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 avail the benefits of many government schemes. The most important among these is the free grain scheme of the central government. If you want to avail this, then you must have a BPL (Below Poverty Line) ration card.
If you do not have a BPL ration card, 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 to get ration card
If you want to get a ration card made online, then you have to visit 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 will have to visit (https://epds.bihar.gov.in/Default.aspx).
How to apply online
- To get a ration card, submit Aadhaar card, voter ID, electricity bill, or water bill.
- Pay your application fee. This charge may also vary from state to state.
- After fee payment, read all the filled information carefully and click on submit option.
- Now your eligibility will be reviewed. Then you will get the ration card.
Which documents will be required
To get a BPL ration card online, you can use Aadhar card/ Voter ID card. Electricity bill or water bill will also work. You must also have an income certificate. This will tell you whether you are eligible to get a ration card or not.
Condition for making BPL ration card
- The person getting the ration card made should be a citizen of India.
- His/her age should be 18 years or above.
- No member of the family should have a government job.
- The salary of any member should not exceed Rs 5 lakh.
- There should not be a four-wheeler in your house.
- The family is 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.