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    Supreme Court directed all States and UTs to provide ration cards to migrant labourers registered on e-Shram portal within two months

    Posted 20 Mar 2024

    Updated 28 Mar 2024

    2 min read

    • e-Shram portal of Ministry of Labour and Employment aims at creating a National Database of Unorganized Workers for providing welfare benefits.
      • Out of around 29 crore registrants, around 8 crore do not have ration cards and do not receive subsidized foodgrains under National Food Security Act (NFSA) 2013
    • For ensuring food security under NFSA for migrants, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution is implementing One Nation One Ration Card (ONORC) plan.
      • It allows both the migrant beneficiary (in destination state/UT) and his/her family (in origin state) to claim their part of entitled ration
    • SC also directed that Ration cards must be issued irrespective of the quotas defined in section 3 of NFSA 2013. 
      • Section 3 contain provisions for eligible households who has the right to receive subsidized foodgrains.
      • It entitles Priority Households to receive 5 kgs of subsidized foodgrains per person per month and Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) households to receive 35 kgs of subsidized foodgrains per household per month. 
      • Presently, government is providing these foodgrains free of cost to AAY and Priority Households under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY)

     

    National Food Security Act (NFSA) 2013

    • NFSA marks a paradigm shift in approach to food security from welfare to rights-based approach.
    • It is implemented by Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.
    • It legally entitles upto 75% of rural and 50% of urban population (covering around 80 crore persons) to receive subsidized foodgrains.
    • Tags :
    • Ration card
    • e-Shram Portal
    • NFSA 2013
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