Department of Food, Public Distribution & Consumer Affairs (PDS), Jharkhand

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Public distribution system (PDS) is an Indian food security system. Established by the Government of India under Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food, and Public Distribution and managed jointly with state governments in India. Jharkhand PDS Ration Card Certificates is available in Digilocker for Citizen.

Authentication

No authentication requiredFree to use with no key needed.

Sample Requests

POST Ration Card

API to verify Ration Card.

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/apisetu.gov.in/aaharjh/3.0.0/ratcr/certificate

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curl -X POST "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/apisetu.gov.in/aaharjh/3.0.0/ratcr/certificate"

import requests
response = requests.post(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/apisetu.gov.in/aaharjh/3.0.0/ratcr/certificate",
)
print(response.json())

const url = 'https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/apisetu.gov.in/aaharjh/3.0.0/ratcr/certificate';

const response = await fetch(url, {
  method: 'POST',
}); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
)

func main() {
	targetURL := "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/apisetu.gov.in/aaharjh/3.0.0/ratcr/certificate"
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/apisetu.gov.in/aaharjh/3.0.0/ratcr/certificate")

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/apisetu.gov.in/aaharjh/3.0.0/ratcr/certificate";
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "POST",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

Postman Setup Guide

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What can you build with Department of Food, Public Distribution & Consumer Affairs (PDS), Jharkhand?

Department of Food, Public Distribution & Consumer Affairs (PDS), Jharkhand is a Government API. Developers commonly use government APIs for:

surfacing public datasets in citizen-facing apps
building transparency and civic engagement tools
accessing legislation, court records, and official data
powering research and journalism tools
creating compliance and regulatory monitoring dashboards

No authentication required. This API is open — no signup or key needed. Ideal for quick prototypes and public-facing features. Department of Food, Public Distribution & Consumer Affairs (PDS), Jharkhand is free to use, making it a low-risk choice to experiment with.

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