CSD Directorate  issued Welfare Guidelines

Some Welfare initiative for Veterans by CSD Dte are here 

Canteen Stores Department has initiated several reforms to provide the best services to the CSD beneficiarie

CSD beneficiaries are now allowed to purchase both grocery & liquor from any URC.

All CSD beneficiaries can buy two months quota of grocery & liquor in one month. 

Annual renewal of CSD Smart Cards for ESM, Defence Civilians & dependents has been discontinued. 

Application for CSD Smart Card to be ‘Self Certified’ & countersigned by Canteen Offr itself. Only a copy of PPO/ Discharge Book is required to be attached.

Gratis CSD Smart Cards for War Widows & NoK of BC.

An online Portal (https://afd.csdindia.qov.in) has been launched through which CSD beneficiaries can purchase AFD-I items in lesser time through a completely online,

Beneficiaries should avoid going to any middlemen/ touts asking for money for registration and demand creation on the Portal.

Wef 01 Sep 2023 CSD beneficiaries can buy 02 TVs and 04 ACs in block period of 04 years, instead of one in four years. 

AFD-II items can now be bought from liquor & dependent cards also.