How to link Ration Card with your Aadhaar

Ration cards are utilized by numerous family units to get the sustenance grains and fuel at a sponsored rate. It likewise fills in as a proof of personality and address like different records, for example, international ID and PAN cards. 

Be that as it may, there have been examples where an individual gets more than once ration card denying other meriting individuals. To battle such examples, the administration of India chose to connect apportion cards with a person's Aadhaar card. As Aadhaar is a one of a kind number distinguishing proof having bio metric subtle elements of people, it will stop the examples where people acquire different apportion cards.

You can link your Aadhaar to ration card either online or offline.

Here are the steps to link your Aadhaar to Ration Card: 

Online - 

1. Open the official Aadhaar seeding website and then click on 'Start Now'.
2. Enter your details.
3. Now, you need to select the Benefit Type, from the option menu i.e. Ration Card.
4. Enter your Ration Card number, Aadhaar number, Mobile number and your Email Address.
5. You will receive OTP on your registered number which you will need to enter to continue the process.

After successful verification of the details provided by the officials, you will receive a notification informing you that your Aadhaar card has been linked to your ration card.

Offline - 

1. Visit the nearest Ration Office and submit to documents listed below:
2. Once documents submitted by you is verified by the relevant department, you will notified by SMS or email.

• Photocopy of Aadhaar Card
• Photocopy of Ration Card
• Photocopy of Bank Passbook (in case you have not linked your bank account with your Aadhaar Card yet)
• One passport sized photograph of the head of the family