate allocation that is linked to actual utilisation and also improve efficiency of the supply chain through timely reporting of stock lifting at FPS (Fare Price Shops) and Godowns.
The project to cover the entire state (50 districts and over 20,000+ Fair Price Shops) will be implemented in four phases over the period of 16-18months. The consortium would include Accor Services (EDENRED) and Virgo Softech that has already started work in this time bound state development critical project which would also generate employment for over 3000 people.
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