Explain three types of ration cards economics
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A Ration Card is a document issued in India by the State Government as per the Public Distribution System for the purchase of essential commodities from Ration shops or fair price shops.
Antyodaya Ration Card:
This type of Ration Card is issued to the poorest families having no stable income. Old age men, women, unemployed people, and laborers come under this category.
Antyodaya ration cards are issued to such families who have the income of less than Rs. 250/- per capita per month.
Under the expanded Antyodaya Anna Yojna, exclusive AAY cards are also issued to Senior Citizens who have no regular means of subsistence or societal support, widows, and families headed by widows, terminally ill and physically handicapped even if they are not in possession of any APL or BPL card.
BPL Ration Card:
This type of Ration Card is issued to the families that live below the poverty line. In India, you will be on BPL list if your annual income is Rs.27,000 or less (It was earlier Rs. 10,000 but revised in 2011 to Rs. 27000).
APL Ration Card:
APL Ration Card is issued by the State Government to the people who live above the defined Poverty line. Anyone can apply for this Ration Card and there is no annual income limit under this category.