Allotment of the essential commodities is one of the important functions carried out by the Office of the Deputy Commissioner, East Khasi Hills District.
The NIC East Khasi Hills District Unit has developed a computerized Public Distribution System (PDS) for the office of the Deputy Commissioner, so as to enable better and easier way of allotting the food and civil supplies such as rice, sugar, flour etc to the general public.
The computerization of the PDS was not an easy task as the parameters involved were large and the databank huge. It also involved a number of calculations and different types of report preparation on a monthly basis.
All these constraints were kept in mind while developing and implementing the system. The new computerized system replaced the old tedious and lengthy process of distribution.
Today the system is effectively used by the Supply Department. All the details of the fair price shops and wholesalers are recorded in the in-built database and every month data is processed and the monthly allotments are printed.