Business Standard

Implement ration scheme by July 31: Supreme Court to states, UTs

It also directed the states, UTs to run community kitchens for migrant workers till the COVID pandemic continues.

Food subsidy, ration shops, Public distribution system, PDS, food grains, poor, poverty, welfare schemes
Premium

Press Trust of India
The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed states and Union Territ­ories to implement the ‘one nation, one ration card’ scheme by July 31, while asking the Centre to provide dry ration for free distri­bution among migrant workers till the Covid-19 situation continues.

A bench of justices Ashok Bhushan and M R Shah issued a slew of dire­ctions on a plea seeking dire­ctions to the Centre and states to ensure food security, cash trans­fers and other welfare measures for migr­ant workers who faced distress again due to curfews and lockdowns in various parts of country during the second wave of Covid.

The bench has

Disclaimer: No Business Standard Journalist was involved in creation of this content

What you get on BS Premium?

  • Unlock 30+ premium stories daily hand-picked by our editors, across devices on browser and app.
  • Pick your 5 favourite companies, get a daily email with all news updates on them.
  • Full access to our intuitive epaper - clip, save, share articles from any device; newspaper archives from 2006.
  • Preferential invites to Business Standard events.
  • Curated newsletters on markets, personal finance, policy & politics, start-ups, technology, and more.
VIEW ALL FAQs

Need More Information - write to us at assist@bsmail.in