Free Supply of Rice to the Poor People

10 kg of free rice is supplied through fair-price shops during natural calamities and on two important festive occasions every year.

The applicant should be a citizen of India.

The applicant should be a native of the Union Territory of Pondicherry by birth or continuous residence for not less than 5 years.

The applicant should belong to the 'Below Poverty Line' category.

Offline

No separate application is required. As a part of the proactive governance and timely benefits delivery, the beneficiaries are identified based on the data from the Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department in Puducherry, utilizing the cross-referencing functionality in UDH. The supply will be made to the holders of red ration card who have registered with the area Anganwadi.

BPL Ration Card by the Civil Supplies Department, Pondicherry.