Ration and food distribution
Take ration in another place (portability)
You have moved for work and want your monthly ration in the new place under the one-nation one-ration-card portability.
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Take your ration in the new place under portability using Aadhaar authentication at any fair-price shop.
Who is responsible
Under the one-nation portability, a ration card works at any fair-price shop in the country with Aadhaar authentication, so no new card is needed on moving. What matters is that the family members are Aadhaar-seeded in the card, because an unseeded member cannot authenticate at the new shop.
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You
Your home, village, or ward — where the problem is.
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Take your ration in the new place under portability using Aadhaar authentication at any fair-price shop.
District
Food Supply Officer / District Food Distribution Officer
Supervises fair-price shops, dealer conduct and non-delivery of ration complaints at district and block level.
State
Food and Consumer Protection Department, Bihar
Owns public distribution system policy, ration card services and fair-price shop regulation in Bihar.
State
Government of BiharPatna · state headquarters
State government; departments deliver citizen services through ServicePlus and department portals.
If that does not work
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Authenticate with Aadhaar at the new fair-price shop
Open official page - 2
If a member is unseeded, get the seeding done first
Open official page - 3
If the new shop refuses, complain on the PDS grievance portal
Open official page
Sources and evidence
- [1] EPDS Bihar — ration card and RCMS servicesEPDS is the entry point for ration card services including member seeding used by portability.
- [2] NFSA — Bihar state PDS linksThe national food security pages list the state PDS links used for portability.