There are many benefits of BPL ration card. Through this you can avail the benefits of schemes like Awas Yojana, free gas connection, toilet scheme, free electricity connection, Ayushman Bharat Yojana, health insurance scheme, ration subsidy etc. It is also very easy to get a BPL ration card. You can get it made online from home. Let us know its step by step process.
Ration card is required to take advantage of many government schemes. The most important among these is the free grain scheme of the central government. If you want to take advantage of this, then you must have a BPL (Below Poverty Line) ration card.
If you do not have a BPL ration card, then you should get it made immediately. Otherwise you will be deprived of the benefits of many welfare schemes of the government. You do not need to go anywhere to get a ration card. You can do this work sitting at home.
Process of getting a ration card
If you want to get a ration card made through online medium, then you have to go to the government portal of your state. There you will get the option to get a ration card. If you are a resident of Uttar Pradesh, then you can get a ration card by visiting (https://nfsa.up.gov.in/Food/citizen/Default.aspx). At the same time, people of Bihar have to go to (https://epds.bihar.gov.in/Default.aspx).
How to apply online
- Submit Aadhaar card, voter ID, electricity bill or water bill to get a ration card.
- Pay your application fee. This charge may also vary according to the states.
- After fee payment, read all the filled information carefully and click on the submit option.
- Now your eligibility will be reviewed. Then you will get a ration card.
Which documents will be required
To get a BPL ration card made online, you can submit Aadhaar card / voter ID card. Electricity bill or water bill will also work. You must also have an Income Certificate. This will help you know whether you are eligible to get a ration card or not.
Conditions for making BPL ration card
- The person making the ration card should be a citizen of India.
- His age should be 18 years or more.
- No member of the family should have a government job.
- No member’s salary should be more than 5 lakhs.
- Your house should not have a four-wheeler.
- The family should be weak from social and economic point of view.
- Benefits of BPL ration card
- Benefit of free ration scheme.
- Benefit of housing construction scheme.
- Free LPG gas connection- subsidy.
- Benefit of free education and scholarship.
- Benefit of toilet construction scheme.
- Benefit of loan-subsidy schemes.
