Kolkata: The Supreme Court on Friday (June 11) directed the West Bengal state to implement the “One nation-one ration card” scheme immediately.
The Supreme Court reserved its order on the issues confronted by migrant staff throughout the lockdown. The apex court docket additionally reserved an order on the registration technique of the employees within the unorganised sector with the motive to avail advantages to them below a number of authorities schemes.
The Supreme court docket stated that “You can not site one or the other problem. This is for the migrant workers.”
Under the “one nation-one ration card” scheme, the beneficiaries of the Public Distribution System (PDS) will likely be ready to draw ration from any fair-price store throughout the states and Union Territories that has biometric verification.
However, the “one nation-one ration card” scheme has been in controversy many occasions. The scheme has confronted opposition from states that features Assam, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has stated that meals gadgets with subsidy resembling rice, pulses will likely be accessible to migrant labourers and staff from unorganised sectors until May 2021, even when they don’t possess a ration card.
