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Government Data Management

KERALA CREATES DATABASE FOR PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION SERVICES

By Priyadarshini Paul | 11 May 2011

The Civil Supplies Department, Government of Kerala (GoK), has recently completed creation of one of the largest central databases in the state that hosts information of around 70 lakh ration card holders and 3 crore family members in total.

The database covers almost 90 percent of the population in the state of Kerala. The database is available in the State Data Centre (SDC) and can be accessed from anywhere in the state through internet or Kerala State Wide Area Network (KSWAN). All the 69 Taluk Supply Offices (TSOs) or City Rationing Offices (CROs), and the Commissionerate of Civil Supplies are networked through KSWAN and the transactions are monitored through a Central Server.

The Central data is synchronised online with the distributed ration card databases of TSOs/CROs. Thus, the latest status of the ration card holders and their family members will be available in the Central database, which could be accessed anywhere online.

The GoK is able to deliver better web enabled citizen centric services, G2G and G2B services from this Central database. This consolidation also helps share the data with other government departments, national authorities and securely allow citizen access to their respective data.

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