How to Link Aadhaar with Ration Card Online

Link Aadhaar with Ration Card

The Government recently extended  the deadline of seeding Aadhaar Card with ration card till September 30,2020. Untile then , The Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Union Ministry of Cosumer Affairs, Food and public Distrubtions has issued clear instructions to all states/UTs that no genuine recipient should denied form an entitled quota of food grains, or their ration card should not be cancelled only on the groumd of not possessing an Aadhaar Number.

1. In due course, the government has said that linking of Aadhaar card with Ration Card will ensure that no person entitled to ration is denied such access.
2. According to an IANS report , nearly 85% of all 80 crores beneficiaries have at present seeded their Aadhaar Number with their respective ration cards.  

Step to link Aadhaar card with Ration Card Online:

Step 1- Visit the official website of the Unique Identification Authority of India. UIDAI

Step 2- Click on ‘start Now’ option.

Step 3- Enter address details – District and state.

Step 4- Select the benefit type as ration card from the available options.

Step 5- Now, Choose the scheme name as “Ration Card”.

Step 6- Enter the Ration Card number, Aadhaar Number, E-mail Address and Mobile Number.

Step 7- An one time password (OTP) will be sent to the mobile number. Enter the OTP a notification appears informing the completion of the application process.

Step 8- Post this application will be verified  and post successful verification Aadhaar Card will be linked to Ration Card.

Advantages of Linking Aadhar to Ration Card

• Elimination of equivalent Ration Card.
• Linking of  Ration Card with  unique Aadhar Card check the cheating activities.
• Issue of many Ration Card under a single name will be cancelled.
• Bio-metric enabled distribution system will help the PDS to identify the genuine recipient and thus helps in smoothness of the benefits accordingly.
• Leakage and Diversion of PDS ration can be restrained.
• Aadhar card helps in creating an audit trail in the PDS thus eliminating and identifying  corrupt mediator and this helps in adding efficiency in the framework.

Documents Required for Linking Aadhar to Ration Card

• Passport size photo of the head of the family member.
• Photocopy of Aadhaar of the head of the family.
• Photocopies of Aadhaar of all the family members.
• Photocopy of Ration Card forward with the original card (for verification).
• If in the case bank account is not linked to Aadhaar Card, you need Bank Passbook copy.

Ration Card

• Ration Card is a document which is issued by the separate State Govt. in India and it obey as a proof of nationality to the bearer. It acts as an important document which present as an identity proof and also show an individuals economic status. It is a optional document and is not a mandatory one for every resident Indian to possess one. The holders of ration card are suitable to purchase subsidized food grains from the Public Distribution System (under the National Food Security Act).
• This Ration Cards have many categories and are issued based on the earning capacity of the separate. Different states have different plan and are issued to the holders based on the annual income of the holder, total members in a family and so on. 
• As per the National Food Security Act (NFSA), all the state Govt. in the country should acknowledge those households which are allowed for purchasing subsidized food grains from the Public Distribution System and should give them with Ration Cards.

Currently, there are two types of ration cards below the NFSA.

• Priority Ration Card – This type of Ration Card is issued to those households which reach the eligibility criteria as set by the individual state government. Each household is eligible to get 5 kilograms of food grains per member. 
• Antyodaya (AAY) – This Ration Card is issued to those households who are classify as the “poorest of poor”. Each AAY households are eligible to secure 35 Kg of food grains.