Open Access iconOpen Access

ARTICLE

crossmark

A Design Framework for Smart Ration Shop Using Blockchain and IoT Technologies

D. Malathi1, Vijayakumar Ponnusamy2,*, S. Saravanan3, D. Deepa4, Tariq Ahamed Ahanger5

1 Department of ECE, Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai, 638060, India
2 ECE Department, SRM IST-KTR, Chennai, 603202, India
3 Department of CSE, SRM IST, Chennai, 603202, India
4 Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Department of ECE, Erode, 638401, India
5 College of Computer Engineering and Sciences, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, KSA, 11942, Saudi Arabia

* Corresponding Author: Vijayakumar Ponnusamy. Email: email

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing 2022, 32(1), 605-619. https://doi.org/10.32604/iasc.2022.022083

Abstract

The Public Distribution System (PDS) distributes the subsidized food and non-food items to poor populations through fair price shops (FPS). The PDS has been criticized for its urban bias and its failure to serve the underprivileged sections of the community effectively. The Current system manual-based data management and ledger management gives rise to much corruption in the process of extricating the poor from those who are less needy. There are chances for the block market because of the current methodology of data management. This article proposes a blockchain technology-based smart ration shop system that uses immutable smart contract-based transactions to overcome the issues. The proposed mechanism will provide more transparency and enable access to all the transactions by everyone. The system utilizes IoT technology for asset tracking while moving the food items from distribution centers to a particular ration shop, which avoids malpractice during the transportation of the goods. Voice-based and text-based user-friendly interfaces in local languages were also developed to provide an effective interaction and improve the usability of the system. The performance of the proposed blockchain network is evaluated and reported.

Keywords


Cite This Article

APA Style
Malathi, D., Ponnusamy, V., Saravanan, S., Deepa, D., Ahanger, T.A. (2022). A design framework for smart ration shop using blockchain and iot technologies. Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, 32(1), 605-619. https://doi.org/10.32604/iasc.2022.022083
Vancouver Style
Malathi D, Ponnusamy V, Saravanan S, Deepa D, Ahanger TA. A design framework for smart ration shop using blockchain and iot technologies. Intell Automat Soft Comput . 2022;32(1):605-619 https://doi.org/10.32604/iasc.2022.022083
IEEE Style
D. Malathi, V. Ponnusamy, S. Saravanan, D. Deepa, and T.A. Ahanger, “A Design Framework for Smart Ration Shop Using Blockchain and IoT Technologies,” Intell. Automat. Soft Comput. , vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 605-619, 2022. https://doi.org/10.32604/iasc.2022.022083



cc Copyright © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Tech Science Press.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
  • 2448

    View

  • 1042

    Download

  • 0

    Like

Share Link