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India - Apply for Duplicate Ration Card

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ProcedureEdit

  • Apply for a duplicate ration card, when…
    • Original Ration Card is Totally Damaged
    • Original Ration Card is stolen
    • Original Ration Card is Lost or Misplaced


Apply In-Person

  1. In order to obtain a duplicate ration card, please approach the ration office of your area OR Food Civil Supplies (FCA) / Consumer Affairs authority of the District/Sub-Division(C) as applicable.
  2. Please go to the respective office.
  3. 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.
  4. The Head of Family Must write a letter stating the reason behind a new ration card request and attach the remains of original ration card (in case of damaged ration card) or the copy of report registered with police station (in case of lost or stolen ration card).
  5. Please submit the completed application along with required documents to the respective authority.
  6. Authorities after checking the submitted application along with attached documents will make entries and provide you record number for reference.
  7. Keep it safe for future reference.
  8. This application will be processed internally to issue the ration card as per notification.



Note:
  • In some states applicant shall approach over the counter services like CSC centres/e-seva etc to apply.
  • In some states applicant shall apply using the respective state department online portal.
  • Find the contact details and application form from the respective state portal procedures by using the link provided under respective states below.



Please select the state name for respective State Procedure.
Andaman and Nicobar – Assam – Bihar – Chandigarh – Chhattisgarh – Daman and Diu – Goa - Gujarat – Haryana – Himachal Pradesh – Jammu and Kashmir – Jharkhand – Lakshadweep – Madhya Pradesh – Maharashtra – Manipur – Meghalaya – Mizoram – Nagaland – New Delhi – Odisha – Puducherry – Punjab – Rajasthan – Sikkim – Tripura – Uttarakhand

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Required DocumentsEdit

  • Application form.
  • Remains of original ration card or Copy of report registered with Police Station
  • Residence Proof (Example – Electricity Bill, Water Bill, Aadhaar Card, Passport),
  • Xerox copy of Ration Card (If Available)
  • Aadhaar Card
  • Local Certificate / Election Card / PAN / Driving license / Passport
  • Passport Size Photographs
  • Self declaration (as advised)



Note:

  • All original and copy of original with self attestation as advised by respective authorities to be submitted as per requirement.
  • Apart from the above documents authorities may ask to submit additional information or documents. Please provide them for processing.

Office Locations & ContactsEdit

Department of Food and Public Distribution
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution,
Department of Food & PD,
KrishiBhawan, New Delhi - 110001.
Office Contact Link: Contact Link

EligibilityEdit

  • A valid ration card holder.

FeesEdit

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


ValidityEdit

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

Documents to UseEdit

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Sample DocumentsEdit

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Processing TimeEdit

If your application is fair and complete, the processing time will be 3 working days.

Related VideosEdit

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".

InstructionsEdit

Please provide other instructions related to the certificate/documents.
e.g. The state office holds birth records since january 1908.

Required InformationEdit

Following are the required information to apply..

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

Need for the DocumentEdit

  • 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.

Information which might helpEdit

  • 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.

Other uses of the Document/CertificateEdit

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

External LinksEdit

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OthersEdit

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