T HE E-SERVICES of Ration cards in Kerala was launched by the Hon'ble Minister for Food and Civil Supplies Sh. C. Divikaran during a function held at NIC, Kerala State Training Centre, Thiruvanathapuram. Sh. K. Jyothi Lal, I.A.S., Secretary (Food and Civil Supplies), Smt. M.S. Jaya, I.A.S., Director Civil Supplies and Dr. K. Santhanaraman, SIO, Kerala State unit spoke on the occasion. The citizen can now avail various services of the ration card viz. Apply for new ration card, addition and delel- tion of mamebrs, change of address, renewal of ration card, surrender certificate etc. electronically. Citizen can apply directly or through any of the 3000 Citizen Service centres (Akshaya Centres) in Kerala. The applications submitted on-line will be processed on priority and appli- cant can collect the card from the taluk Supply office the next day.