Apply online for ration card

Bangalore, November 19: The Food and Civil Supplies Department will begin receiving online applications for new ration cards from Saturday. It has been a year since the department had stopped issuing new cards. At the same time, as many as 30 lakh bogus ration cards, both in urban and rural areas, have been identified.

The measures come as part of the streamlining of the public distribution system by the department. Addressing a press conference in Bangalore on Friday, Food and Civil Supplies Minister Shobha Karandlaje said families in the urban areas, who do not possess ration cards, can submit their applications online through the website http://ahara.kar.nic.in or avail of “online service” at taluk office or offices of the jurisdictional assistant director or deputy director of the department by paying a fee of Rs 10.

Those in rural areas need to furnish information through the computers of their jurisdictional gram panchayat offices. Submission of applications for new ration cards can only be made online. Printed or handwritten applications will not be accepted, the minister said.

Families in possession of ration cards and who have submitted their electricity meter RR?number and their residential property tax number as sought by the department need not apply.

Consumers can also log on to the website to confirm whether they possess valid ration cards by keying in their card number, Karandlaje said.

Food and Civil Supplies Secretary B?A Harish Gowda said persons applying for ration cards have to furnish information about the place of residence and their family. He said submission of applications through the computer system will facilitate proper submission of data, processing and prompt delivery of ration cards. Once the application is submitted, the applicant will get an acknowledgement via e-mail or SMS. The jurisdictional food inspector will make a spot visit to verify the authenticity of the details provided following which the cards would be issued.

The department has not fixed any deadline to avail of new ration cards as the same is an ongoing process, the minister said.

Bogus cards

The department has also identified 12 lakh bogus ration cards in the urban areas (highest being in Bangalore at 3.23 lakh) and around 18 lakh bogus cards in rural pockets.

A few months ago, the department had launched a drive to weed out bogus cards by linking ration cards to electricity meter RR numbers of houses of beneficiaries in the urban areas and property tax numbers of houses in the rural areas.

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Mangaluru Tees Off Big: Golf Excellence Academy to Open at Pilikula

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February 1,2026

The coastal city of Mangaluru is gearing up for a major sporting milestone with the launch of a Golf Excellence Academy at the Pilikula Golf Club (PGC), scheduled to open on May 31. The initiative aims to position Mangaluru firmly on India’s national golfing map.

Speaking to reporters on Saturday during PGC’s first-ever floodlit Pro-Am tournament, club captain Manoj Kumar Shetty said the project is being funded by UAE-based philanthropist Michael D’Souza and is currently in the design phase. Experts from leading golf academies across the country are expected to visit Mangaluru to help shape the training programme and infrastructure.

The academy will train 20 young golfers at a time, with a long-term vision of producing national-level players from the region. Until now, PGC relied on an in-house coach, but the recent renovation of the course and the introduction of floodlights have opened new possibilities for expanding the sport.

Shetty said discussions are underway with two reputed coaching academies, whose heads are expected to visit PGC shortly. “A dormitory for trainers is already under construction. We are inviting academies to assess the facilities and suggest changes so we can build a truly world-class Golf Excellence Academy,” he said.

Professional golfer Aryan Roopa Anand noted that the floodlit course would be a game-changer for young players. “Students can now practise after school hours, even up to 8 or 9 pm, without compromising on academics,” he said.

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