Free & Open Source Media: ASSOCIATED PRESS COVERING THE BIOMETRIC BASED TPDS PROJECT

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Mar 20, 2012

ASSOCIATED PRESS COVERING THE BIOMETRIC BASED TPDS PROJECT

A team from the Associated Press, an American news agency popularly known as AP, is in Rayagada to cover the Biometric based Targeted Public Distribution System. The team headed by its South Asia Bureau chief, Mr. Ravi Nessman and photgraphers Mr. Shonal Ganguly and Mr. Manish visited different fair price shops in the Rayagada town and the rural areas and filmed the functioning of the BTPDS.

The Biometric based targeted Public Distribution System is implemented in different ways in Urban and Rural areas in the Rayagada district, which is the pilot district for this project.

In Urban areas ( Rayagada town as of now) it is smart card based and the transaction is done with the help of Biometric enabled Point of Sale (PoS) device. The transaction gets over in matter of seconds and a fool proof public distribution is ensured.In rural areas however because of practical difficulties, a system of bar coded cards and coupons is in place. The former system is undoubtedly much more superior and easy to use than the latter, but given the issues with electricity and other infrastructure, it was felt wise to limit the former system to Rayagada Municipality area and gradually extend it to other areas.

The team will stay in Rayagada and cover various dimensions of this project and its impact in the matter of providing food security to the people in this areas.

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STATE	ORISSA
DISTRICT	RAYAGADA
DISTRICT FORMED	02/10/1992
NO. OF SUB-DIV.S	02
NO. OF BLOCKS	11
NO. OF THASILS	11
NO. OF TOWNS	04
NO. OF GP's	171
NO. OF VILLAGES	2667
STD. CODE	06856
TOTAL AREA	7584.7 Sq. kms