Delhi

Eligibility

Inclusion:

Phase 1: Existing card holders

Exclusion:

Even if they meet the eligibility criteria, these families will not be entitled if any member

Owns a four wheeler or heavy vehicle, except commercial vehicle for livelihood)

Owns a building/land in any of the A to E category colonies of Delhi

Receives ration or food subsidy under any other scheme 

Income tax payee

Employee of the central or state government, local bodies, corporation / autonomous bodies

Electricity connection above 2 KW

Application

Application Form (Phase 1)

Application Form (Phase 2)

Submission

98 Samajik Suvidha Sangam Kendras (GRC-SKs)

70 circle offices (Department of Food and Supplies)

[Please collect perforated receipt at the bottom of the application form as proof of submission]

Apply

For expert assistance and to contact other members of the state campaign, please contact

Amrita Johri at amritajohri@gmail.com

Fair Price Shops

List of all Fair Price Shops

List of Ration Cards for each Fair Price Shop and Circle

Helpline

Call 1967 or 1800 110 841

Contact

Minister (Department of Food and Supplies)

Assistant Commissioners  (Department of Food and Supplies)

Circle Officers (Department of Food and Supplies)

Members of Parliament - Lok Sabha | Rajya Sabha

Members of Legislative Assembly

Website

Food and Supplies Department (Government of NCT of Delhi)

Monitor

Receive SMS Alerts for supplies in any Fair Price Shop

Enquire

Public Information Officers (Right to Information application)

Complain

Central Complaint Room (Food and Supplies Department)

Director (Directorate of Vigilance)

Public Grievances Commission (Government of NCT of Delhi)

Penalty

Delhi (Right of Citizen to Time Bound Delivery of Services) Act, 2011

News

2015

Delhi becomes first State to launch e ration card service (The Hindu, 29 March 2015)

2014

Use Facebook to complain against ration shops (Vishal Kant, The Hindu, 10 October 2014)

Sheila Dixit steps in to stop fair price shops’ shutdown (Indian Express, 2 October 2014)

More people added to Food Security Programme (India TV, 30th June, 2014)

500 gm sugar added to food security plan (28 June, 2014)

4 lakh more get food security cover (Times of India, 1st July, 2014)

Delhi Government Adds More People to Food Security Programme  (NDTV, 30th June, 2014)

HC notice to govt over plea on Food Security card data (Indian Express, 4 June 2014)

Delhi Govt to Issue 10 Lakh Food Security Ration Cards (Outlook 3 June 2014)

9.4 lakh households eligible to avail of benefits under the Food Security Scheme (The Hindu, 3 June 2014)

Notice to Govt on Giving Aadhar Card Details for Food Card (Outlook 28 May 2014)

BJP urges LG to take action against 'mandi mafias' (Business Standard, 2 May 2014)

Chemists, ration shops raided in anti-graft drive by four government departments (Times of India, May 1, 2014)

Ration shop stock data to go online (Deccan Herald, 29 April 2014)

Annshree scheme ends, ration from May (Times of India, 15 April 2014)

How is Food Security Act enforced without framing rules, asks Delhi High Court (The Economic Times, 12 March 2014)

Fair price shop can't be allotted to BPL card holder: HC (Business Standard, 11 March 2014)

Cash-for-food scheme to wind up (The Economic Times, Ambika Pandit, 4 March 2014)

Move to make Aadhaar must challenged (The Times of India, 4 March 2014)

Sheila Dikshit, Arvind Kejriwal cheated people on food scheme: Harsh Vardhan (India Today, 3 March 2014)

Sheila programme to be merged with Sonia’s food security scheme (Hindustan Times, Neelam Pandey, 1 March 2014)

2013

Application process for food security card resumes (The Hindu, 21 December 2013)

Smart card for assured food, promised and then held up (Indian Express  2 December 2013)

Govt planning vending machines for PDS wheat, rice, says Sheila (Express News Service 18 November 2013)

15 lakh families to get food cards after Delhi elections (Kumar Vikram , Daily Mail 11 November 2013)

How Delhi's food security scheme is failing Delhi's poorest as 60 percent miss out on cheaper grain (Kumar Vikram , Daily Mail 10 November 2013)

Stop identifying food scheme beneficiaries: Election Commission (TOI, 25 October 2013)

Six food officials suspended for irregularities (One India, 15 October 2013)

AAP hits out at Delhi govt for irregularities in PDS (TOI, 15 October 2013)

Aadhaar: The confusion continues (Ketki Angre, NDTV, 15 October 2013)

Centre mulls packed grain under PDS (Deepak Kumar Dash, TNN, 15 October 2013)

Revealed: How food grains meant for Delhi's poorest are ending up on the black market (Mail Today, 14 October 2013)

Headlines Today cameras capture trucks diverting PDS wheat meant for Delhi's poor to private flour mills (Harish Sharma/Arun Singh, Headlines Today, 14 October 2013)

Despite SC order, Aadhaar still mandatory for food scheme in Delhi (Sowmya Ashok, The Hindu, 9 October 2013)

After Chhattisgarh, Delhi govt to take food distribution system online (Ruhi Bhasin, 2 October 2013)

Delhi govt receiving 50,000 applications daily on food scheme (Zee TV, 23 September 2013)

9 lakh forms submitted, says Yusuf (Asian Age, 23 September 2013)

Delhi elections may hamper distribution of food security smart cards (Asian Age, 22 September 2013)

"Food security scheme: Not a simple and hassle-free process" (Sowmiya Ashok, The Hindu, 22 September 2013)

Poor quality grains from Delhi (Sowmiya Ashok, The Hindu, 22 September 2013)

India Matters: Food secure in the Capital (NDTV, 20 September 2013)

Meanwhile, CM distributes food security benefits (Express News Service, 2 September 2013)

Food Security Scheme to reach 74 lakh beneficiaries by Jan 2014, says Sheila Dixit (NewsTrack India, 1 September 2013)

Food security scheme: Distribution of grains starts in Delhi (Economic Times, 1 September 2013)

Govt. finalises eligibility criteria for food security programme (The Hindu, 30 August 2013)

Food security scheme launch today (Hindustan Times, 20 August 2013)

Delhi food security scheme to benefit 32 lakh (Sowmiya Ashok, The Hindu, 27 July 2013)

Five questions govt needs to answer on food security (Vivek Kaul, 15 July 2013)

Food Bill to be a gamechanger for Sheila Dikshit as Delhi gears for assembly elections next year (Vikram Kumar, India Today, 13 July 2013)