Getting a Ration Card in Bangalore!!

- Thomas Raj
 Getting a Ration Card in Bangalore!!

Life is so much easier if you have a ration card. Whether you buy the
rations doled out or not, it is wiser to possess one, because it has its
uses - whether it's at the passport office or the RTO.

For getting a ration card afresh, here's what you have to do:
1. You have to fill in an application form available at any of the five
range offices of the Food and Civil Supplies department.

2. You will also need your voter identity card, and a court fee
stamp of Rs 2.

3. Attach proof of residence. For this, you can offer any one of the
following - rent agreement document, tax paid receipt,
telephone bill, gas bill, electricity bill, bank passbook; even a
letter mailed to the house will do.

4. Submit these at the jurisdictional range office. There are five of

them: East - near RBANMS College, West - Bhashyam Circle,
Rajajinagar, North - Vyalikaval, South - 5th main road,
Chamarajpet, Central opposite Vishveshwaraiah museum.

5. Submit the documents, get an acknowledgement. An inspector

from the department will visit your residence to check if you
really reside there, after which he sends his report to the office.
And the ration card is ready for you to collect in less than a
month.

6. On the day you go to receive your card, pay Rs 45, and get a
computerised card, complete with your photo in it.

Surrender certificate
In case you are applying for a ration card and you have held one
earlier at another place, you have to get a surrender certificate from
the previous place. A ration card will be issued afresh on the same
day.

Deletion certificate
In case there has been a bifurcation in the family, if a member has
married and moved away, the name has to be deleted. For this you
have to get a deletion certificate and apply with the other documents.
The card will be issued on the same day.

Addition certificate
 If a child's name is to be included, produce the birth certificate. If you
don't have one, get a certificate issued by the school authorities. The
card will be issued on the same day.

According to officials at the Food and Civil Supplies department,

Chamarajpet, there are three kinds of ration cards issued - yellow
(earlier green) for those below the poverty line; blue card or the photo
card for those above the poverty line; and the white card or what is
called the honorary card, for those who want the card only

Conclusion
Though the above procedures seem to be simple and systematic, you
may have to visit the respective offices couple of times; this could be
either for reminding the public servants at the desk or simply to re-
submit the application form.

Also note that Karnataka and Tamilnadu are the only two states which
require you to hold a valid Ration Card at the time of applying for a Gas
Connection (Govt. Owned Agency).

Wishing you all the very best for your Endeavour; the charges may vary
from time to time, kindly do check for yourself.

Email: info.thomasraj@yahoo.co.in