ration card
/ˈræʃn kɑːd/noun
उच्चारण रैशन कार्ड
राशन कार्ड
Basic word
noun
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[C]
an official card or document that allows a family to buy fixed amounts of food or other goods, especially at cheap government prices
राशन कार्ड
- Families with a ration card can buy wheat and rice at low prices from the fair price shop.
- Radhika helped her neighbour apply for a new ration card.
- You must show your ration card at the fair price shop.
+ 2 more examples
- He lost his ration card and had to apply for a duplicate.
- The new ration card lists all the members of the family.
✓In the exam
General knowledge
In India, ration cards are used to buy subsidised food grains under the Public Distribution System (PDS).
GK के लिए याद रखें कि भारत में ration card का उपयोग Public Distribution System (PDS) के अंतर्गत सस्ते दामों पर अनाज खरीदने के लिए होता है।