Supreme Court Directs States To Implement One Nation, One Ration Card Scheme For Migrants By July 31
Mumbai: The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday (June 29) directed every state and union territory to implement the ‘One Nation, One Ration Card’ scheme by July 31.
The Supreme Court said that the ‘One Nation, One Ration Card’ scheme for migrant workers should be implemented by all states by July 31.
In a suo motu case, the Supreme Court said that the distribution of dry rations and community kitchens would continue till the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. It also said that states should plan for the distribution of food grains to those who do not have ration cards. The Center should make the allocation accordingly, the bench also said.
The Supreme Court also directed the Center to create a national portal for registration of unrecognized workers by July 31.
A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan and MR Shah had on June 11 reserved its order on petitions by activists Anjali Bhardwaj, Harsh Mander, and Jagdeep Chhokar, seeking implementation of welfare measures for such workers.
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The new petition was filed in a pending suo motu case of 2020 in which the apex court in May last year took cognizance of the problems and miseries of migrant laborers and passed several directions including asking states not to collect rent from migrant workers Were. And provide them free food till they board the train or buses.
Reserving the order, the bench asked the states and union territories (UTs) to implement the ‘One Nation, One Ration Card’ (ONORC) scheme as it allows migrant workers to get ration at the place of their work in other states as well where their ration cards are not registered.
The Centre had said that while most states were implementing the ONORC, four of them — Assam, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, and West Bengal — had not done so, and implementing it would depend on their technical readiness.
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