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

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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).

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.

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