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Oct 2026
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Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Priyadarshini Bhagwati college of Engineering
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Priyadarshini Bhagwati college of Engineering
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Priyadarshini Bhagwati college of Engineering
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Priyadarshini Bhagwati college of Engineering
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Priyadarshini Bhagwati college of Engineering
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Priyadarshini Bhagwati college of Engineering
The Public Distribution System (PDS) supplies subsidised grain to a few hundred million households across India. But it remains troubled by diverted stock, genuine families being left out, overcrowded fair price shops and grievances that go unanswered. This paper reviews seventeen scholarly and institutional sources that tackle those obstacles and the technologies put forward to ease them: Aadhaar-linked authentication, RFID and embedded devices, blockchain ledgers, ration portability, token and slot-booking methods, and AI-supported complaint handling. Each source was rated on a five-point evidence scale (E1 to E5) and then compared within its theme. Three conclusions stand out. Firm field evidence exists mainly for identity and payment reforms, while most student and prototype work has never been tried in a functioning shop. Tighter authentication cuts leakage but also shuts out some rightful beneficiaries, so a fallback route is fundamental. Stock visibility, queue management and complaint handling are almost always formulated as separate tools. The paper closes with seven research gaps, the shortcomings of current work, directions for further study, and a description of how RationSetu, a web platform that links consumers, distributors and administrators through shared live stock data, responds to these gaps.
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The literature indicates that technology can curb diversion when it improves records and accountability, but that identity rules can lock out the very people the system exists to serve. Most student and applied prototypes treat hardware, queues, ledgers and complaints as separate roadblocks, and very few report measurements from a working shop. RationSetu is therefore best described as a joined-up platform that keeps live stock, entitlement, slot booking and complaints in one place visible to every user group, and that records enough data to be evaluated honestly. The immediate next phases are a pilot with ration holders and distributors employing metrics fixed beforehand, followed by the OTP and manual-override path ahead of any biometric matching.
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