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A ration card is an official document in Chhattisgarh that entitles the citizen to get benefits from subsidies provided by the Chhattisgarh Government. Under this ration card, several subsidies of different kinds of food items like Kerosene, LPG, Sugar, Rice, Wheat and other commodities are offered. And the ration card also serves as an identification proof that is accepted at many places like address proof, applying document for passport and more.

The Chhattisgarh Government provides three types of ration cards for the effective implementation of a targeted public distribution system

• APL cards
• BPL cards
• Antyodaya cards

Eligibility to Apply for Ration Card in Chhattisgarh

• The applicant must be the permanent resident of Chhattisgarh state
• Applicant must be an Indian
• The applicant must not possess another ration card

Required Documents for Chhattisgarh Ration Card

• Address proof: LIC bond, Aadhar card, Electricity and telephone bills (recent), Agreement of house, Passport
• 2 passport sized photographs (head of a family)
• An affidavit describing the income levels of your family
• Proof of date of birth: PAN card, 10^th class mark sheet, Birth certificate
• Self-declaration and ward councilors

Apply for Ration Card in Chhattisgarh:

• Download the application form for ration card through the official website or you can collect the form from nearest ration card office or S.D.M office
• Fill the form manually and the requirement for which you want card APL / BPL / AAY in the Application form
• Attach all the required documents for the photo, address, and another required affidavit. If you are applying for the AAY / BPL cards then attach your income certificate
• Submit the filled application form along with necessary documents at ration office and collect the acknowledgment slip
• Acknowledgment slip is necessary because you can track your application status through official website main page

Note: The Ration card fee is fixed by state government Rs 5, which you need to deposit the time of submitting the application form

A process To Add Names To Chhattisgarh Ration Card:

Chhattisgarh citizens can also add new family members’ names in their ration cards. The procedure is very simple.  Just visit the nearest Food, Civil Supplies, and common service center and obtain the form for inclusion of name in Ration card.

Note: Don’t forget to carry the required documents with you while visiting the center

How To Check Chhattisgarh Ration Card Status:

After submitting the application form for a new ration card then make sure to keep your acknowledgment slip with you. Applicants can easily track your status online on the “Track application” section of the website of the government. https://edistrict.cgstate.gov.in/Workflow/trackAppStatus.html 

Chhattisgarh Ration Card Department Details:

Address: Food and Civil suppliers department, Chhattisgarh Government, New capital, Matralay, Raipur Chhattisgarh 492002

Phone number: 0771 2510962

Official website: http://khadya.cg.nic.in/

As we know the Public Distribution System (PDS) in the country supplies the food grains and distribution of the necessary food grains to poor people. The Government of Chandigarh has provided the online facility for ration cards to Chandigarh citizens. If you don’t have a ration card then no worries this article provides the complete information to apply for a ration card in Chandigarh.

 Types of Ration Card in Chandigarh:

• BPL card: This card is issued for the people who living under below poverty line. The income level is less than 432.9 per month.
• APL card: This card is issued for the above poverty line people. This card is issued within 10 days of the submitted application form.
• Antyodaya card: Antyodaya card is allotted to the families who are earning less than 250 per capita

Eligibility to apply for Ration Card in Chandigarh:

• Applicants must be the permanent resident of Chandigarh can apply for ration card

Required Documents for Chandigarh Ration Card:

These are the necessary documents to apply for Ration card in Chandigarh

• Two passport size family photographs
• Filled application form of Ration card
• Affidavit starting the income level of family attested nu lawyer
• Address proof: Voter ID card, Driving License, any identity card issued by the Government or public sector

Apply for Ration Card in Chandigarh

• Applicants can download the form from the Chandigarh official website or Collect the Application form from nearest ration card office
• Fill the form manually and correctly without any mistakes
• Attached the necessary documents to the filled application form and submit it to the ration officer.
• After successful verification, you can collect your Ration card

A Process to Issue Duplicate Ration Card in Chandigarh:

Filled the ration card application form and submit the form along with 2 family group photos and Copy of DDR showing the ration card number also.

Note: Download Application form link for below poverty line new ration card: http://chandigarh.gov.in/upload/fs_frm_bpl_rc.pdf

Link for Affidavit to produce the ration card under below poverty line: http://chandigarh.gov.in/upload/fs_affidavit.pdf

Chandigarh Ration Card Time Span Details:

• 12 working days are required to get a new ration card with requisite conditions
• 7 working days for duplicate ration card
• Same-day with proofs or it takes minimum 5 days of verification for addition or deletion of names from the ration card
• 12 working days for new ration card in case of migration from another state
• Same-day for the surrender certificate and change of address within the Jurisdiction of FPS

Chandigarh Ration Card Department Details:

Address: Department of food, supplies and consumer Affairs, Annexe to Municipal Corporation Building, Sector 17, Chandigarh

Phone: 0172 2703956

Ration card helps the people to required commodities or food grains from the fair price shops by paying less cost which is provided by the state government public distribution system. People who are above the poverty line and Antyodaya families can get the Bihar cards which are provided by the state government of Bihar. Ration card is a very useful document in India.

The provision to online apply for ration card was initiated by the name of the online ration card scheme under the National Food Security Act in 2013. This online scheme is adopted through national wide and Bihar is one of the states which users this scheme. For every Year thousands of families registered for the new ration card

These are the Corrections Made by the Bihar Citizens On Ration Card:

• Update and change the names
• Correction in the Name
• Change the address on Ration card
• Modification in details of the Household head
• Addition or deletion of members in ration card

For the modifications in the ration card, you have to fill the correction application form and attach the required documents along with the form and submit it to the nearest ration card office. After successful verification details will update and duplicate ration card will issue in the place of the old one

Eligibility to Apply for Ration Card in Bihar

• Applicant must be the Bihar resident
• No previous ration card should be held by the applicant

Required Documents for Bihar Ration Card

• Passport size photo of the household
• Address proof: Voter ID card, Extract of the electoral roll, Driving License, Identity card issued by the Government or public sector, Latest telephone bill (It should on the applicant name)

Apply for Ration Card in Bihar Through Online:

• Visit the official website of Bihar state http://www.bihar.gov.in/
• Select the option of e-service and then search for the link food and consumer production
• Click the online registration form link and select one of the options as per your convince
• Fill online application
• Download application
• If you don’t have an account then make your registration by giving your contact details, Login details, security question, personal details and more
• Fill the application form and attach the required documents
• Take the printout of the application
• Submit the copy of registration in the concerned department and collect your ration card

How To Apply for Ration Card of Bihar Through Offline:

• Citizens of Bihar can also apply for the ration card through offline mode
• An applicant is required to obtain the Application format circle / SDO office in your area
• Fill the application form with correct information and recheck the details before submitting
• Attach all required documents which are valid with the application form
• Submit the form to the ration card office.

Note: The standard prescribed time schedule for Preparation of Bihar ration card is generally 15 days

Bihar State Ration Card Department Details:

Address: East Boarding Canal Road, Buddha Colony, Patna, 80001, Bihar

Contact number: 06122533337

Ration card is issued by the food, civil supplies, and consumer affairs department. In Assam, the Ration card also called FIC (Family identifies cards). Ration card is the legal document provided by the Government to get the various benefits provided to poor people under the Public distribution system. The items issued under the ration card are Rice, LPG, Grains, Sugar, Petroleum, Kerosene etc.

In Assam State, There are the 3 kinds Of Ration Cards are Available:

• Above poverty line cards (APL): These are issued to citizens who live above the poverty line
• Below Poverty Line cards (BPL): These BPL cards are issued for citizens who live below the poverty line
• Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY): These cards are issued to economically weakest sections people who find hard to get even two square meal a day

Eligibility for Assam Ration Card

• A person does not possess the ration card
• In case a person can lose their ration card
• In case the applicant gets transferred from a certain place
• There is a new entry in ration card

Note: Applicants needs to submit the ration card forms to FCS&CA authority of district or subdivision office along with all required documents

Required Documents for New Assam Ration Card:

• Address proof
• Detailed particulars of family members
• Certified copy of the relevant page of the voter list
• Birth certificates of minor members
• Surrender certificate of ration card or non-availability certificate from the FCS&CA or family identity holding

For Duplicate Ration Card:

• Self Declaration
• Police report

For Separate Ration card:

• Original surrender certificate
• Original Parental ration cards
• Certificate form village head/Ward commissioner/Panchayat president
• Address proof
• Birth certificate
• No objection certificate by the head of a family of parental ration card for additional members
• Identity proof like pan, driving license, etc

For Surrender / Deletion / Inclusion:

• Original ration card
• Birth certificate
• A local certificate like PAN, Driving license, passport, election card
• Original surrender certificate
• In case the member is dead death certificate is required

Assam Ration Card For Change Address:

• Identity proof: PAN, Voter ID, Driving License, Passport
• Original Ration card

For Change Head of Family:

• Death certificate (in case death of head family)
• No objection certificate
• Original ration card

Apply for Ration Card in Assam:

• Visit the office of Food Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs official in your district
• Download the application form from the official website or Collect the form at nearest ration office and fill the form carefully
• Cross-check the form before submitting to the office
• Submit the required documents to complete your application form

Department Details for Ration Card in Assam:

Address: Food, Civil supplies & Consumer Affairs Department, Bhangagarh, Guwahati, Assam, 781005

Official website: http://fcs.assam.gov.in/index.html

Arunachal Pradesh is also called as the land of the rising sun, it shares common boundaries with many countries. In every state, the Indian ration card is considered an important document. Ration card is used for several purposes in the state like obtaining food grains from price shops, for applying for Voter ID cards, passport, and other legal documents. Also, the Ration card has been categorized into three parts BPL, APL, and AAY.

The process in the national and international markets keeps fluctuating, affecting economically weaker sections of society so that the Indian government has issued an Ration card for the people.

Eligibility for Ration Card in Arunachal Pradesh:

• An applicant who do not have any ration cards
• The applicant must be resident of Arunachal Pradesh
• Applicant must have the age 18 years or above to apply for Ration card

Required Documents for Apply Ration Card in Arunachal Pradesh:

• Voter Identity card
• Extract of electoral roll
• Latest telephone bill which should on the applicant name
• Driving license
• Identity card issued by the public sector or Government
• 2 passport size photographs of who family

Documents for Member’s Modification/Correction/Change in Ration Card:

• For member’s deletion: Transfer copy, Death certificate, marriage certificate
• For member name change: Affidavit of name change issued by Judicial Magistrate
• For members addition: Deletion certificate, New family group photograph, Birth certificate
• For the head of the family change: Death certificates, another specific document regarding the HOF change, attach an old copy of ration card

Other Modifications:

• Address change: a copy of any documents like a phone bill, Electricity bill, and Land allotment order should be submitted for new address proof, election photo ID
• For lost ration card: No additional documents should provide except old card but required the police FIR

How To Apply for Ration card in Arunachal Pradesh:

• Applicants can download the Ration card application form through the official website arunfcs.gov.in or else collect the form at the local ration card office
• Fill the form manually with correct information
• Submit the filled form to the office and collect the receipt for your application.
• Submit the necessary documents to complete your application process

Note: You need to pay the nominal processing fee

Process for Update or Correction in Ration card:

• Visit the official website of the government of Arunachal Pradesh (arunfcs.gov.in) and download the correction Application form
• Fill the details manually and carefully
• Then submit the form to Ration card office

Apply for Duplicate Ration Card in Arunachal Pradesh:

• If you have lost your Ration card then you can get the new one by the simple process
• Submit the application form with an affidavit of lost ration card in Ration card office with the fee
• After inquiry, the duplicate card will be provided to the applicant

Andhra Pradesh Government offers several kinds of subsidies on food items, LPG, Kerosene and other goods. The official document that entitles Indian citizens to these exclusive benefits to procure items at subsidized costs called the Ration card. Ration card is the official document to get benefits of government schemes also acts as the valid identity proof everywhere.

Types of Ration Card in Andhra Pradesh:

• Pink card: This is also called an ABC card that is issued to people with an income above Rs11,000
• White card: This also called as D card and issued for the people who have income below Rs 11,000

Documents Required for Ration Card in AP:

• Proof Annual income of the family
• Recent three photographs
• Address proof
• In case you are the owner of the house then you need to submit the registry of house, documents of house tax and more

Apply for Ration Card in Andhra Pradesh Through Online:

The process of applying the new ration card begins with the Meeseva portal

• Visit the official website of AP Mee Seva http://ap.meeseva.gov.in/DeptPortal/UserInterface/LoginForm.aspx
• The applicant needs to create a new account in Mee Seva portal by using their personal information like username, city, address, email address, gender and more
• Once the account is created then login to the Mee Seva portal using your Login ID and password
• Fill the form for new ration card and make sure enter all your details without errors
• Here you need to enter your family member’s details and upload the all necessary documents
• Double-check details before the finish. After successful submission, you will receive transaction numbers.

Apply for Ration Card in Andhra Pradesh Through Offline:

• Visit your rationing office and collect the ration card D1 application form. The nominal fee of Rs 5 is to paid while procuring this form
• Fill all the required details correctly and attach the necessary documents with the form
• Submit the form to the office and get the receipt form for submission to complete the process

Check the AP Ration Card Status:

Click on this link http://epdsap.ap.gov.in/epdsAP/epds then scroll down the screen options are available like Print ration card, Search ration card, Application search, Transaction History

Update or Correction in Ration Card:

Andhra Pradesh Government provides the online facility for the citizens then they can correct the issues through the official website. The below-mentioned corrections can make by applicants

• Update and change the names
• Correction in the name
• Conversion of white card to pink card
• Change the address on Ration card
• Addition or delete of members in ration card
• Modification in the details of head household

Download Duplicate Ration Card in AP:

Duplicate ration card based on UID can download online, for this visit the official website. You need to enter the old ration card number for duplication and click on search button.

Ration Card Department Details in AP:

Address: Department of Consumer Affairs, Food and civil supplies, Block A, Somajiguda, Civil supplies Bhawan, Near Erramanjil Bus stop, Hyderabad, 500082

Official website: epdsap.ap.gov.in

Contact number: 040 23310964 / 23310965

Ration card is one of the necessary and basic facilities were every Indian can enjoy benefits on this card and this complete ration card process is controlled and managed by the State government Food Department. The facility to check ration card online status has been provided by the selected states in India, moreover many states are working to provide online facilities to all citizens. Through the online status of the ration card, you can get the latest information on the ration card status and progress of your application.

If in case we applied for a ration card or duplicate ration it takes some processing time and we often have doubts whether an application is in the process or not? Right now no worries the state government has started online facilities where we can check the status of aadhar card online.

you can check the status of the ration card after applying, before checking the status applicant need to keep acknowledgment number in hand which is given at the time of application

The process to check the Ration card application status online:

• Go to the official portal of Food, Civil Supplies & consumer Department of the state Govt
• Click on the link “Ration card status”
• You need to enter desired information like state/ city/pin code and reference number and all
• After entering all the required information, click on check status
• That’s it!! Complete information regarding your ration card will be displayed on the screen.
• the status of the application will be denoted by specific words like Declined, pending, approved and few statuses which is reflected in the ration card status

The best part of the online status check is that it is not only limited to an online application, even if you have applied offline you can check your status online with the help of acknowledgment slip given at the time of applying.

Ration card acts as a bone for low-income families in India, it permits them to access to heavily subsidized basic food items by the government public distribution systemCategories of ration card

To provide Public distribution system for all classes of people in society, the government divided 4 main types of ration card based on entire household income

In order to identify easily, this card is arranged in different color codes, where each type of card offers different levels of benefits

Here are the 4 types of ration card as follows:

• Blue card – for the families who live below the poverty line (BPL ration card)
• Pink card – for families who live above the poverty line (APL ration card)
• White card
• Antyodaya Anna Yojana

All these ration cards must be Bonafide residents of an Indian state and need to ensure which their name is not added in any other ration card whether it is within state or outside the state as this will considered as fraud and  will be punished by the law

Eligibility Criteria for ration card:

Here we have eligibility criteria as per the different categories. Let’s have a look!!

1. Blue Card or BPL

This is given to the below poverty line families and it can be blue, yellow or green in color; it is eligible if household total income is less than Rs. 6400/- in rural areas and less than Rs. 11, 850 in Urban areas.

For this ration card families should not consist an access to LPG or Gas connections because it allows them to purchase subsidized kerosene in addition to subsidized food products.

2. Pink or APL Ration Card:

This card is issued to the families who live above the poverty line and who are not eligible for the blue card but want to subsidized food products.

in case of rural area, these cards are in orange in color while in urban areas they will be given in the form of the pink card with the photograph of the head of the family

3. White Ration Card:

This card is issued to the families who do not need subsidized products but want to hold a card for identity/ address proof

4. Antyodaya Anna Yojana:

These cards will be issued to the people or families who do not have a regular or stable source of income; such as seasonal workers, the elderly, laborers and the unemployed

This all about the Eligibility Criteria of Ration Card, I hope it useful to you. Please share your suggestions with us below.

Moreover, a ration card is also referred to as Household Consumer Card, it is used as a proof of residence for every family which consists of names of all family members. You can avail monthly subsidy on grain, sugar, rice and other food crops. In order to get the ration card from the respective state government, then documents will play an important role. If you submit correct documents then you can avail ration card easily without any hassles.

Every state government in India has a website where you can get detail information regarding the application, timelines, documents for convenience and simplicity of applicants.

As we know Documents will play a very important role in every government scheme. Here this article will give you complete details and a list of Documents required for the ration card.

Require Documents for Ration Card By Indian Citizens:

Here are the list documents which require by Individual applicants:

1. Surrender certificate/ Deletion certificate/ No card certificate if there is no previous family card
2. Proof of identity and residence
3. A self-addressed and stamped postal cover or postcard.
4. Three passports sized photographs
5. Details about earlier applications and rejections (if applicable)
6. Details of any LPG connection
7. Mobile number/email id

Proof of Identity to apply for Ration card:

1. Aadhaar card
2. Employee identity card
3. Voter ID
4. Passport
5. Any government-issued identity card
6. Health card (including the Aaragoyasri card)
7. Driving license

Address Proof to apply for Ration Card:

1. Voter ID
2. House ownership document/ rental agreement
3. Driving license
4. Aadhaar card
5. Any recent utility bill including electricity, water, and gas bills
6. Passport
7. The first page of bank passbook

Additional Documents:

For member Deletion:

• Death certificate
• Transfer certificate
• Marriage certificate

 For Member Addition:

• Birth Certificate

Note: you can see many documents overlap. Hence you can provide single documents which served as both an identity and address proof is enough