The Centre government has extended the deadline for linking Ration Card with Aadhaar card from March 31, 2023 to June 30, 2023.
A notification in this regard was issued by the Department of Food and Public Distribution on Thursday.
Ration Card is an important document for citizens of India to get free or subsidized rations such as Rice, Wheat, more from Public Distribution System (PDS) centres.
If you haven’t linked your Aadhaar with Ration, then you can do so both online by the following method.
Log on to your state’s PDS website (As every state has its own Official Public Distribution System (PDS) portal). Select the option to link Aadhaar with active cards.
First enter your Ration card number, then your Aadhaar card number and then enter your registered mobile phone number. Click on the continue/submit option.
Enter the OTP that is sent to your mobile phone at this juncture. An SMS will be sent to you notifying when the process is completed.