Aadhaar-Ration Card Linking: The Central Government has extended the last date for linking ration card with Aadhaar. Now the card holders will be able to link the ration card with Aadhaar till June 30, 2023.
Recently, the Department of Food and Public Distribution gave information in this regard through notification. Earlier, the last date for linking ration card with Aadhaar was 31 March 2023. The government has decided to change it to 30 June. Subsidized food grains and fuel are distributed at cheap rates to crores of eligible ration card holders in the country.
Like documents like passport, pan card, ration card is also used as proof of identity and address. In the past, many such cases have come to the fore that many needy people are not getting subsidized food grains and some such cases have come to the fore that ration card holders are taking food grains at a cheaper rate than their share.
Those who are not eligible are also taking subsidized grains from ration shops and those who are eligible are not getting subsidized grains. To curb this, the central government has decided to link the ration card with Aadhaar. Here are the steps to link ration card with Aadhaar.
Ration card to Aadhaar online like this
- First of all, go to the official website of the state’s Public Distribution System ie PDS.
- Now fill the asked details like Aadhaar card number, ration card number and registered mobile number.
- Proceed by clicking on the ‘Continue’ button.
- Now a One Time Password (OTP) will come on your registered mobile number.
- Fill this OTP in the requested place and click to link ration card with Aadhaar.
Link ration card to Aadhaar offline like this
- Eligible ration card holders should get photocopies of Aadhar card and ration card of all the members of their family.
- If the Aadhaar of the ration card holder is not linked to his bank account, then also get a photocopy of the bank passbook.
- Submit the photocopies of the rest of the documents along with a passport size photograph of the head of the family to the ration office or PDS or ration shop.
- Keep in mind that you may be asked to provide a fingerprint ID on their sensor to make the given details valid from the Aadhaar database.
- You will be notified by SMS or email once the documents have been delivered to the appropriate department.
- The department concerned with PDS will process your documents, and notify you after successfully linking the ration card with Aadhaar card.
These documents will be needed
- Original Ration Card Photocopy
- Photocopy of Aadhaar card of all family members
- Photocopy of Aadhaar card of the head of the family
- Photocopy of bank passbook
- Two passport size photographs of the head of the family
