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e Ration Card is PDF format of Digital Ration Card issued by the authority under Food and Supplies Department, Government of West Bengal. e-Ration Card has the same validity as printed digital ration card and can be used to draw food grains and kerosene oil under a public distributor system for the fair-price shop.

eRation card portal is a dedicated portal for eRation card printing services for helping the West Bengal government. After approval of the New Ration Card, Ration card correction, and Ration dealer change, People who need the faster process of DRC can apply and get the PVC Printed ERC within 7 days just for ₹50.

Since 2021, the West Bengal government has removed, the application form for Duplicate ration cards from the Government PDS portal on the general application dashboard. Even though the government has declared that "Digital Ration Card and e-Ration Card have same validity", Ration Card holders are repeatedly applying for modified cards (form 5,6,8,13,14) in different ways, and are expecting PVC cards.

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