A ration card needs to be cancelled in order to obtain Surrender Certificate so that consumer can apply for new one under certain circumstances like marriage, relocation, transfer etc.
Apply In-Person

1. In order to cancel ration card, please apply with ration office of your area OR Food and Civil Supplies office.
2. Link for contact :link
3. Please go to the respective office.
4. Applicant shall obtain the form from the respective office (please pay for the form if required) Or a written/electronically typed application on A4 plain sheet as advised shall be used.
5. Please submit the completed cancellation application, original ration card along with required documents to the respective authority.
6. Authorities will do the due diligence of the submitted application and documents. They will verify with their records.
7. Please follow the authorities guidelines for further processing.
8. Upon satisfactory results, consumer is provided with a cancellation certificate on the same day or as notified.

Apply through Centres:

1. To Cancel your Ration Card or Smart Ration Card, the applicant shall visit the nearest CSC/Tehsil Centre. Find contacts to CSC centres in the link provided:Link
2. Procure the application form from the concerned centre and fill it up with the necessary details required for the process.
3. Make sure to attach all the "Required Documents" along with the application form before submission.
4. Provide authorized signatory and photograph, wherever applicable.
5. Now submit the application to the office of the concerned centre.
6. On successful verification, the applicant will be notified by the CSC centre.

• Application form.
• Original ration card
• Residence Proof (Example – Electricity Bill, Water Bill, Aadhaar Card, Passport),
• Aadhaar Card
• Passport Size Photographs

Food Civil Supplies and Consumer
Protection Department,
Block 2, 3rd Floor, Indravati Bhawan,
Atal Nagar (Chhattisgarh)
Phone: 0771-2511974
Fax: 0711-2510820
Email: dirfood.cg@gov.in
More details about the office location is provided in the following link : Address Details and link fps shop

• A valid ration card holder.

• Fee information can be obtained directly from the respective office while applying.

• Cancelled or submitted ration card is no longer valid.
• Usually Family identity card is valid for lifetime and will be renewed in 5 years or based on announcement.

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If your application is fair and complete, the processing time will same day.

Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications. 
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Please provide other instructions related to the certificate/documents.
e.g. The state office holds birth records since january 1908.

Following are the required information to apply.

• Applicant details.
• Address details.
• Signature/thumb impression.

• For implementation of the Targeted Public Distribution System(TPDS), Ration Card is being issued to all the heads of families, with details about family members included in the card. Based on their economic condition, people can buy goods like food grains, sugar and kerosene with the help of their ration cards.
• Ration card is essential to apply for passport, PAN card or a domicile certificate or to even get the name registered for electoral rolls to get a Voter ID. Hence one need to apply for duplicate copy and obtain the same.
• If a consumer needs to submit or cancel his/her ration card for applying new one at the place where he/she got transferred.

• The eligible sections of the society are provided with food grains and other items at highly subsidized rates.
• In different state the Ration card is categorized as per classification fixed by government.

Please explain what are other uses of obtaining this document/certificate.
e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

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More information which might help people.