Food and Supply Department Himachal Pradesh has made it very easy to apply and get new/modified ration card in the state. We will be checking out different scenarios when one can apply for ration card in Himachal Pradesh. Like any other Indian state, Ration Card is a crucial document in HP also which is used to get essential items at subsidized rates from the fair price shops or ration depots. It can be used for several other tasks like identification verification, residence proof etc.

Eligibility for Ration Card in Himachal

Below are the scenarios when one can apply for ration card in the HP:

Person has no ration card

If you are falling under this category then you will have to produce a document clearly stating that neither you nor your family member (whose name you want to see on the new ration card) have names in any other ration card in the country. You must get it approved/attested from Panchayat Pradhan / Inspector, FCS&CA / Concerned Authority. You can get this certificate by submitting an affidavit to the concerned authority. You will have to submit this certificate along with the ration card application while applying.

Temporary Ration Card

This ration card is used by migratories. As the name says it is temporary in nature and its validity can last up to 3 months only. If you go through the proper channels then you can get it extended a bit (please contact your nearest food and supply office for complete details).

Duplicate Ration Card

Duplicate ration card can be issued for any of the below reason:

• Defaced ration card

• Mutilated

• Illegible

• Original card lost (must need an affidavit for the same)

You can get issued a duplicate ration card for above scenarios.

Address change in Ration Card

It is valid in transfer case. When you are transferred to new location and want to get your address changed in the ration card then you can apply under this case. You will need a deletion/surrender certificate issued by Panchayat Pradhan/ Inspector, FCS&CA of previous area clearly stating that your address is changed. This document/certificate should be attached with the new ration card application form.

Marriage/Birth/Death

In case of marriage, deletion/surrender certification is needed similarly like above request. For birth cases, you will have to attach birth certificate along with the application form. Similarly death certificate needed to be attached for death cases when you need to delete name from the existing card.

Certificates required, application form and fee

Already discussed but let we sum up the things here. For issuing a new ration card you need to submit affidavit that you don’t hold any other ration card in entire country. Other certificates required are birth certificate, death certificate, deletion/surrender certificate etc (all the certificates are required for relevant scenarios).

You need to submit your ration card application form to the Panchayat Pradhan in case of rural areas and to the Inspector (FCS&CA) in case of urban areas.

Himachal Pradesh Ration Card Form can be found below:

Form in Hindi

Form in English

For new and duplicate ration card, you will be charged a minimal fee of Rs. 5 (for APL families only).

How to apply for ration card in Himachal Pradesh

You need to submit ration card application form along with other required document to the Panchayat Pradhan in case of rural areas and to the Inspector (FCS&CA) in case of urban areas. Your application must be attested by either head of the office or Municipal Commissioner or Gazetted Officer or MLA/Ward Member.

After submitting the application form, you will receive the acknowledgment slip with the expected date when you can get new ration card issued. It generally takes up to a complete week (7 days to be more precise) and during that time, officials from Food and Supply office will verify your details. You can check ration card status from the office where you have submitted the application form.

Digital Ration Card Himachal Pradesh

Government is about to make radical change in ePDS Himachal Pradesh process. As per State Food and Supplies Minister G.S. Bali, process of digitizing ration cards in state would be completed this year itself. They are targeting December 2016 for completing the digitization process. From January 2017 onwards, ePDS users in Himachal Pradesh will be able to get foodstuffs using digital ration cards. As per the official figures, this process is going to target 1.54 bogus ration cards which will be cancelled once the process is digitized completely. It will save good amount of money which can be used in other productive works.

At present, state Government is servicing to 18,18,399 ration cards. However after digitization this count will be reduced to 16,64,123 only. Digitization will help officials to track each and everything through digital channels. It will be fast, reliable and crystal clear where all sort of corruption can be avoided.

Ration Card in Haryana can be applied through offline procedure easily. Haryana has a dedicated online portal for Food and Supply department but online application procedure is yet to start and as soon as concerned department starts it, we will update you here. Here we will guide you about how you can get new ration card in Haryana. Procedure is simple and will not take much time.

There are few points that you need to consider when you are applying for ration card for the first time in life. We will discuss more about these points in remaining section of this article.

How to get new Ration Card in Haryana

Please complete below steps for getting registered for ration card in Haryana:

• You will need to duly fill the D-1 form either in the Food and Supply office or your nearest ration card office. You can easily get these forms in your district Food and Supply office (or from nearest ration card office).

• If you want to look at the sample of D 1 form, then please download below two files (one is the official D 1 form and other is the supported font file). Without downloading the Font file, you won’t be able to view D 1 form so please download both of them.http://haryanafood.nic.in/FCI1.doc
http://haryanafood.nic.in/K010.ttf

• You will need to submit two passport size photos of family (person’s whose name you want to see on the Ration Card). Both the photos must be attested by gazette officer.

• If it is your first time then you will have to submit one affidavit clearly stating that neither you nor any of the family member’s name is there in any other ration card in India. It is an important part so please follow it strictly. Regular inspections are being conducted now so please do not fake any records here.

• In the same affidavit, you will have to mention your residence places in last 5 years and permanent address alongside.

• Once you have these documents, submit your application form. you will get the confirmation slip which have the details about expected dates when your ration card can be issued or when you should contact officials about the ration card status.

• In the meantime, government inspector/sub inspector will visit your residence address and will verify various details He/she may use your information enrolled with voter card or aadhar card for reaching final conclusion.

• Depending on the inspection, he/she will clear your ration card status. Once you ration card application process is verified by the Food and Supply inspector, you will be issued a new ration card within few days. General period is 7-15 days.

• You can collect your ration card from the same office where you have submitted the D1 form.

Check: Duplicate Ration Card in Haryana

Haryana Government will soon integrate Public Distribution System (PDS) with Aadhar cards. As per Haryana’s Chief Minister (CM) they are planning to integrate both the departments so that corruption in PDS scheme at any level can be avoided. Once the scheme is launched, people will be able to buy foodstuffs using ration card only after verifying their bio metrics. Without bio metrics attendance, distributor will not be allowed to sell any foodstuff to ration card bearer.

We have seen such implementation in Jharkhand recently. It was in news as bio metric machines were not working properly and they were not able to identify patterns for more than half of the ration card holders. Such situation can surely put a chaos so Haryana government will have to be double sure while buying and allocating bio metric attendance machines at fair price shops. It would be amazing if they can come up with some alternatives to prove one’s identity besides using bio metric sensors.

Duplicate Ration Card in Haryana can be issued easily and is of utter importance in various emergency cases. Here we will find out the tutorials that you need to follow to get duplication rahsan card in Haryana. Before that I will suggest you to read below article:

How to get new Ration Card in Haryana

Here are few conditions when you can apply for duplicate ration card:

• You have lost your ration card and want to get a quick fix for availing the PDS subsidy/offers.

• Details on your ration card are not in readable form.

• Your ration card is torn in pieces and is not in the condition to attach the those pieces again

• Anything else that makes it difficult to use the current ration card

These are the valid conditions under which you can apply for duplicate ration card in the state.

How to apply for duplicate ration card in Haryana

Follow below steps to get duplicate rasan card:

• Like the new ration card process, you will need to fill and submit form D – I for getting the new card

• You can get the D-I form from office of DFSC/AFSO/IFS. You can check the sample forms below:

http://haryanafood.nic.in/FCI1.doc

In case you are unable to read these fonts then please download the font copy as mentioned in above referenced article (article about getting new ration card).

• You can apply for duplicate ration card in District Food & Supplies Controller office or you can also do the same in your nearest ration card authority organization (you can check with your nearby ration card depot, they will give you complete details).

• After filling the D – I form completely; please submit it in the related office. You will get acknowledgment slip with the expected date when new duplicate ration card will be delivered to your address or when you can contact the authorities about status of your duplicate ration card. In general cases it takes around 2 weeks for getting the duplicate card ready and delivered to your address.

• You will be charged application fee of Rs. 10 (no fee will be charged for BPL families)

You can use this duplicate ration card till the time you are allocated a permanent card. You will have to go through the original process of getting a new card with the reason (in affidavit) about why you need a new card.

Do let us know if any queries.

Looking for getting issued a temporary/duplicate ration card in Kerala and also looking for changing your ration card from one ARD (Authorized Ration Dealer) to another? If yes then here we will guide you about how you can do all these activities with your Kerala Ration Card. We will also be looking toward the details that will help you changing your attributes like names, address etc in the existing ration card.

How to change and get temporary/duplicate ration car in Kerala

Procedure is very simple, only complex part is to get issued the required documents from the concerned offices/authorities. In case you want a duplicate or temporary ration car then you will have to mention the reason in an affidavit about the need of getting duplicate ration card. You will also have to submit residential certificate along with your income report/certificate to the TSO. Once you submit the details/documents, you will be issued a duplicate ration card within 7 days of application.

Applying process is exact similar as you do for the new ration card. You can check the details here:

How to apply for Ration Card in Kerala

How to change Kerala Ration Card from one ARD to another?

This procedure is exact similar like what you follow in case of applying new ration card (link already mentioned above). In this case you might need to produce surrender/deletion certificate from old ARD. You might need to submit new proofs in case you want to change address in Ration Card or want some other amendments. Please get it confirmed from your nearby TSO as policies and requirement keep changing from time to time.

How to change/add/delete name, address in Kerala Ration Card?

Adding Name: In order to add new names to the existing ration card, you will need either birth certificate or surrender/deletion certificate (in case of marriage). Go through the normal ration card process, mention update there and attach the supported documents.

Deleting Names: You will need death or surrender certificate in this case. Procedure is similar like as the of “adding name” scenario.

Change Address: In this case you will have to produce documents/proofs for your new residential address. Electricity Bill, Water Bill, Voter Card, Aadhar Card etc will work here. Once you apply through your nearby Food and Supply office (or TSO), someone from the department will visit your house to verify the new details. Once verified, you will be issued new ration card within 7 days. Processing fee in range Rs. 5-50 will be charged from APL ration card holders.

This is how you can make modifications in Kerala Ration Card. Hope everything is clear and you are ready to make these changes now. But in case of any doubts you can either comment here or can mail the queries to asdept@kerala.nic.in (official mail id of Kerala Ration Card Deptt.).

Check: How to know Ration Card Status
Free Ration Card Alerts in Kerala

Haryana Government allows the ration card customers to add, delete names from existing ration cards and also allows users to modify/change ration card address from the existing card. Here we will cover all the details that are required to add/delete or change address in existing ration card in Haryana. All these utilities are very common and useful for ration card holders in the state.

Now let we have a quick look on how to make these changes in the existing rashan card.

How to add/change names in Haryana Ration Card

Scenarios:

• New birth in the family

• Separated family wants to have a joint ration card (in this case one family members will have to remove their names from existing card)

• Marriage (in general cases bride will change her address so she will get her name added to new ration card and her parents will have to delete her name from their ration card)

Follow below steps to add/change names in Haryana Ration Card:

• You need to submit the changes in D – I form which can be availed from office of DFSC/AFSO/IFS.

• In case of new infant, you will have to submit birth certificate and passport size family photograph

• In case of marriage, you will need to submit surrender certificate of wife/daughter-in-law

• If you want to change your name in the ration card (let say your name is mis-spelled or you have changed your name) then you will need to submit affidavit clearly stating the name change along with the supported document that carries your original corrected name

• Simply submit the application form and get the acknowledgment slip that will carry the approx. dates when your new amended ration card can be issued

How to delete names from Ration Card in Haryana

Procedure for deleting names from ration card is same as addition. In this case you will have to submit death certificate or surrender certificate (whichever is applicable) of the family member whose name you want to delete from the ration card. Rest of the method is exact similar.

How to change address in Haryana Ration Card

Procedure for changing address is also quite similar. In this case you need to submit the application form with surrender certificate from the authority of old place of residence or old ration card. After submitting the form, you will get ration card issued in 2 weeks max (may vary).

How to track Ration Card Status in Haryana

You can track live ration card status by visiting your nearby ration card office or the office where you have submitted your application. I will advise you to get contact number of someone who is working in the ration card office (you can get it when you go there for submitting your application) so that you can get live updates about your application.

Alternatively you can also contact the officials after the specified dates that are mentioned in the acknowledgment slip.

This is how you can add/change, delete and modify address in your ration card in Haryana. Do let us know if you need mre help on any of these issues.