The Supreme Court has directed the States and Union Territories to complete within two months, the process of providing ration cards to eight crore unregistered migrants/unorganised workers, as per their eligibility and in accordance with the prescribed procedure.
The order was passed by the Bench of Justice Hima Kohli and Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah after noting that its 2023 verdict on the matter was yet to be implemented.
The Apex Court ordered the concerned State Governments/Union Territories to issue ration cards to the registrants on e-Shram portal, who did not possess any ration card so far.
It also directed the Union of India to simultaneously complete the electronic know your customer (KYC) for the card holders.
The States and UTs were further directed to file compliance affidavits before the Court and furnish the copies of the same to the Union of India for purposes of collation and updation of the exercise undertaken by the Central government