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Centralised Online Real-time Electronic PDS CORE PDS, Chhattishgarh. COREPDS- मेरी मर्ज़ी. COREPDS Objectives . To improve Service Delivery To empower beneficiary To reduce Diversion To Weed out Bad FPS To Create Transparency. Every FPS has a POS device.
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Centralised Online Real-time Electronic PDS CORE PDS, Chhattishgarh COREPDS-मेरी मर्ज़ी
COREPDS Objectives • To improve Service Delivery • To empower beneficiary • To reduce Diversion • To Weed out Bad FPS • To Create Transparency
Smart Ration card for a BPL beneficiary • Smart card has no biometrics. Uses KMS supplied by NICHQ
RC Number Member Details Beneficiary Food Balances
Select Member Enter Quantities 12
Transaction ID, Quantities Issued, Member ID, TransactionDate
Transaction ID, Quantities Issued, Member ID, TransactionDate Success Report
Various Instruments for Authentication With Smart Ration Card With RSBY Card With OTP Without any mechanical authentication
Readily Scalable to Aadhaar Authentication COREPDS can use Aadhaar authentication whenever, to whoever Aadhaar is available, by checking a flag on server
Server RC Number, Member ID
Server RC Number, Member ID Food A/C Balances
Server Member ID, RC No., Finger Print
Server Member ID, RC No., Finger Print Aadhaar No., Finger Print
Server Member ID, RC No., Finger Print Aadhaar No., Finger Print Y/N
Server Member ID, RC No., Finger Print Food A/C Balances Aadhaar No., Finger Print Y/N
Risk 1 • Implementation of CORE PDS acts against the interest of many FPS Agencies. It is not wise to assume that FPS will sincerely try to implement CORE PDS
Mitigation Strategy • When one FPS says that the POS is not working beneficiary can go to a near by FPS. FPS that can not run COREPDS loses its business to other FPSs. • FPS automation without portability as tried in some States is difficult to sustain
Risk 2 • In the initial days, all FPSs in an area can form a nexus and see that POSs do not work.
Mitigation Strategy • CGSCSC operates mobile FPS .
Mitigation Strategy Whenever a report is received that many FPSs are not working in one area, these trucks will be sent to that area. They serve the beneficiaries in front of the FPSs. Thus, FPSs who do run CORE PDS shall lose their business.
Risk 3 • Competition does not help if everyone is bad. FPSs may intentionally do not improve their service to prove that COREPDS is a failure.
Mitigation Strategy • Good performers – NGOs, Corporates under their CSR – will be introduced • 50 FPS buildings under construction, each costing 10 lakhs • They will set benchmark for service
Competition does not matter when all are bad. • NGOs, trusts and social activists may be asked to run additional FPS points (in addition to the existing) at strategic locations to introduce real competition. These shops also replenished with the PDS commodities not with the cash - Sufficient security deposit - Strict norms for opening timings, display board etc. - No discrimination among beneficiaries ( Yet to be implemented)
Risk 4 • Connectivity is either not available or speed is not sufficient
Mitigation Strategy Connectivity Survey was done. GPRS connectivity is available at all the 7200 FPS out of 8000FPSs.
Risk 5 • Unreliable connectivity
Mitigation Strategy • COREPDS by design is an online system. But it allows a limited offline issues also in case of connectivity failure ( 3 for a beneficiary and 100 for an FPS) • Offline records will be uploaded whenever Smart card is inserted in a connected POS device or through FI module
Risk 6 • Too much dependency on SI
Mitigation Strategy • NIC is developing all web services required • 1st version of POS application has been developed by SI. SI handovered the source code to NIC • NIC has sufficient skill set for maintenance of POS software
Reduction in Fake Issues Change in percentage of sale of commodities at FPS
Measurement of Portability • Churning Effect The % of beneficiaries taken commodities from other than attached FPSs in the total beneficiaries taken commodities in that month will be calculated.
Freedom to chose Currently 20% of beneficiaries are using portability. Remaining beneficiaries are taking at their own FPS, but now with their choice not by compulsion. At this context I want to refer AmartyaSen’s quotation which is as follows
From 'Development as Freedom', p 27 "A person produces the same commodities in the same way and ends up with same income and buys the same goods, she may still have very good reason to prefer the scenario of free choice over that of submission to order" AmartyaSen Winner of the noble prize in economics
Measurement of Portability • Weeding Out Bad FPSs: % of FPSs that have served less than 75% of attached beneficiaries in total number of FPS in COREPDS shall be measured 40 % FPS have lost more than 25% business
Benefits • Reduced waiting time at FPS • Reduced number of trips to FPS • Behavioral change in FPS sales men • Weeding out bad FPS • Bribe money stopped at the root