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ਆਟਾ ਦਾਲ ਸਕੀਮ — ਪਰਿਚੈ

ਪੰਜਾਬ ਸਰਕਾਰ ਦੀ ਆਟਾ ਦਾਲ ਸਕੀਮ ਵਿੱਚ Blue Card (BPL) ਧਾਰਕ ਪਰਿਵਾਰਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਹਰ ਮਹੀਨੇ ਸਸਤੇ ਭਾਅ 'ਤੇ ਅਨਾਜ ਮਿਲਦਾ ਹੈ। ਇਹ ਸਕੀਮ Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) ਤਹਿਤ ਚੱਲਦੀ ਹੈ।

ਮੁੱਖ ਲਾਭ

ਚੀਜ਼	ਭਾਅ / ਮਾਤਰਾ
ਆਟਾ	₹2/kg (5 kg/ਮੈਂਬਰ/ਮਹੀਨਾ)
ਦਾਲ	₹60/kg (1 kg/ਪਰਿਵਾਰ/ਮਹੀਨਾ)
ਲਾਭਾਰਥੀ ਕਾਰਡ	Blue Card (BPL)

ਯੋਗਤਾ

• ਪੰਜਾਬ ਦੇ ਸਥਾਈ ਨਿਵਾਸੀ
• BPL ਸੂਚੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਨਾਮ
• Blue Card ਧਾਰਕ ਪਰਿਵਾਰ
• ਵਾਰਸ਼ਿਕ ਆਮਦਨ ₹60,000 ਤੋਂ ਘੱਟ

Blue Card ਕਿਵੇਂ ਬਣਾਈਏ?

1. ਆਪਣੇ ਨੇੜੇ ਦੇ ਤਹਿਸੀਲ / SDO ਦਫ਼ਤਰ ਜਾਓ
2. ਆਮਦਨ ਸਰਟੀਫਿਕੇਟ, Aadhaar, ਪਰਿਵਾਰ ਦਾ ਵੇਰਵਾ ਜਮ੍ਹਾ ਕਰੋ
3. Block Officer ਤੋਂ ਮਨਜ਼ੂਰੀ ਮਿਲੇਗੀ
4. Blue Card ਮਿਲਣ ਤੋਂ ਬਾਅਦ ਨੇੜੇ ਦੀ Fair Price Shop ਤੋਂ ਰਾਸ਼ਨ ਲਓ

ਅਕਸਰ ਪੁੱਛੇ ਜਾਂਦੇ ਸਵਾਲ

ਕੀ ਕਿਰਾਏਦਾਰ Blue Card ਲੈ ਸਕਦੇ ਹਨ?
ਹਾਂ, ਜੇਕਰ ਪੰਜਾਬ ਵਿੱਚ 3 ਸਾਲ ਤੋਂ ਵੱਧ ਰਹਿ ਰਹੇ ਹਨ ਅਤੇ BPL ਯੋਗ ਹਨ।

ਕੀ ਔਰਤਾਂ ਦੇ ਨਾਮ 'ਤੇ Card ਬਣਦਾ ਹੈ?
ਹਾਂ, ਪਰਿਵਾਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਔਰਤ ਦੇ ਨਾਮ 'ਤੇ ਕਾਰਡ ਬਣਾਉਣਾ ਤਰਜੀਹ ਦਿੱਤੀ ਜਾਂਦੀ ਹੈ।

Atta-Daal Scheme in Context — Why Punjab Runs Its Own Subsidised Food Programme

Punjab's Atta-Daal Scheme is one of the older state-run subsidised food programmes in India — it predates the National Food Security Act (NFSA) by several years and continues to operate alongside NFSA's ration entitlements, giving Punjab BPL households a specifically enhanced package. Under the current design, a Blue Card holder receives wheat at ₹2 per kg and dal at ₹60 per kg through the Fair Price Shop network — significantly below open-market rates. The reason Punjab runs its own scheme despite being an NFSA state is agricultural: Punjab's own wheat surplus makes the state's PDS procurement price much lower than the central-scheme purchase price, and passing this saving through to BPL residents is politically important in a state with steep rural-urban income variance.

The Blue Card is the Gate — Understanding Its Eligibility

The Blue Card (Punjab BPL Card) is issued by the state Food & Civil Supplies Department based on a household's annual income (below ₹60,000 in rural areas), asset holding, and SECC-2011 database entries. Applications are filed at the tehsildar's office or online through the punjab.gov.in Sewa Kendra portal. The Blue Card is renewable and can be transferred if a family moves within Punjab — the specific transfer form (D-1) needs to be filed at the destination tehsildar's office. A family cannot hold two Blue Cards simultaneously; if a member marries and moves to a new household, they are removed from the parent household's card and added to the new one.

Common Fair Price Shop Problems and How to Resolve Them

• Fair Price Shop refuses to give the monthly quota. This is often because the ePOS device shows the biometric authentication failing. Ask the shopkeeper to try the manual OTP fallback; if that also fails, file a written complaint at the block Food & Civil Supplies office with the Blue Card number and the date of visit.
• Wheat quality is poor. Punjab's PDS wheat is inspected by state Food Corporation officials before distribution to FPS. If you receive damaged or infested wheat, retain the packaging and file a written complaint at the block office — the FPS is required to replace the stock at no cost.
• Ration entry not showing on epos.punjab.gov.in. Check whether the Aadhaar linking on the Blue Card is correct. Mismatched Aadhaar numbers block the ePOS entry. Get the correction done at the tehsildar's office.

Complementary Punjab Schemes to Combine With

Punjab BPL Blue Card holders are automatically eligible for the state's Aashirwad Scheme (₹51,000 marriage grant for daughter of BPL SC/BC family), the Old-Age Pension (₹1,500/month for 60+), and the Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojana (health insurance up to ₹5 lakh/year layered on top of the central Ayushman Bharat cover). If you have a Blue Card, register for all three at your next Sewa Kendra visit — the same underlying eligibility documents apply.