Ration card-related services now available at common services centres

The move is expected to benefit 23.64 crore ration card holders across the country

To streamline ration deliveries and strengthen public distribution system (PDS) in semi-urban and rural areas across the country, the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution has tied up the Common Services Centres (CSC) under the Ministry of Electronics & IT.

A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between the Department of Food & Public Distribution and the CSC to enable ration card services through 3.70 lakh CSCs across the country.

The partnership is expected to benefit over 23.64 crore ration card holders across the country who can now visit their nearest CSC and update their card details, do Aadhaar seeding, get duplicate print of their card, check status of availability of ration and register their grievance.

Apart from existing ration card holders, citizens wanting to apply for a new ration card can also now visit their nearest CSC to put in the request application.

Elaborating on the partnership, CSC Managing Director Dinesh Tyagi said: “Following our partnership with the Department of Food & Public Distribution, our Village Level Entrepreneurs (VLEs) who run CSCs will be able to reach out to those without ration cards and help them get access to the public distribution system and various government schemes for free ration.”

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