Advantages of Ration Card

Here are the various advantages of the ration card, as listed below

• Ration card plays a vital role in every Indian citizen it ensures citizens in the procurement of essential commodities at subsidized rate.
• Presently it becomes important documents for identification
• ration card list helps you to know whether your enrolled in the list and eligible to all benefits

Purpose of Ration card as ID Proof:

ration card is useful as ID proof at the time of applying other documents like

• Telephone connections
• Mobile SIM cards
• Domicile certificate
• Passports
• Forgetting driving license
• Adding names in the Electoral Rolls

Type of Ration Cards:

• The government will issue unique Ration cards for above poverty line, below the poverty line, and Antyodaya families like
• Families who live below the poverty line are eligible to get blue/ green/red/yellow cards on which they can get special subsidies
• Few states Government Issue temporary ration card, which is valid for a specified number of months and is issued for relief purpose
• Blue card is issued to only those persons, who don’t have LPG connections.

Who can apply for a ration card?

• He or some other person on his behalf is not already in possession of such a card
• a person who resides permanently and desires to have a ration card are eligible to issue
• Any member or he of his family is not included in another ration card, you can also check ration card status through its official website after applying