• If anyone shifts from one place to another place in view of transfer, Marriage, resettlement etc. they need to apply for a new ration card in their new place of residence.
  

Apply In-Person

1. As a first step obtain Surrender Certificate from the concerned ration office of the place from where the person was residing previously.
2. In order to transfer ration card, please apply with ration office of your new area OR respective local TSO(Taluk Supply Office)/DSO office of the new place where the applicant resides now.
3. Link for contact: link OR link for TSO please select the link as appropriate.
4. Please go to the respective office.
5. 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.
6. Please submit the completed application form along with required documents to the respective authority.
7. On accepting your application, authority or clerk will check the details and issue a receipt as acknowledgement.
8. Please keep it safe for future reference,
9. This submitted application will be processed by the department, After ground level verification and physical inspection by the Supply Officer applicant gets notification.
10. If all the process are successful, applicant will get the ration card as per delivery mode (delivered through postal or on hand)

Note: User gets update on the phone as SMS

Apply through Akshaya

1. Applicant must visit the nearest Akshaya centre. Link for center: link
2. Applicant shall obtain application form from the centre or download it using the link : link Please use the appropriate form.
3. Submit the completed application, document and applicable fees to the centre staff.
4. Application submitted will be processed and receipt with application number will be issued.
5. Application will be processed by the respective department. From this point onwards, authorities will do the due diligence to process the request. SMS triggered update on application status will be sent to applicant mobile.
6. Please follow the notification and department guidelines to get the card.

1. Application form.
2. Surrender certificate
3. Latest Electricity Bill
4. Residence Proof (Example – Electricity Bill, LPG gas bill, Water Bill, Aadhaar Card, Passport),
5. Aadhaar Card
6. Passport Size Photographs
7. details of migrated F.P Shop

Commissionerate of Civil Supplies.:
Public Office Building, LMS Vellayambalam Rd,
University of Kerala Senate House Campus,
Palayam, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala 695033.
Phone: 0471 2321152

Link for contact : Contact Info

• A valid ration card holder.

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

• Usually Family identity card is valid for lifetime and will be renewed in 5 years or based on announcement.

Please attach documents that can be used by people. e.g. links

Please attach sample completed documents which would help other people who would like to follow this procedure.    

• If your application is fair and complete, the processing time will be 2 – 3 weeks’ time

Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications.
Attach videos using the following tag <&video type="website">video ID|width|height<&/video&> from external websites.
Please remove the "&" inside the tags during implementation.
Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver, 
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.
e.g In the following url "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M" Video ID is "Y0US7oR_t3M". 

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.
  

1. Applicant details.
2. Address details.
3. 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 a mandatory document for all individuals in India. It has to be renewed before it gets expired.
• 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.

• 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.

Place some external links which might help.

More information which might help people.