Odisha - Apply for Family Identity Card

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Procedure

Apply In-Person

1. To apply for family identity card, the applicant has to approach the respective office food supply and consumer welfare department link
2. Go to the respective office and obtain the application form to apply for a ration card.
3. Application form: link
4. Fill all the necessary information in the application as required and sign at appropriate places.
5. Do not fill any wrong information, otherwise the officer of the department will reject your application form.
6. Attach all required documents, and submit the application along with document to the authority.
7. On accepting your application, authority or clerk will check the details and issue a receipt as acknowledgment.
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 Online

1. To Apply for Family Identity Card, the applicant has to make the application online via the following link link
2. The applicant has to login with their User ID and password. if the applicant has to click “Register” and register an account.
3. Next the applicant has to select the service and enter all necessary details in the application form.
4. The applicant has to upload all the required documents that are mentioned in required documents section of this page.
5. Review the application and click “submit”. On successful submission, the applicant will receive an application number as acknowledgement. The applicant will also get a transaction number as a text message on their registered mobile number.
6. Applicant has to make necessary payment and don’t forget to take the receipt.
7. This application will be forwarded to the respective department for further processing.
8. ”SMS” triggered update on application status will be sent to the applicant’s mobile. Please keep track of the notification.
9. The submitted application will be processed by the department. A designated authority (supply officer) will verify the submitted documents and inspect the area of the applicant to clarify the applicant’s details.
10. Based on the outcome of the above-mentioned steps and other internal processing, the designated issuing authority will decide on the issuance of the Certificate.
11. The status, viz. Approval or Rejection will be conveyed to the applicant through an “SMS” or applicable norms.

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Required Documents

• Respective application form
• Address Proof (attested copy of PAN Card /Driving License / Bank Passbook / Post Office Passbook /Municipal Holding receipt / Electricity Bill / Telephone Bill).
• A copy of age certificate / school leaving certificate of the head of the family.
• A copy of income proof of the family - that income of the family is below from the prescribed limit (in order to apply for value based card).
• A copy of identity proof like voter ID card, driving license, Aadhaar card.
• Passport size photograph of the applicant.
• Self Declaration and Certificate From Pradhan/Ward Councillor.
• Mobile number or Email addresses(if available) may be filled up in the format to enable this department to send an automated message to the applicant on the status of the application.
• A self-addressed and stamped postal cover or postcard to enable the office to communicate the results to the applicant.
• Copy of Tax Pay / Land Revenue Pay receipt
• Tenancy agreement if the applicant is a tenant.
• Detailed particulars of family members
• Copies of birth certificates of minor members(Below 10 years in age)
• Surrender certificate of Ration Card/Family Identity holding or non-availability certificate from the FCS&CA authority where the applicant was previously resided (applying in new place)
• Aadhaar Card
  

Note: Get the respective documents attested by gazette officer, MLA or MP or the municipal councillor as applicable.

Office Locations & Contacts

Food Supplies & Consumer Welfare Department,
Odisha State Secretariat,
Sachivalaya Marg,
Unit-2, Bhubaneswar.
Odisha, India.
E-mail: [email protected]
Contact: link

Eligibility

• The applicant and his/her family must be Indian citizens and should be resident of the state.
• The applicant or his family members must not possess any family card in any State in India (If they had one, it has to be withdrawn).
• The applicant and members of the family must be close relatives.
• If you are newly married and have your name in your family ration card, you and your spouse should get name deletion certificates (Removing names from your respective family cards).

Fees

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

Validity

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

Documents to Use

Application form

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Processing Time

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

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Instructions

• Applicants must complete the application form before submitting it. Incomplete applications will not be accepted.
• Applicants must provide genuine information while applying for this procedure.

Required Information

Following are the required information to apply..

• Applicant details (head of the family).
• Details of other family members and relation ship
• Date of Birth and age (of all the members).
• Address details.
• Occupation and designation of office held any
• Signature/thumb impression.

Need for the Document

• 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.

Information which might help

• 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.
• There are two types of ration cards were meant for

1. AAY(Antodaya Anna Yojana)
2. APL
3. BPL

Other uses of the Document/Certificate

• A family identity card is a proof document.
• Helps in identifying eligible families for food grains or other commodities.
• Verification and other legal uses.

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