How to apply Duplicate Ration Card if it is lost?

Civil Supplies department provides the following additional services to family cardholders through Assistant Commissioner's and Taluk Supply Officers :

How to apply Duplicate Ration Card if it is lost?

Yes, the ration applicant can apply for a duplicate family card provided it is lost or damaged. The documentary requirements are as below:

Written ration application by the head of family indicating the reasons for applying for a duplicate family carrd, the ration carrd number and FPS code. (Applications from any other member of the family will be rejected.), AND

Ration card number or xerox copy of the lost family caard OR the damaged family caard and name of the fair price shop, AND

Proof of current residence (as for a new family card) and

Proof of residence in the address in the ration caard

Question no 10: Can a new family member be added to an existing family ration card ?

Only close relatives of the cardholder may be added to an existing family card, provided the member has shifted permanently to the house of the existing cardholder or in case of a newborn child. Documentary requirements are as below:

Written application (in white paper) by the head of the family of the existing cardholder, with full address, name, previous address of the new member of the family, nature of relationship with the head of the family, AND

Certificate of non-inclusion of his / her name in any family carrd in the previous address. (OR)

Certificate of deletion from the family caard of parent or guardian in which his /her name was included earlier (OR)

Birth certificate of the child, in case of a new born child of any existing member in the family card.

Proof of applicant's current residence in Tamil Nadu (copy of original document)

Election Photo Identity Card (EPIC), OR

Property tax payment receipt in case of own house (current year), OR

Electricity Bill (last month), OR

Telephone Bill (last month) , OR

Front Page of Bank Pass Book, OR

Allotment orders in respect of persons residing at houses allotted by Slum Clearance Board, OR

Passport, OR

Currently valid tenancy agreement (in case of rented house)