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Ration Card Rules: In India, ration cards are issued to poor people by the Food Department under the National Food Security Act. Through these ration cards, poor and needy people can avail the benefits of government schemes and with the help of this they are given free ration. It is made only for needy people.
Different states provide different facilities for making ration cards. In some states, applications can be submitted both offline and online. So in some states only offline facility is available. The eligibility criteria for issuing ration cards are determined by the Government of India. Let me tell you whose ration card has not been made.
Ration card of these people will not be made
To get a ration card, you have to fulfill some important eligibility criteria. If a person has more than 100 square meters of land including plot, flat and house. Then such a person cannot apply for ration card. If someone has a four wheeler including car and tractor. He cannot make a ration card. People who have a refrigerator installed in their house or have AC installed in their house. Even if they have it, they cannot apply for ration card.
Also, if someone in the family is doing a government job, he cannot get a ration card. To get a ration card, the annual income of a village family should be less than Rs 2 lakh. Also, in cities, it should not be more than Rs 3 lakh. If this happens, those people will become ineligible. People who pay income tax do not get a ration card. Apart from this, if someone has a licensed gun, then he is also ineligible for a ration card.
People got their ration cards made by mistake and then surrendered them!
The Government of India is now identifying such people. Those who got ration cards made due to discrepancies in the documents. But they are ineligible to get ration cards. If you have any such ration card, then it is better to surrender it. For this, you will have to go to your food department office and give a written consent letter there. After this, you will be saved from any kind of government action. Otherwise, action can be taken if found ineligible.
