How to Link Aadhaar with Ration Card: You have two options for linking your Aadhaar and ration card: offline or online. The steps for each are shown below.
Aadhaar Link to Ration Card Online
To link your Aadhaar card to your ration card online follow the steps mentioned below:
- Go to the official website of your state’s Public Distribution System (PDS) portal.
- Enter your Aadhaar card number, ration card number, and your registered mobile number.
- Click on ‘Continue’.
- You will receive a One Time Password (OTP) on your registered mobile number.
- Enter the OTP and click on the ration card Aadhaar link.
How to Link Ration Card with Aadhaar Card through SMS?
The steps listed below can be used to link your Aadhaar card and ration card via SMS:
Step 1: To link your ration card and Aadhar card by SMS, type “UID SEED State Short Code> Scheme/Program ID> Scheme/Program ID> Aadhaar Number>” in the text area.
For example, “UID SEED MH POSC 9876543 123468689012.”
Step 2: Text the following to 51969.’
Step 3: You will then receive updates regarding the information received, the progress of the verification procedure, and the final result of the successful pairing of your Aadhaar number with your Ration Card.You will then receive updates regarding the information received, the progress of the verification procedure, and the final result of the successful pairing of your Aadhaar number with your Ration Card.
Aadhaar Seeding to Ration Card Offline
Those who would like to link their ration card and Aadhaar card offline can accomplish so by following the instructions listed below:
Step 1: Make copies of your ration card and the Aadhaar cards belonging to every member of your family.
Step 2: Make a photocopy of your bank passbook if you have not connected your Aadhar card to your bank account.
Step 3: Take a passport-sized photo of the family head as well, and submit these documents to the Public Distribution System (PDS)/ration shop or ration office.
Step 4: You may be asked to give a fingerprint ID on their sensors to validate that information against the Aadhaar database.
Step 5: Once the documents have reached the relevant department, you will notified by SMS or email.
Step 6: Your paperwork will be processed by the authorities, and you will be notified as soon as the ration card and Aadhaar cards are successfully linked.
How to Check if a Ration Card Linked to an Aadhaar Card?
The steps below explain how one can check if the ration card is linked with an Aadhaar card:
Step 1: Install the ‘Mera ration‘ app from the Play store.
Step 2: Select ‘Aadhaar Seeding‘ from the menu.
Step 3: Enter the ‘Ration card no.’ by choosing it and typing it into the box.
Step 4: Enter the ‘submit’ button to proceed.
Documents Required
Given below are the documents which are to be uploaded to link Ration Card Aadhaar.
- Photocopy of the original ration card.
- Photocopies of the Aadhaar card of all your family members.
- Photocopy of the Aadhaar card of the head of the family.
- A copy of the bank passbook.
- Two passport size photos of the head of the family.
Why is it Necessary to Link a Ration Card with an Aadhaar Card?
- It prevents phoney users and invalid cardholders from misusing government programs meant to assist the impoverished.
- The integration of Ration-Aadhaar with biometric identification can improve the PDS system’s efficacy, enable the identification of genuine beneficiaries, and improve the distribution process in general.
- It is possible to stop ration card duplication and guarantee that no household has access to multiple cards in order to obtain subsidies by linking ration cards to Aadhaar cards.
- It contributes to the government’s ‘One Nation One Ration Card’ program, which enables one beneficiary from a state to use the PDS subsidies from other states.
- Through the creation of an audit trail within the system to find leaks and diversions, the Aadhaar-Ration card linkage facilitates the discovery and removal of dishonest middlemen and the prevention of fraudulent actions, thus increasing the overall effectiveness of the system.
