We all know that ration card is a very important document, not only for getting free ration benefits but also a very important identity document. Currently the Government of India has focused on document verification of this ration card, so now e-KYC of ration card has been made mandatory.
Every ration card holder should do e-KYC as soon as possible, otherwise the customer will be deprived of the benefits of the ration card and the ration card may also be cancelled. A total of 4.5 crore ration cards have been canceled since 2014 across all states and union territories.
You can easily get e-KYC or ration card Aadhaar link from the online portal. This article provides detailed information about e-KYC procedure for Ration Card.
What is Ration Card Aadhaar Link or e-KYC?
Ration Card e-KYC is a digital verification process through which the authenticity of cardholders is verified. This is not done in such a time-consuming manner as traditional KYC. A digital database and biometric data are used for record keeping, so that record keeping and verification can be done quickly.
To do ration card e-KYC you need to link aadhaar with ration card, which procedure is mentioned below or you can link easily by watching video reference ration card e-KYC.
Why Ration Card KYC?
Free ration facilities are provided to the citizens of the country through this ration card administered by the Department of Food and Supplies and Consumer Affairs. But in many places it has been seen that these ration cards are available in the name of deceased or outsiders as well.
The government has therefore made e-KYC mandatory for the purpose of identifying the right ration card holders, where all family members have to e-KYC the ration card, so that the names of outsiders and dead persons can be removed and the ration facility can be made available only to the eligible.
Ration card KYC facility
By doing KYC of Ration Card following benefits are available:
Detection of forgery and counterfeiting:
As fraud and counterfeiting of ration cards increased, the government also had to focus on verification.
One of the main functions of the Public Distribution System is to identify these duplicate and fraudulent ration cards. So an initiative has been taken to eliminate this problem by making ration card e-KYC.
Maintaining transparency:
There are about 80 crore ration card holders across India. Digital media is the easiest and most reliable way to store and manage this huge number of records. Aadhaar linking through ration card e-KYC has made it possible to maintain transparency in all processes.
E-KYC:
No separate documents are required for e-KYC of ration card. As all necessary KYC information starting from biometric data is already stored in Aadhaar database, e-KYC can be completed by just linking Aadhaar with ration card, which can be easily and quickly done by customers from online portal.
Ration Card Aadhaar Link Check
If you need to check whether your ration card is e-KYC or Aadhaar linked, you can do it easily from the online portal.
Follow the following steps to check Ration Card Aadhaar Link:
- You can go to google and search ‘ration card ekyc status’ or directly click ‘ration card aadhaar link check‘.
- Then you will reach the status check page where you have to enter the ration card number and click on ‘Check Status’. Remember in this case only the number has to be written, no category has to be mentioned.
- After clicking the button below you will see the status of your ration card and if E-KYC is not done then it will show ‘E-KYC: NOT DONE’.
- In that case, you need to click on the ‘Click here to EKYC’ button given below to do e-KYC.
- Then a new page will open, where you have to enter the ration card number and click on search.
- Only then you will see the details of the ration card holder where name, aadhaar number, mobile number etc. will be mentioned and the aadhaar linking status will be written as ‘Aadhaar is not linked yet’.
- You have to click on the ‘Link aadhaar and mobile number’ check box below. Then enter the Aadhaar number below and click on ‘Send OTP’. Then an OTP will be sent to your Aadhaar linked mobile number. In this case, remember that no OTP will be sent to the mobile number mentioned in the ration card, only the mobile number mentioned in Aadhaar will receive the OTP. You have to write it and ‘Submit’.
After submission, a popup message will open with some information from Aadhaar details, where Aadhaar card holder’s photo, name, date of birth, district and pin code will be displayed and a message will appear that says ‘Aadhaar has been successfully linked with your Ration Card.’ That means linking Aadhaar with your ration card or e-KYC is done.
