Supply Department

Ration Cards

e-Ration Card

In the state The triple card scheme was implemented from May 5, 1999. Accordingly, three color ration cards were being distributed to all the ration card holders in the state as per the criteria. After that, it has been decided to distribute e-ration cards to Antyodaya Food Yojana (AAY), Priority Housed Hold (PHH), APL Farmer & Non Priority Housed Hold (NPH) and other than APL Farmers and APL white ration card holders by charging prescribed fee as per Government Resolution dated 21.02.2023. After that, as decided by Government Resolution dated 16.05.2023 to provide e-ration card facility through online service to all ration card holders of Non Priority Housed Hold (NPH), Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY), Priority Housed Hold (PHH), and State Scheme (APL farmers in suicide affected districts) under public distribution system. At present, distribution of e-ration cards in the state is done through regional offices.

Fair Price Shops

As on 31 st jan, 2025, there were 1719  functional Fair Price Shops (FPS) in the satara . Number of FPS by type of ownership is given in Table.

Computerization of Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS)

In the light of guidelines issued by Govt. of India, the Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection Department has undertaken the end-to-end computerization of the TPDS system to eradicate malpractices from National Food Security Act Scheme and distribute food commodities to eligible beneficiaries in a transparent manner. Department has issued the GR dated 18.05.2016 regarding distribution of PDS commodities by authenticating biometric identity of beneficiary.

The department is also working on Aadhaar seeding into the Ration Card Management System and has already completed seeding of 427958   ration cards out of 427958 ration cards covered under the NFSA Act till December, 2024. Aadhaar seeding of 100% ration cards of this schemes has been completed. Issuance of new ration cards, reduction or addition of names in old ration cards, reduction of names of duplicate/ineligible/deceased beneficiaries is a continuous process and accordingly the number of ration cards and the percentage of Aadhaar seeding varies. The Department has installed Point of Sale (PoS) Device in 1716 Fair Price Shops across the State.

In May 2018, Maharashtra has launched AePDS across all Fair Price Shops and Inter-State & pan-state portability was introduced. This novel system has met the objective of availability, access, and utilization of food grains to the marginal section of society dependent upon Government for its food requirements. In September, 2023 nearly 1.45 Crore families availed ration with Aadhaar based biometric authentication. Food grain is being distributed through Route Nominee facility from fair price shops declared No Network.

Targeted Public Distribution System

The implementation of the National Food Security Act, 2013 has been started in the state from February 1, 2014. In order to select the eligible beneficiaries for Antyodaya Anna Yojana & Priority House hold (PHH) under the said Act, the Central Government has given a target of 7,00,16,684 beneficiaries for the state. Beneficiaries of Antyodaya Anna Yojana are allotted 35 kg of food-grains per month while ration of 5 kg of food-grains per person per month is distributed to the beneficiaries of Priority House hold (PHH).

Beneficiary Selection Criteria of Priority Housed Hold (PHH)

To select the beneficiaries within the limit of target set by the Central Government, annual income limit of Rs.44,000/- for the rural & Rs.59,000/- has been fixed for urban areas for selecting Priority House hold (PHH) beneficiaries Vide Government Resolution dated 17.12.2013.

Beneficiary Selection Criteria of Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY)

The central government has given Target of 25,05,300 beneficiary families of Antyodaya Anna Yojana for the state. As per the guidelines given by Central Government, the state govt has fixed criteria to select the beneficiaries for Antyodaya food scheme. Vide Government resolution dated 17.07.2013 & Govt. corrigendum dated 14.11.2013.

Target of NFSA Beneficiary

The Target for Antodaya Anna Yojana & Priority House hold (PHH) beneficiaries under NFSA has been revised vide Government Resolution dated 04.09.2023.

Shivbhojan

Government has decided to implement ‘Shiv Bhojan’, a scheme aimed for the welfare of the poor and needy people. Under this scheme, the beneficiaries will be provided with square meal which contains two chapatis, one bowl vegetable, one bowl dal and one bowl rice to the poor and needy people at a subsidised rate of Rs.10. The cost of Shiv Bhojan per plate for urban area will be Rs.50 and for rural area it will be Rs.35. The poor and needy person will pay Rs.10 only and the balance amount will be borne by the Government. The scheme will be implemented in a phased manner starting from each District Head Quarter and Municipal Corporation area.

Government Resolution regarding “Shivbhojan” for poor and needy people dated,1.1.2020 view(493 KB) 

Circular regarding “Shivbhojan” for poor and needy people dated 6.1.2020 view(967 KB) 

Circular regarding Precautions to be taken at “Shivbhojan” Centers dated 18.1.2020 view(396 KB)   

Grievance Redressal

Toll Free Number: 1800-22-4950 & 1967
One Nation-One Ration Card Helpline Number: 14445
E-mail: helpline[dot]mhpds[at]gov[dot]in

Anandacha Shidha:- Date : 04/10/2022 –

Distribution of Anandacha Shidha on the occasion of Diwali Festival in 2022:-

Government of Maharashtra vide GR dated 04.10.2022, On the festive occasion of Diwali-2022, the Government of Maharashtra announced distribution of “Anandacha Shidha” kits that include four commodities viz. one kilogram each of Suji, Chana dal, Sugar and one litre of edible oil. This is in addition to the regular distribution of foodgrains. The beneficiaries of the kit include Antyodaya Anna Yojana and Priority households as defined in the National Food Security Act, 2013. The kit would also be distributed to the APL farmer (saffron) cardholders of fourteen districts that were identified as suicide prone districts (these include districts of Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar and Amravati division and Wardha district from Nagpur Division). The said kits are being distributed @ ₹ 100/- per kit. Accordingly, out of 1.61 crore sanctioned kits,
1.61 crore kits (about 100%) have been distributed to eligible ration card holders.

Distribution of Anandacha Shidha on the occasion Gudhipadwa, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Jayanti, etc.in 2023:-

Government of Maharashtra vide GR dated 22.02.2023, On the festive occasion of Gudhi Padwa, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Jayanti, etc. the Government of Maharashtra announced distribution of “Anandacha Shidha” kits that include four commodities viz. one kilogram each of Suji, Chana dal, Sugar and one litre of edible oil. This is in addition to the regular distribution of foodgrains. The beneficiaries of the kit include Antyodaya Anna Yojana and Priority households as defined in the National Food Security Act, 2013. The kit would also be distributed to the APL farmer (saffron) cardholders of fourteen districts that were identified as suicide prone districts (these include districts of Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar and Amravati division and Wardha district from Nagpur Division). The said kits are being distributed @ ₹ 100/- per kit. Accordingly, out of 1.59 crore sanctioned kits, 1.587 crore kits (about 99.89%) have been distributed to eligible ration card holders.

Distribution of Ananadacha Shidha on the occasion of Gauri-Ganpati and Diwali Festival in 2023 :-

Government of Maharashtra vide GR dated 22.08.2023, On the festive occasion of Gudhi Padwa, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Jayanti, etc. the Government of Maharashtra announced distribution of “Anandacha Shidha” kits that include four commodities viz. one kilogram each of Suji, Chana dal, Sugar and one litre of edible oil. This is in addition to the regular distribution of foodgrains. The beneficiaries of the kit include Antyodaya Anna Yojana and Priority households as defined in the National Food Security Act, 2013. The kit would also be distributed to the APL farmer (saffron) cardholders of fourteen districts that were identified as suicide prone districts (these include districts of Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar and Amravati division and Wardha district from Nagpur Division). “Anandacha Shidha”, First on the occassion of Gauri-Ganpati Utsav (19 th Sepetember, 2023) 1 kit per ration card and then on the occassion of Diwali (12 th November 2023) it has been decided to distribute separately as 1 kit per ration card. The said kits are being distributed @ ₹ 100/- per kit. Accordingly, out of 1.57 crore sanctioned kits, 1.567 crore kits (about 99.84%) have been distributed to eligible ration card holders.

Government of Maharashtra vide GR dated 03.10.2023, two items namely   Poha  and Maida each of
500 grams have been newly included in the “Anandacha Shidha” kit.now kit includes 6 commodities viz. 1 kg Sugar, 1 liter of edible oil and Rava, Chanadal, Maida and Poha in quantity of half kilogram each on the occassion of Diwali-2023. The beneficiaries of the kit include Antyodaya Anna Yojana and Priority households as defined in the National Food Security Act, 2013. The kit would also be distributed to the APL farmer (saffron) cardholders of fourteen districts that were identified as suicide prone districts (these include districts of Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar and Amravati division and Wardha district from Nagpur Division). The said kits are being distributed @ ₹ 100/- per kit. Accordingly, out of 1.58 crore sanctioned kits, 1.578 crore kits (about 99.70%) have been distributed to eligible ration card holders.

Distribution of Aanandacha Shidha on the occasion of Shri Ram Pranpratishtha & Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti in 2024:-

Government of Maharashtra vide GR dated 11.01.2024, On the festive occasion of Shri Ram Pranpratishtha & Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti, the Government of Maharashtra announced distribution of 1,60,29,362 “Anandacha Shidha” kits that include six commodities viz. one kilogram Suger, one litre of edible oil and half kilogram each of Suji, Chana dal, Poha, Maida. The beneficiaries of the kit include Antyodaya Anna Yojana and Priority households as defined in the National Food Security Act, 2013. The kit would also be distributed to the APL farmer (saffron) cardholders of fourteen districts that were identified as suicide prone districts (these include districts of Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar and Amravati division and Wardha district from Nagpur Division). The said kits are being distributed @ ₹ 100/- per kit. Accordingly, out of 1.60 crore sanctioned kits, 1.589 crore kits (about 99.16%) have been distributed to eligible ration card holders. The process of distribution is still underway.

Beneficiary:

Under the National Food Security Act, 2013 Antyodaya Food Yojana, Preference Family as well as APL (Orange) Farmer Ration Card Holders from 14 Farmer Suicide affected Districts namely All Districts of Aurangabad and Amravati Divisions and Wardha of Nagpur Division.

Benefits:-1 Shidha Kit per Ration Card

How To Apply :-Visit your Fair Price shop

Shivbhojan

To provide food at discounted rates to the poor and needy people of the state, the state government started Shiv Bhojan Yojana according to the government decision dated January 01, 2020 from dt. 26.01.2020. Shiv Bhojan Thali includes 2 chapatis, 1 bowl of cooked vegetables, 1 bowl of dal and 1 Mood rice. “Shiv Bhojan Application” has been developed to implement the Shiv Bhojan Scheme. Shivbhojan thali is distributed only by using it. Before distributing shiv bhojan thali it is mandatory to take the name, photograph of the beneficiary while the phone number is optional. On this app Shiv Bhojan Kendra owner can publish the daily menu.

Beneficiary:Any person

Benefits:One plate contains 2 Rotis, 1 bowl of cooked veggie, 1 bowl of dal & 1 bowl of rice.

 How To Apply

Visit to Shivbhojan center between 11.00 am to 3.00 pm
(Note : Every Shivbhojan center has plate limit)