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How to download an e-ration card in 2026
ई राशन कार्ड डाउनलोड और राशन कार्ड डाउनलोड कैसे करें
Last reviewed: 11 November 2026
The PDF is created by your state’s ration-card system. A private website can show a download button, but it cannot issue your household’s card.
What you are downloading
The e-ration card is a digital copy of the household card: members, category (AAY or PHH, or a state scheme name), and the fair price shop. It is not a new entitlement. If the status is still “under verification”, there is nothing to download yet.
Steps
- Confirm the card exists, either because you already draw grain or because the state portal shows the application as approved.
- Open the official download page from the state directory. These are the government sites:
- West Bengal: wbpds.wb.gov.in and food.wb.gov.in.
- Uttar Pradesh: fcs.up.gov.in.
- Bihar: epds.bihar.gov.in or rconline.bihar.gov.in. Not epds.biharportal.com.
- Tamil Nadu: tnpds.gov.in. Not tnpds.net.
- Telangana: epds.telangana.gov.in.
- Karnataka: Ahara, ahara.karnataka.gov.in.
- Maharashtra: rcms.mahafood.gov.in.
- Complete login on that site. We never see the password, OTP, or card number.
- Save the PDF and print it if the shop or an office still asks for paper. A phone photo of the official PDF is often accepted, but that is the shop’s rule, not ours.
- If the portal has no download button, try the Mera Ration app or Mera Ration on UMANG. The official app can show card details. Not every state puts a printable PDF inside the app. If it is not there, go back to the state portal.
- DigiLocker (
digilocker.gov.in) shows a ration card only for states that have integrated it. Search the document name there. If it is absent, that is not an error on this guide.
Haryana and Rajasthan, because the queries name them
In Haryana, download from haryanafood.gov.in. In Rajasthan, use rrcc.rajasthan.gov.in or the NFSA Rajasthan profile. Neither download happens on this page.
Lost the paper card and need a reprint rather than a first PDF? That is the duplicate card flow, still on the state portal.
Related guides
How to check ration card status in 2026
How to check ration card status in 2026 on the official state portal or Smart PDS. Unofficial guide. No status form here.
Mera Ration app
What the official Mera Ration app does, where to download it from NIC, and how it relates to UMANG. No APK and no login on this site.
Link Aadhaar or check a ration card from Aadhaar
Where official portals let you check or link a ration card with Aadhaar. This unofficial guide never asks for the number.
Lost ration card or duplicate ration card
What to do if a ration card is lost, and how a duplicate is requested on the state portal in 2026. Unofficial guide.
Frequently asked questions
ई राशन कार्ड क्या होता है?
It is the digital ration card issued by the state. You download the PDF from that state’s portal, or from UMANG or the Mera Ration app where the state has enabled it. A private site with download in the domain is not the issuer.
राशन कार्ड कैसे डाउनलोड करें?
Open the official download or e-card page for your state, sign in the way that page asks, and save the PDF. West Bengal, Delhi, Odisha, and Rajasthan each publish their own download address. This guide only links them.
How do I print the ration card?
Print the PDF the official portal gives you. There is no print tool on this website.
New ration card kaise download karen?
The application has to be approved first. Check status on the state portal. When the card exists, the same portal’s download option, or Mera Ration if the household is visible there, is where the file comes from.
Can DigiLocker hold the card?
Some states push the ration card to DigiLocker. If it is not listed under issued documents for your state, use the state portal. DigiLocker is digilocker.gov.in.
Is a photo of a neighbour’s card a format I can copy?
No. The PDF has to be generated for your household by the state system. Editing someone else’s file is not a download.