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&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;ldquo;It should result in universalisation of rations to all migrant workers during the pandemic&amp;rdquo;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;The Supreme Court&amp;rsquo;s ruling on Tuesday should result in the universalisation of rations to all migrant workers across India as long as the pandemic continues, as opposed to the government&amp;rsquo;s one-time relief measures, said intervenors in the petition.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Social activists Harsh Mander, Anjali Bhardwaj and Jagdeep Chhokar also welcomed the Supreme Court&amp;rsquo;s direction to the government to re-determine the number of people covered under the National Food Security Act (NFSA), given that the population has grown since the law was enacted.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;It is significant that the SC has recognised that economic distress does not go away merely with the lifting of lockdowns...,&amp;rdquo; said the intervenors in a statement. &amp;ldquo;We welcome this important judgment and are happy to note that the plea to universalise rations to all migrant workers across India till the pandemic continues has been accepted.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;In its ruling, the SC had directed States to distribute dry ration and run community kitchens for migrant workers, and directed the Centre to provide the needed grains to implement this. The Food Ministry has so far argued that there is no need to revive the Atma Nirbhar scheme under which it had provided such dry rations for 2.8 crore migrants and others without ration cards last year&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;In their written submission to the court on June 15, the intervenors had highlighted that the benefits of NFSA as well as the One Nation One Ration Card scheme were restricted to those with ration cards. They pointed out that several States had already exhausted their ration card quota under NFSA, and 22 out of 29 States had less than 5% quota remaining.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;ldquo;It should result in universalisation of rations to all migrant workers during the pandemic&amp;rdquo;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;The Supreme Court&amp;rsquo;s ruling on Tuesday should result in the universalisation of rations to all migrant workers across India as long as the pandemic continues, as opposed to the government&amp;rsquo;s one-time relief measures, said intervenors in the petition.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Social activists Harsh Mander, Anjali Bhardwaj and Jagdeep Chhokar also welcomed the Supreme Court&amp;rsquo;s direction to the government to re-determine the number of people covered under the National Food Security Act (NFSA), given that the population has grown since the law was enacted.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;It is significant that the SC has recognised that economic distress does not go away merely with the lifting of lockdowns...,&amp;rdquo; said the intervenors in a statement. &amp;ldquo;We welcome this important judgment and are happy to note that the plea to universalise rations to all migrant workers across India till the pandemic continues has been accepted.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;In its ruling, the SC had directed States to distribute dry ration and run community kitchens for migrant workers, and directed the Centre to provide the needed grains to implement this. The Food Ministry has so far argued that there is no need to revive the Atma Nirbhar scheme under which it had provided such dry rations for 2.8 crore migrants and others without ration cards last year&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;In their written submission to the court on June 15, the intervenors had highlighted that the benefits of NFSA as well as the One Nation One Ration Card scheme were restricted to those with ration cards. They pointed out that several States had already exhausted their ration card quota under NFSA, and 22 out of 29 States had less than 5% quota remaining.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;These State-wise quotas under the Act are severely underestimated on account of being calculated as per the figures of the 2011 census and never having been updated since,&amp;rdquo; said the intervenors. They argued for a revision of the quotas using the current population projection of 139 crore, which would increase NFSA coverage to 93 crore people, as against the current figure of 80 crore.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;In its ruling, the SC has now directed the Centre &amp;ldquo;to undertake exercise under Section 9 of the National Food Security Act, 2013 to re-determine the total number of persons to be covered under Rural and Urban areas of the State, which shall be beneficial to a large number of persons.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Please &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/activists-welcome-supreme-court-ruling-on-migrant-workers/article35044659.ece?homepage=true&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Kindly click&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.im4change.org/latest-news-updates/supreme-court-directs-provision-of-rations-and-food-for-all-migrant-workers-in-the-country.html&quot; title=&quot;https://www.im4change.org/latest-news-updates/supreme-court-directs-provision-of-rations-and-food-for-all-migrant-workers-in-the-country.html&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.im4change.org/upload/files/May%2024%20SC%20order%20Migrant%20Workers.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://www.im4change.org/upload/files/May%2024%20SC%20order%20Migrant%20Workers.pdf&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;to access&amp;nbsp;the Supreme Court of India&amp;#39;s order dated 24th May 2021, which is related to the suo motu writ petition (civil) 6/2020 IA no. 58769/2021.&lt;/p&gt;
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                <p style="text-align:justify">-The Hindu</p><p style="text-align:justify"><em>&ldquo;It should result in universalisation of rations to all migrant workers during the pandemic&rdquo;</em></p><p style="text-align:justify">The Supreme Court&rsquo;s ruling on Tuesday should result in the universalisation of rations to all migrant workers across India as long as the pandemic continues, as opposed to the government&rsquo;s one-time relief measures, said intervenors in the petition.</p><p style="text-align:justify">Social activists Harsh Mander, Anjali Bhardwaj and Jagdeep Chhokar also welcomed the Supreme Court&rsquo;s direction to the government to re-determine the number of people covered under the National Food Security Act (NFSA), given that the population has grown since the law was enacted.</p><p style="text-align:justify">&ldquo;It is significant that the SC has recognised that economic distress does not go away merely with the lifting of lockdowns...,&rdquo; said the intervenors in a statement. &ldquo;We welcome this important judgment and are happy to note that the plea to universalise rations to all migrant workers across India till the pandemic continues has been accepted.&rdquo;</p><p style="text-align:justify">In its ruling, the SC had directed States to distribute dry ration and run community kitchens for migrant workers, and directed the Centre to provide the needed grains to implement this. The Food Ministry has so far argued that there is no need to revive the Atma Nirbhar scheme under which it had provided such dry rations for 2.8 crore migrants and others without ration cards last year</p><p style="text-align:justify">In their written submission to the court on June 15, the intervenors had highlighted that the benefits of NFSA as well as the One Nation One Ration Card scheme were restricted to those with ration cards. They pointed out that several States had already exhausted their ration card quota under NFSA, and 22 out of 29 States had less than 5% quota remaining.</p><p style="text-align:justify">&ldquo;These State-wise quotas under the Act are severely underestimated on account of being calculated as per the figures of the 2011 census and never having been updated since,&rdquo; said the intervenors. They argued for a revision of the quotas using the current population projection of 139 crore, which would increase NFSA coverage to 93 crore people, as against the current figure of 80 crore.</p><p style="text-align:justify">In its ruling, the SC has now directed the Centre &ldquo;to undertake exercise under Section 9 of the National Food Security Act, 2013 to re-determine the total number of persons to be covered under Rural and Urban areas of the State, which shall be beneficial to a large number of persons.&rdquo;</p><p style="text-align:justify">Please <a href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/activists-welcome-supreme-court-ruling-on-migrant-workers/article35044659.ece?homepage=true" title="https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/activists-welcome-supreme-court-ruling-on-migrant-workers/article35044659.ece?homepage=true">click here</a> to read more.&nbsp;</p><p>Please&nbsp;<a href="https://im4change.org/upload/files/RTFCs%20Statement%20on%20Supreme%20court%27s%20direction%20dated%2029%20June%202021.pdf" title="/upload/files/RTFCs%20Statement%20on%20Supreme%20court%27s%20direction%20dated%2029%20June%202021.pdf" title="https://im4change.org/upload/files/RTFCs%20Statement%20on%20Supreme%20court%27s%20direction%20dated%2029%20June%202021.pdf" title="/upload/files/RTFCs%20Statement%20on%20Supreme%20court%27s%20direction%20dated%2029%20June%202021.pdf">click here</a>&nbsp;to access the press release by the Right to Food Campaign dated 29th June, 2021.&nbsp;Kindly&nbsp;<a href="https://im4change.org/upload/files/supreme-court-order-in-suo-moto-migrants-case-395698%283%29.pdf" title="/upload/files/supreme-court-order-in-suo-moto-migrants-case-395698%283%29.pdf" title="https://im4change.org/upload/files/supreme-court-order-in-suo-moto-migrants-case-395698%283%29.pdf" title="/upload/files/supreme-court-order-in-suo-moto-migrants-case-395698%283%29.pdf">click here</a>&nbsp;to access the Writ Petition (C) No.916 of 2020.</p><p>Kindly click&nbsp;<a href="https://www.im4change.org/latest-news-updates/supreme-court-directs-provision-of-rations-and-food-for-all-migrant-workers-in-the-country.html" title="https://www.im4change.org/latest-news-updates/supreme-court-directs-provision-of-rations-and-food-for-all-migrant-workers-in-the-country.html" title="https://www.im4change.org/latest-news-updates/supreme-court-directs-provision-of-rations-and-food-for-all-migrant-workers-in-the-country.html" title="https://www.im4change.org/latest-news-updates/supreme-court-directs-provision-of-rations-and-food-for-all-migrant-workers-in-the-country.html">here</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.im4change.org/upload/files/May%2024%20SC%20order%20Migrant%20Workers.pdf" title="https://www.im4change.org/upload/files/May%2024%20SC%20order%20Migrant%20Workers.pdf" title="https://www.im4change.org/upload/files/May%2024%20SC%20order%20Migrant%20Workers.pdf" title="https://www.im4change.org/upload/files/May%2024%20SC%20order%20Migrant%20Workers.pdf">here</a>&nbsp;to access&nbsp;the Supreme Court of India&#39;s order dated 24th May 2021, which is related to the suo motu writ petition (civil) 6/2020 IA no. 58769/2021.</p>               </font>
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&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;ldquo;It should result in universalisation of rations to all migrant workers during the pandemic&amp;rdquo;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;The Supreme Court&amp;rsquo;s ruling on Tuesday should result in the universalisation of rations to all migrant workers across India as long as the pandemic continues, as opposed to the government&amp;rsquo;s one-time relief measures, said intervenors in the petition.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Social activists Harsh Mander, Anjali Bhardwaj and Jagdeep Chhokar also welcomed the Supreme Court&amp;rsquo;s direction to the government to re-determine the number of people covered under the National Food Security Act (NFSA), given that the population has grown since the law was enacted.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;It is significant that the SC has recognised that economic distress does not go away merely with the lifting of lockdowns...,&amp;rdquo; said the intervenors in a statement. &amp;ldquo;We welcome this important judgment and are happy to note that the plea to universalise rations to all migrant workers across India till the pandemic continues has been accepted.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;In its ruling, the SC had directed States to distribute dry ration and run community kitchens for migrant workers, and directed the Centre to provide the needed grains to implement this. The Food Ministry has so far argued that there is no need to revive the Atma Nirbhar scheme under which it had provided such dry rations for 2.8 crore migrants and others without ration cards last year&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Kindly click&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.im4change.org/latest-news-updates/supreme-court-directs-provision-of-rations-and-food-for-all-migrant-workers-in-the-country.html&quot; title=&quot;https://www.im4change.org/latest-news-updates/supreme-court-directs-provision-of-rations-and-food-for-all-migrant-workers-in-the-country.html&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.im4change.org/upload/files/May%2024%20SC%20order%20Migrant%20Workers.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://www.im4change.org/upload/files/May%2024%20SC%20order%20Migrant%20Workers.pdf&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;to access&amp;nbsp;the Supreme Court of India&amp;#39;s order dated 24th May 2021, which is related to the suo motu writ petition (civil) 6/2020 IA no. 58769/2021.&lt;/p&gt;
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The Food Ministry has so far argued that there is no need to revive the Atma Nirbhar scheme under which it had provided such dry rations for 2.8 crore migrants and others without ration cards last year&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;In their written submission to the court on June 15, the intervenors had highlighted that the benefits of NFSA as well as the One Nation One Ration Card scheme were restricted to those with ration cards. They pointed out that several States had already exhausted their ration card quota under NFSA, and 22 out of 29 States had less than 5% quota remaining.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;These State-wise quotas under the Act are severely underestimated on account of being calculated as per the figures of the 2011 census and never having been updated since,&amp;rdquo; said the intervenors. 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&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;ldquo;It should result in universalisation of rations to all migrant workers during the pandemic&amp;rdquo;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;The Supreme Court&amp;rsquo;s ruling on Tuesday should result in the universalisation of rations to all migrant workers across India as long as the pandemic continues, as opposed to the government&amp;rsquo;s one-time relief measures, said intervenors in the petition.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Social activists Harsh Mander, Anjali Bhardwaj and Jagdeep Chhokar also welcomed the Supreme Court&amp;rsquo;s direction to the government to re-determine the number of people covered under the National Food Security Act (NFSA), given that the population has grown since the law was enacted.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;It is significant that the SC has recognised that economic distress does not go away merely with the lifting of lockdowns...,&amp;rdquo; said the intervenors in a statement. &amp;ldquo;We welcome this important judgment and are happy to note that the plea to universalise rations to all migrant workers across India till the pandemic continues has been accepted.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;In its ruling, the SC had directed States to distribute dry ration and run community kitchens for migrant workers, and directed the Centre to provide the needed grains to implement this. The Food Ministry has so far argued that there is no need to revive the Atma Nirbhar scheme under which it had provided such dry rations for 2.8 crore migrants and others without ration cards last year&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;In their written submission to the court on June 15, the intervenors had highlighted that the benefits of NFSA as well as the One Nation One Ration Card scheme were restricted to those with ration cards. They pointed out that several States had already exhausted their ration card quota under NFSA, and 22 out of 29 States had less than 5% quota remaining.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;These State-wise quotas under the Act are severely underestimated on account of being calculated as per the figures of the 2011 census and never having been updated since,&amp;rdquo; said the intervenors. They argued for a revision of the quotas using the current population projection of 139 crore, which would increase NFSA coverage to 93 crore people, as against the current figure of 80 crore.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;In its ruling, the SC has now directed the Centre &amp;ldquo;to undertake exercise under Section 9 of the National Food Security Act, 2013 to re-determine the total number of persons to be covered under Rural and Urban areas of the State, which shall be beneficial to a large number of persons.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Please &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/activists-welcome-supreme-court-ruling-on-migrant-workers/article35044659.ece?homepage=true&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Kindly click&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.im4change.org/latest-news-updates/supreme-court-directs-provision-of-rations-and-food-for-all-migrant-workers-in-the-country.html&quot; title=&quot;https://www.im4change.org/latest-news-updates/supreme-court-directs-provision-of-rations-and-food-for-all-migrant-workers-in-the-country.html&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.im4change.org/upload/files/May%2024%20SC%20order%20Migrant%20Workers.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://www.im4change.org/upload/files/May%2024%20SC%20order%20Migrant%20Workers.pdf&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;to access&amp;nbsp;the Supreme Court of India&amp;#39;s order dated 24th May 2021, which is related to the suo motu writ petition (civil) 6/2020 IA no. 58769/2021.&lt;/p&gt;
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They argued for a revision of the quotas using the current population projection of 139 crore, which would increase NFSA coverage to 93 crore people, as against the current figure of 80 crore.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;In its ruling, the SC has now directed the Centre &amp;ldquo;to undertake exercise under Section 9 of the National Food Security Act, 2013 to re-determine the total number of persons to be covered under Rural and Urban areas of the State, which shall be beneficial to a large number of persons.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Please &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/activists-welcome-supreme-court-ruling-on-migrant-workers/article35044659.ece?homepage=true&quot; title=&quot;https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/activists-welcome-supreme-court-ruling-on-migrant-workers/article35044659.ece?homepage=true&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Please&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.org/upload/files/RTFCs%20Statement%20on%20Supreme%20court%27s%20direction%20dated%2029%20June%202021.pdf&quot; title=&quot;/upload/files/RTFCs%20Statement%20on%20Supreme%20court%27s%20direction%20dated%2029%20June%202021.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.org/upload/files/RTFCs%20Statement%20on%20Supreme%20court%27s%20direction%20dated%2029%20June%202021.pdf&quot; title=&quot;/upload/files/RTFCs%20Statement%20on%20Supreme%20court%27s%20direction%20dated%2029%20June%202021.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;to access the press release by the Right to Food Campaign dated 29th June, 2021.&amp;nbsp;Kindly&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.org/upload/files/supreme-court-order-in-suo-moto-migrants-case-395698%283%29.pdf&quot; title=&quot;/upload/files/supreme-court-order-in-suo-moto-migrants-case-395698%283%29.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.org/upload/files/supreme-court-order-in-suo-moto-migrants-case-395698%283%29.pdf&quot; title=&quot;/upload/files/supreme-court-order-in-suo-moto-migrants-case-395698%283%29.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;to access the Writ Petition (C) No.916 of 2020.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Kindly click&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.im4change.org/latest-news-updates/supreme-court-directs-provision-of-rations-and-food-for-all-migrant-workers-in-the-country.html&quot; title=&quot;https://www.im4change.org/latest-news-updates/supreme-court-directs-provision-of-rations-and-food-for-all-migrant-workers-in-the-country.html&quot; title=&quot;https://www.im4change.org/latest-news-updates/supreme-court-directs-provision-of-rations-and-food-for-all-migrant-workers-in-the-country.html&quot; title=&quot;https://www.im4change.org/latest-news-updates/supreme-court-directs-provision-of-rations-and-food-for-all-migrant-workers-in-the-country.html&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.im4change.org/upload/files/May%2024%20SC%20order%20Migrant%20Workers.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://www.im4change.org/upload/files/May%2024%20SC%20order%20Migrant%20Workers.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://www.im4change.org/upload/files/May%2024%20SC%20order%20Migrant%20Workers.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://www.im4change.org/upload/files/May%2024%20SC%20order%20Migrant%20Workers.pdf&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;to access&amp;nbsp;the Supreme Court of India&amp;#39;s order dated 24th May 2021, which is related to the suo motu writ petition (civil) 6/2020 IA no. 58769/2021.&lt;/p&gt;&#039;
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                <p style="text-align:justify">-The Hindu</p><p style="text-align:justify"><em>&ldquo;It should result in universalisation of rations to all migrant workers during the pandemic&rdquo;</em></p><p style="text-align:justify">The Supreme Court&rsquo;s ruling on Tuesday should result in the universalisation of rations to all migrant workers across India as long as the pandemic continues, as opposed to the government&rsquo;s one-time relief measures, said intervenors in the petition.</p><p style="text-align:justify">Social activists Harsh Mander, Anjali Bhardwaj and Jagdeep Chhokar also welcomed the Supreme Court&rsquo;s direction to the government to re-determine the number of people covered under the National Food Security Act (NFSA), given that the population has grown since the law was enacted.</p><p style="text-align:justify">&ldquo;It is significant that the SC has recognised that economic distress does not go away merely with the lifting of lockdowns...,&rdquo; said the intervenors in a statement. &ldquo;We welcome this important judgment and are happy to note that the plea to universalise rations to all migrant workers across India till the pandemic continues has been accepted.&rdquo;</p><p style="text-align:justify">In its ruling, the SC had directed States to distribute dry ration and run community kitchens for migrant workers, and directed the Centre to provide the needed grains to implement this. The Food Ministry has so far argued that there is no need to revive the Atma Nirbhar scheme under which it had provided such dry rations for 2.8 crore migrants and others without ration cards last year</p><p style="text-align:justify">In their written submission to the court on June 15, the intervenors had highlighted that the benefits of NFSA as well as the One Nation One Ration Card scheme were restricted to those with ration cards. They pointed out that several States had already exhausted their ration card quota under NFSA, and 22 out of 29 States had less than 5% quota remaining.</p><p style="text-align:justify">&ldquo;These State-wise quotas under the Act are severely underestimated on account of being calculated as per the figures of the 2011 census and never having been updated since,&rdquo; said the intervenors. They argued for a revision of the quotas using the current population projection of 139 crore, which would increase NFSA coverage to 93 crore people, as against the current figure of 80 crore.</p><p style="text-align:justify">In its ruling, the SC has now directed the Centre &ldquo;to undertake exercise under Section 9 of the National Food Security Act, 2013 to re-determine the total number of persons to be covered under Rural and Urban areas of the State, which shall be beneficial to a large number of persons.&rdquo;</p><p style="text-align:justify">Please <a href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/activists-welcome-supreme-court-ruling-on-migrant-workers/article35044659.ece?homepage=true" title="https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/activists-welcome-supreme-court-ruling-on-migrant-workers/article35044659.ece?homepage=true">click here</a> to read more.&nbsp;</p><p>Please&nbsp;<a href="https://im4change.org/upload/files/RTFCs%20Statement%20on%20Supreme%20court%27s%20direction%20dated%2029%20June%202021.pdf" title="/upload/files/RTFCs%20Statement%20on%20Supreme%20court%27s%20direction%20dated%2029%20June%202021.pdf" title="https://im4change.org/upload/files/RTFCs%20Statement%20on%20Supreme%20court%27s%20direction%20dated%2029%20June%202021.pdf" title="/upload/files/RTFCs%20Statement%20on%20Supreme%20court%27s%20direction%20dated%2029%20June%202021.pdf">click here</a>&nbsp;to access the press release by the Right to Food Campaign dated 29th June, 2021.&nbsp;Kindly&nbsp;<a href="https://im4change.org/upload/files/supreme-court-order-in-suo-moto-migrants-case-395698%283%29.pdf" title="/upload/files/supreme-court-order-in-suo-moto-migrants-case-395698%283%29.pdf" title="https://im4change.org/upload/files/supreme-court-order-in-suo-moto-migrants-case-395698%283%29.pdf" title="/upload/files/supreme-court-order-in-suo-moto-migrants-case-395698%283%29.pdf">click here</a>&nbsp;to access the Writ Petition (C) No.916 of 2020.</p><p>Kindly click&nbsp;<a href="https://www.im4change.org/latest-news-updates/supreme-court-directs-provision-of-rations-and-food-for-all-migrant-workers-in-the-country.html" title="https://www.im4change.org/latest-news-updates/supreme-court-directs-provision-of-rations-and-food-for-all-migrant-workers-in-the-country.html" title="https://www.im4change.org/latest-news-updates/supreme-court-directs-provision-of-rations-and-food-for-all-migrant-workers-in-the-country.html" title="https://www.im4change.org/latest-news-updates/supreme-court-directs-provision-of-rations-and-food-for-all-migrant-workers-in-the-country.html">here</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.im4change.org/upload/files/May%2024%20SC%20order%20Migrant%20Workers.pdf" title="https://www.im4change.org/upload/files/May%2024%20SC%20order%20Migrant%20Workers.pdf" title="https://www.im4change.org/upload/files/May%2024%20SC%20order%20Migrant%20Workers.pdf" title="https://www.im4change.org/upload/files/May%2024%20SC%20order%20Migrant%20Workers.pdf">here</a>&nbsp;to access&nbsp;the Supreme Court of India&#39;s order dated 24th May 2021, which is related to the suo motu writ petition (civil) 6/2020 IA no. 58769/2021.</p>               </font>
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&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;ldquo;It should result in universalisation of rations to all migrant workers during the pandemic&amp;rdquo;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;The Supreme Court&amp;rsquo;s ruling on Tuesday should result in the universalisation of rations to all migrant workers across India as long as the pandemic continues, as opposed to the government&amp;rsquo;s one-time relief measures, said intervenors in the petition.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Social activists Harsh Mander, Anjali Bhardwaj and Jagdeep Chhokar also welcomed the Supreme Court&amp;rsquo;s direction to the government to re-determine the number of people covered under the National Food Security Act (NFSA), given that the population has grown since the law was enacted.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;It is significant that the SC has recognised that economic distress does not go away merely with the lifting of lockdowns...,&amp;rdquo; said the intervenors in a statement. &amp;ldquo;We welcome this important judgment and are happy to note that the plea to universalise rations to all migrant workers across India till the pandemic continues has been accepted.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;In its ruling, the SC had directed States to distribute dry ration and run community kitchens for migrant workers, and directed the Centre to provide the needed grains to implement this. The Food Ministry has so far argued that there is no need to revive the Atma Nirbhar scheme under which it had provided such dry rations for 2.8 crore migrants and others without ration cards last year&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;In their written submission to the court on June 15, the intervenors had highlighted that the benefits of NFSA as well as the One Nation One Ration Card scheme were restricted to those with ration cards. They pointed out that several States had already exhausted their ration card quota under NFSA, and 22 out of 29 States had less than 5% quota remaining.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;These State-wise quotas under the Act are severely underestimated on account of being calculated as per the figures of the 2011 census and never having been updated since,&amp;rdquo; said the intervenors. They argued for a revision of the quotas using the current population projection of 139 crore, which would increase NFSA coverage to 93 crore people, as against the current figure of 80 crore.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;In its ruling, the SC has now directed the Centre &amp;ldquo;to undertake exercise under Section 9 of the National Food Security Act, 2013 to re-determine the total number of persons to be covered under Rural and Urban areas of the State, which shall be beneficial to a large number of persons.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Please &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/activists-welcome-supreme-court-ruling-on-migrant-workers/article35044659.ece?homepage=true&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Kindly click&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.im4change.org/latest-news-updates/supreme-court-directs-provision-of-rations-and-food-for-all-migrant-workers-in-the-country.html&quot; title=&quot;https://www.im4change.org/latest-news-updates/supreme-court-directs-provision-of-rations-and-food-for-all-migrant-workers-in-the-country.html&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.im4change.org/upload/files/May%2024%20SC%20order%20Migrant%20Workers.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://www.im4change.org/upload/files/May%2024%20SC%20order%20Migrant%20Workers.pdf&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;to access&amp;nbsp;the Supreme Court of India&amp;#39;s order dated 24th May 2021, which is related to the suo motu writ petition (civil) 6/2020 IA no. 58769/2021.&lt;/p&gt;
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The Food Ministry has so far argued that there is no need to revive the Atma Nirbhar scheme under which it had provided such dry rations for 2.8 crore migrants and others without ration cards last year&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;In their written submission to the court on June 15, the intervenors had highlighted that the benefits of NFSA as well as the One Nation One Ration Card scheme were restricted to those with ration cards. They pointed out that several States had already exhausted their ration card quota under NFSA, and 22 out of 29 States had less than 5% quota remaining.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;These State-wise quotas under the Act are severely underestimated on account of being calculated as per the figures of the 2011 census and never having been updated since,&amp;rdquo; said the intervenors. 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&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;ldquo;It should result in universalisation of rations to all migrant workers during the pandemic&amp;rdquo;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;The Supreme Court&amp;rsquo;s ruling on Tuesday should result in the universalisation of rations to all migrant workers across India as long as the pandemic continues, as opposed to the government&amp;rsquo;s one-time relief measures, said intervenors in the petition.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Social activists Harsh Mander, Anjali Bhardwaj and Jagdeep Chhokar also welcomed the Supreme Court&amp;rsquo;s direction to the government to re-determine the number of people covered under the National Food Security Act (NFSA), given that the population has grown since the law was enacted.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;It is significant that the SC has recognised that economic distress does not go away merely with the lifting of lockdowns...,&amp;rdquo; said the intervenors in a statement. &amp;ldquo;We welcome this important judgment and are happy to note that the plea to universalise rations to all migrant workers across India till the pandemic continues has been accepted.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;In its ruling, the SC had directed States to distribute dry ration and run community kitchens for migrant workers, and directed the Centre to provide the needed grains to implement this. The Food Ministry has so far argued that there is no need to revive the Atma Nirbhar scheme under which it had provided such dry rations for 2.8 crore migrants and others without ration cards last year&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;In their written submission to the court on June 15, the intervenors had highlighted that the benefits of NFSA as well as the One Nation One Ration Card scheme were restricted to those with ration cards. They pointed out that several States had already exhausted their ration card quota under NFSA, and 22 out of 29 States had less than 5% quota remaining.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;These State-wise quotas under the Act are severely underestimated on account of being calculated as per the figures of the 2011 census and never having been updated since,&amp;rdquo; said the intervenors. They argued for a revision of the quotas using the current population projection of 139 crore, which would increase NFSA coverage to 93 crore people, as against the current figure of 80 crore.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;In its ruling, the SC has now directed the Centre &amp;ldquo;to undertake exercise under Section 9 of the National Food Security Act, 2013 to re-determine the total number of persons to be covered under Rural and Urban areas of the State, which shall be beneficial to a large number of persons.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Please &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/activists-welcome-supreme-court-ruling-on-migrant-workers/article35044659.ece?homepage=true&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Kindly click&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.im4change.org/latest-news-updates/supreme-court-directs-provision-of-rations-and-food-for-all-migrant-workers-in-the-country.html&quot; title=&quot;https://www.im4change.org/latest-news-updates/supreme-court-directs-provision-of-rations-and-food-for-all-migrant-workers-in-the-country.html&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.im4change.org/upload/files/May%2024%20SC%20order%20Migrant%20Workers.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://www.im4change.org/upload/files/May%2024%20SC%20order%20Migrant%20Workers.pdf&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;to access&amp;nbsp;the Supreme Court of India&amp;#39;s order dated 24th May 2021, which is related to the suo motu writ petition (civil) 6/2020 IA no. 58769/2021.&lt;/p&gt;
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They argued for a revision of the quotas using the current population projection of 139 crore, which would increase NFSA coverage to 93 crore people, as against the current figure of 80 crore.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;In its ruling, the SC has now directed the Centre &amp;ldquo;to undertake exercise under Section 9 of the National Food Security Act, 2013 to re-determine the total number of persons to be covered under Rural and Urban areas of the State, which shall be beneficial to a large number of persons.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Please &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/activists-welcome-supreme-court-ruling-on-migrant-workers/article35044659.ece?homepage=true&quot; title=&quot;https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/activists-welcome-supreme-court-ruling-on-migrant-workers/article35044659.ece?homepage=true&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Please&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.org/upload/files/RTFCs%20Statement%20on%20Supreme%20court%27s%20direction%20dated%2029%20June%202021.pdf&quot; title=&quot;/upload/files/RTFCs%20Statement%20on%20Supreme%20court%27s%20direction%20dated%2029%20June%202021.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.org/upload/files/RTFCs%20Statement%20on%20Supreme%20court%27s%20direction%20dated%2029%20June%202021.pdf&quot; title=&quot;/upload/files/RTFCs%20Statement%20on%20Supreme%20court%27s%20direction%20dated%2029%20June%202021.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;to access the press release by the Right to Food Campaign dated 29th June, 2021.&amp;nbsp;Kindly&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.org/upload/files/supreme-court-order-in-suo-moto-migrants-case-395698%283%29.pdf&quot; title=&quot;/upload/files/supreme-court-order-in-suo-moto-migrants-case-395698%283%29.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.org/upload/files/supreme-court-order-in-suo-moto-migrants-case-395698%283%29.pdf&quot; title=&quot;/upload/files/supreme-court-order-in-suo-moto-migrants-case-395698%283%29.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;to access the Writ Petition (C) No.916 of 2020.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Kindly click&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.im4change.org/latest-news-updates/supreme-court-directs-provision-of-rations-and-food-for-all-migrant-workers-in-the-country.html&quot; title=&quot;https://www.im4change.org/latest-news-updates/supreme-court-directs-provision-of-rations-and-food-for-all-migrant-workers-in-the-country.html&quot; title=&quot;https://www.im4change.org/latest-news-updates/supreme-court-directs-provision-of-rations-and-food-for-all-migrant-workers-in-the-country.html&quot; title=&quot;https://www.im4change.org/latest-news-updates/supreme-court-directs-provision-of-rations-and-food-for-all-migrant-workers-in-the-country.html&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.im4change.org/upload/files/May%2024%20SC%20order%20Migrant%20Workers.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://www.im4change.org/upload/files/May%2024%20SC%20order%20Migrant%20Workers.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://www.im4change.org/upload/files/May%2024%20SC%20order%20Migrant%20Workers.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://www.im4change.org/upload/files/May%2024%20SC%20order%20Migrant%20Workers.pdf&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;to access&amp;nbsp;the Supreme Court of India&amp;#39;s order dated 24th May 2021, which is related to the suo motu writ petition (civil) 6/2020 IA no. 58769/2021.&lt;/p&gt;&#039;
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                <p style="text-align:justify">-The Hindu</p><p style="text-align:justify"><em>&ldquo;It should result in universalisation of rations to all migrant workers during the pandemic&rdquo;</em></p><p style="text-align:justify">The Supreme Court&rsquo;s ruling on Tuesday should result in the universalisation of rations to all migrant workers across India as long as the pandemic continues, as opposed to the government&rsquo;s one-time relief measures, said intervenors in the petition.</p><p style="text-align:justify">Social activists Harsh Mander, Anjali Bhardwaj and Jagdeep Chhokar also welcomed the Supreme Court&rsquo;s direction to the government to re-determine the number of people covered under the National Food Security Act (NFSA), given that the population has grown since the law was enacted.</p><p style="text-align:justify">&ldquo;It is significant that the SC has recognised that economic distress does not go away merely with the lifting of lockdowns...,&rdquo; said the intervenors in a statement. &ldquo;We welcome this important judgment and are happy to note that the plea to universalise rations to all migrant workers across India till the pandemic continues has been accepted.&rdquo;</p><p style="text-align:justify">In its ruling, the SC had directed States to distribute dry ration and run community kitchens for migrant workers, and directed the Centre to provide the needed grains to implement this. The Food Ministry has so far argued that there is no need to revive the Atma Nirbhar scheme under which it had provided such dry rations for 2.8 crore migrants and others without ration cards last year</p><p style="text-align:justify">In their written submission to the court on June 15, the intervenors had highlighted that the benefits of NFSA as well as the One Nation One Ration Card scheme were restricted to those with ration cards. They pointed out that several States had already exhausted their ration card quota under NFSA, and 22 out of 29 States had less than 5% quota remaining.</p><p style="text-align:justify">&ldquo;These State-wise quotas under the Act are severely underestimated on account of being calculated as per the figures of the 2011 census and never having been updated since,&rdquo; said the intervenors. They argued for a revision of the quotas using the current population projection of 139 crore, which would increase NFSA coverage to 93 crore people, as against the current figure of 80 crore.</p><p style="text-align:justify">In its ruling, the SC has now directed the Centre &ldquo;to undertake exercise under Section 9 of the National Food Security Act, 2013 to re-determine the total number of persons to be covered under Rural and Urban areas of the State, which shall be beneficial to a large number of persons.&rdquo;</p><p style="text-align:justify">Please <a href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/activists-welcome-supreme-court-ruling-on-migrant-workers/article35044659.ece?homepage=true" title="https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/activists-welcome-supreme-court-ruling-on-migrant-workers/article35044659.ece?homepage=true">click here</a> to read more.&nbsp;</p><p>Please&nbsp;<a href="https://im4change.org/upload/files/RTFCs%20Statement%20on%20Supreme%20court%27s%20direction%20dated%2029%20June%202021.pdf" title="/upload/files/RTFCs%20Statement%20on%20Supreme%20court%27s%20direction%20dated%2029%20June%202021.pdf" title="https://im4change.org/upload/files/RTFCs%20Statement%20on%20Supreme%20court%27s%20direction%20dated%2029%20June%202021.pdf" title="/upload/files/RTFCs%20Statement%20on%20Supreme%20court%27s%20direction%20dated%2029%20June%202021.pdf">click here</a>&nbsp;to access the press release by the Right to Food Campaign dated 29th June, 2021.&nbsp;Kindly&nbsp;<a href="https://im4change.org/upload/files/supreme-court-order-in-suo-moto-migrants-case-395698%283%29.pdf" title="/upload/files/supreme-court-order-in-suo-moto-migrants-case-395698%283%29.pdf" title="https://im4change.org/upload/files/supreme-court-order-in-suo-moto-migrants-case-395698%283%29.pdf" title="/upload/files/supreme-court-order-in-suo-moto-migrants-case-395698%283%29.pdf">click here</a>&nbsp;to access the Writ Petition (C) No.916 of 2020.</p><p>Kindly click&nbsp;<a href="https://www.im4change.org/latest-news-updates/supreme-court-directs-provision-of-rations-and-food-for-all-migrant-workers-in-the-country.html" title="https://www.im4change.org/latest-news-updates/supreme-court-directs-provision-of-rations-and-food-for-all-migrant-workers-in-the-country.html" title="https://www.im4change.org/latest-news-updates/supreme-court-directs-provision-of-rations-and-food-for-all-migrant-workers-in-the-country.html" title="https://www.im4change.org/latest-news-updates/supreme-court-directs-provision-of-rations-and-food-for-all-migrant-workers-in-the-country.html">here</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.im4change.org/upload/files/May%2024%20SC%20order%20Migrant%20Workers.pdf" title="https://www.im4change.org/upload/files/May%2024%20SC%20order%20Migrant%20Workers.pdf" title="https://www.im4change.org/upload/files/May%2024%20SC%20order%20Migrant%20Workers.pdf" title="https://www.im4change.org/upload/files/May%2024%20SC%20order%20Migrant%20Workers.pdf">here</a>&nbsp;to access&nbsp;the Supreme Court of India&#39;s order dated 24th May 2021, which is related to the suo motu writ petition (civil) 6/2020 IA no. 58769/2021.</p>               </font>
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<p style="text-align:justify"><em>&ldquo;It should result in universalisation of rations to all migrant workers during the pandemic&rdquo;</em></p>

<p style="text-align:justify">The Supreme Court&rsquo;s ruling on Tuesday should result in the universalisation of rations to all migrant workers across India as long as the pandemic continues, as opposed to the government&rsquo;s one-time relief measures, said intervenors in the petition.</p>

<p style="text-align:justify">Social activists Harsh Mander, Anjali Bhardwaj and Jagdeep Chhokar also welcomed the Supreme Court&rsquo;s direction to the government to re-determine the number of people covered under the National Food Security Act (NFSA), given that the population has grown since the law was enacted.</p>

<p style="text-align:justify">&ldquo;It is significant that the SC has recognised that economic distress does not go away merely with the lifting of lockdowns...,&rdquo; said the intervenors in a statement. &ldquo;We welcome this important judgment and are happy to note that the plea to universalise rations to all migrant workers across India till the pandemic continues has been accepted.&rdquo;</p>

<p style="text-align:justify">In its ruling, the SC had directed States to distribute dry ration and run community kitchens for migrant workers, and directed the Centre to provide the needed grains to implement this. The Food Ministry has so far argued that there is no need to revive the Atma Nirbhar scheme under which it had provided such dry rations for 2.8 crore migrants and others without ration cards last year</p>

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<p style="text-align:justify">&ldquo;These State-wise quotas under the Act are severely underestimated on account of being calculated as per the figures of the 2011 census and never having been updated since,&rdquo; said the intervenors. They argued for a revision of the quotas using the current population projection of 139 crore, which would increase NFSA coverage to 93 crore people, as against the current figure of 80 crore.</p>

<p style="text-align:justify">In its ruling, the SC has now directed the Centre &ldquo;to undertake exercise under Section 9 of the National Food Security Act, 2013 to re-determine the total number of persons to be covered under Rural and Urban areas of the State, which shall be beneficial to a large number of persons.&rdquo;</p>

<p style="text-align:justify">Please <a href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/activists-welcome-supreme-court-ruling-on-migrant-workers/article35044659.ece?homepage=true">click here</a> to read more.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Please&nbsp;<a href="https://im4change.org/upload/files/RTFCs%20Statement%20on%20Supreme%20court%27s%20direction%20dated%2029%20June%202021.pdf" title="/upload/files/RTFCs%20Statement%20on%20Supreme%20court%27s%20direction%20dated%2029%20June%202021.pdf">click here</a>&nbsp;to access the press release by the Right to Food Campaign dated 29th June, 2021.&nbsp;Kindly&nbsp;<a href="https://im4change.org/upload/files/supreme-court-order-in-suo-moto-migrants-case-395698%283%29.pdf" title="/upload/files/supreme-court-order-in-suo-moto-migrants-case-395698%283%29.pdf">click here</a>&nbsp;to access the Writ Petition (C) No.916 of 2020.</p>

<p>Kindly click&nbsp;<a href="https://www.im4change.org/latest-news-updates/supreme-court-directs-provision-of-rations-and-food-for-all-migrant-workers-in-the-country.html" title="https://www.im4change.org/latest-news-updates/supreme-court-directs-provision-of-rations-and-food-for-all-migrant-workers-in-the-country.html">here</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.im4change.org/upload/files/May%2024%20SC%20order%20Migrant%20Workers.pdf" title="https://www.im4change.org/upload/files/May%2024%20SC%20order%20Migrant%20Workers.pdf">here</a>&nbsp;to access&nbsp;the Supreme Court of India&#39;s order dated 24th May 2021, which is related to the suo motu writ petition (civil) 6/2020 IA no. 58769/2021.</p>
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The Food Ministry has so far argued that there is no need to revive the Atma Nirbhar scheme under which it had provided such dry rations for 2.8 crore migrants and others without ration cards last year</p><p style="text-align:justify">In their written submission to the court on June 15, the intervenors had highlighted that the benefits of NFSA as well as the One Nation One Ration Card scheme were restricted to those with ration cards. They pointed out that several States had already exhausted their ration card quota under NFSA, and 22 out of 29 States had less than 5% quota remaining.</p><p style="text-align:justify">&ldquo;These State-wise quotas under the Act are severely underestimated on account of being calculated as per the figures of the 2011 census and never having been updated since,&rdquo; said the intervenors. They argued for a revision of the quotas using the current population projection of 139 crore, which would increase NFSA coverage to 93 crore people, as against the current figure of 80 crore.</p><p style="text-align:justify">In its ruling, the SC has now directed the Centre &ldquo;to undertake exercise under Section 9 of the National Food Security Act, 2013 to re-determine the total number of persons to be covered under Rural and Urban areas of the State, which shall be beneficial to a large number of persons.&rdquo;</p><p style="text-align:justify">Please <a href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/activists-welcome-supreme-court-ruling-on-migrant-workers/article35044659.ece?homepage=true" title="https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/activists-welcome-supreme-court-ruling-on-migrant-workers/article35044659.ece?homepage=true">click here</a> to read more.&nbsp;</p><p>Please&nbsp;<a href="https://im4change.org/upload/files/RTFCs%20Statement%20on%20Supreme%20court%27s%20direction%20dated%2029%20June%202021.pdf" title="/upload/files/RTFCs%20Statement%20on%20Supreme%20court%27s%20direction%20dated%2029%20June%202021.pdf" title="https://im4change.org/upload/files/RTFCs%20Statement%20on%20Supreme%20court%27s%20direction%20dated%2029%20June%202021.pdf" title="/upload/files/RTFCs%20Statement%20on%20Supreme%20court%27s%20direction%20dated%2029%20June%202021.pdf">click here</a>&nbsp;to access the press release by the Right to Food Campaign dated 29th June, 2021.&nbsp;Kindly&nbsp;<a href="https://im4change.org/upload/files/supreme-court-order-in-suo-moto-migrants-case-395698%283%29.pdf" title="/upload/files/supreme-court-order-in-suo-moto-migrants-case-395698%283%29.pdf" title="https://im4change.org/upload/files/supreme-court-order-in-suo-moto-migrants-case-395698%283%29.pdf" title="/upload/files/supreme-court-order-in-suo-moto-migrants-case-395698%283%29.pdf">click here</a>&nbsp;to access the Writ Petition (C) No.916 of 2020.</p><p>Kindly click&nbsp;<a href="https://www.im4change.org/latest-news-updates/supreme-court-directs-provision-of-rations-and-food-for-all-migrant-workers-in-the-country.html" title="https://www.im4change.org/latest-news-updates/supreme-court-directs-provision-of-rations-and-food-for-all-migrant-workers-in-the-country.html" title="https://www.im4change.org/latest-news-updates/supreme-court-directs-provision-of-rations-and-food-for-all-migrant-workers-in-the-country.html" title="https://www.im4change.org/latest-news-updates/supreme-court-directs-provision-of-rations-and-food-for-all-migrant-workers-in-the-country.html">here</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.im4change.org/upload/files/May%2024%20SC%20order%20Migrant%20Workers.pdf" title="https://www.im4change.org/upload/files/May%2024%20SC%20order%20Migrant%20Workers.pdf" title="https://www.im4change.org/upload/files/May%2024%20SC%20order%20Migrant%20Workers.pdf" title="https://www.im4change.org/upload/files/May%2024%20SC%20order%20Migrant%20Workers.pdf">here</a>&nbsp;to access&nbsp;the Supreme Court of India&#39;s order dated 24th May 2021, which is related to the suo motu writ petition (civil) 6/2020 IA no. 58769/2021.</p>',
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<p style="text-align:justify"><em>&ldquo;It should result in universalisation of rations to all migrant workers during the pandemic&rdquo;</em></p>

<p style="text-align:justify">The Supreme Court&rsquo;s ruling on Tuesday should result in the universalisation of rations to all migrant workers across India as long as the pandemic continues, as opposed to the government&rsquo;s one-time relief measures, said intervenors in the petition.</p>

<p style="text-align:justify">Social activists Harsh Mander, Anjali Bhardwaj and Jagdeep Chhokar also welcomed the Supreme Court&rsquo;s direction to the government to re-determine the number of people covered under the National Food Security Act (NFSA), given that the population has grown since the law was enacted.</p>

<p style="text-align:justify">&ldquo;It is significant that the SC has recognised that economic distress does not go away merely with the lifting of lockdowns...,&rdquo; said the intervenors in a statement. &ldquo;We welcome this important judgment and are happy to note that the plea to universalise rations to all migrant workers across India till the pandemic continues has been accepted.&rdquo;</p>

<p style="text-align:justify">In its ruling, the SC had directed States to distribute dry ration and run community kitchens for migrant workers, and directed the Centre to provide the needed grains to implement this. The Food Ministry has so far argued that there is no need to revive the Atma Nirbhar scheme under which it had provided such dry rations for 2.8 crore migrants and others without ration cards last year</p>

<p style="text-align:justify">In their written submission to the court on June 15, the intervenors had highlighted that the benefits of NFSA as well as the One Nation One Ration Card scheme were restricted to those with ration cards. They pointed out that several States had already exhausted their ration card quota under NFSA, and 22 out of 29 States had less than 5% quota remaining.</p>

<p style="text-align:justify">&ldquo;These State-wise quotas under the Act are severely underestimated on account of being calculated as per the figures of the 2011 census and never having been updated since,&rdquo; said the intervenors. They argued for a revision of the quotas using the current population projection of 139 crore, which would increase NFSA coverage to 93 crore people, as against the current figure of 80 crore.</p>

<p style="text-align:justify">In its ruling, the SC has now directed the Centre &ldquo;to undertake exercise under Section 9 of the National Food Security Act, 2013 to re-determine the total number of persons to be covered under Rural and Urban areas of the State, which shall be beneficial to a large number of persons.&rdquo;</p>

<p style="text-align:justify">Please <a href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/activists-welcome-supreme-court-ruling-on-migrant-workers/article35044659.ece?homepage=true">click here</a> to read more.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Please&nbsp;<a href="https://im4change.org/upload/files/RTFCs%20Statement%20on%20Supreme%20court%27s%20direction%20dated%2029%20June%202021.pdf" title="/upload/files/RTFCs%20Statement%20on%20Supreme%20court%27s%20direction%20dated%2029%20June%202021.pdf">click here</a>&nbsp;to access the press release by the Right to Food Campaign dated 29th June, 2021.&nbsp;Kindly&nbsp;<a href="https://im4change.org/upload/files/supreme-court-order-in-suo-moto-migrants-case-395698%283%29.pdf" title="/upload/files/supreme-court-order-in-suo-moto-migrants-case-395698%283%29.pdf">click here</a>&nbsp;to access the Writ Petition (C) No.916 of 2020.</p>

<p>Kindly click&nbsp;<a href="https://www.im4change.org/latest-news-updates/supreme-court-directs-provision-of-rations-and-food-for-all-migrant-workers-in-the-country.html" title="https://www.im4change.org/latest-news-updates/supreme-court-directs-provision-of-rations-and-food-for-all-migrant-workers-in-the-country.html">here</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.im4change.org/upload/files/May%2024%20SC%20order%20Migrant%20Workers.pdf" title="https://www.im4change.org/upload/files/May%2024%20SC%20order%20Migrant%20Workers.pdf">here</a>&nbsp;to access&nbsp;the Supreme Court of India&#39;s order dated 24th May 2021, which is related to the suo motu writ petition (civil) 6/2020 IA no. 58769/2021.</p>
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The Food Ministry has so far argued that there is no need to revive the Atma Nirbhar scheme under which it had provided such dry rations for 2.8 crore migrants and others without ration cards last year</p><p style="text-align:justify">In their written submission to the court on June 15, the intervenors had highlighted that the benefits of NFSA as well as the One Nation One Ration Card scheme were restricted to those with ration cards. They pointed out that several States had already exhausted their ration card quota under NFSA, and 22 out of 29 States had less than 5% quota remaining.</p><p style="text-align:justify">&ldquo;These State-wise quotas under the Act are severely underestimated on account of being calculated as per the figures of the 2011 census and never having been updated since,&rdquo; said the intervenors. They argued for a revision of the quotas using the current population projection of 139 crore, which would increase NFSA coverage to 93 crore people, as against the current figure of 80 crore.</p><p style="text-align:justify">In its ruling, the SC has now directed the Centre &ldquo;to undertake exercise under Section 9 of the National Food Security Act, 2013 to re-determine the total number of persons to be covered under Rural and Urban areas of the State, which shall be beneficial to a large number of persons.&rdquo;</p><p style="text-align:justify">Please <a href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/activists-welcome-supreme-court-ruling-on-migrant-workers/article35044659.ece?homepage=true" title="https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/activists-welcome-supreme-court-ruling-on-migrant-workers/article35044659.ece?homepage=true">click here</a> to read more.&nbsp;</p><p>Please&nbsp;<a href="https://im4change.org/upload/files/RTFCs%20Statement%20on%20Supreme%20court%27s%20direction%20dated%2029%20June%202021.pdf" title="/upload/files/RTFCs%20Statement%20on%20Supreme%20court%27s%20direction%20dated%2029%20June%202021.pdf" title="https://im4change.org/upload/files/RTFCs%20Statement%20on%20Supreme%20court%27s%20direction%20dated%2029%20June%202021.pdf" title="/upload/files/RTFCs%20Statement%20on%20Supreme%20court%27s%20direction%20dated%2029%20June%202021.pdf">click here</a>&nbsp;to access the press release by the Right to Food Campaign dated 29th June, 2021.&nbsp;Kindly&nbsp;<a href="https://im4change.org/upload/files/supreme-court-order-in-suo-moto-migrants-case-395698%283%29.pdf" title="/upload/files/supreme-court-order-in-suo-moto-migrants-case-395698%283%29.pdf" title="https://im4change.org/upload/files/supreme-court-order-in-suo-moto-migrants-case-395698%283%29.pdf" title="/upload/files/supreme-court-order-in-suo-moto-migrants-case-395698%283%29.pdf">click here</a>&nbsp;to access the Writ Petition (C) No.916 of 2020.</p><p>Kindly click&nbsp;<a href="https://www.im4change.org/latest-news-updates/supreme-court-directs-provision-of-rations-and-food-for-all-migrant-workers-in-the-country.html" title="https://www.im4change.org/latest-news-updates/supreme-court-directs-provision-of-rations-and-food-for-all-migrant-workers-in-the-country.html" title="https://www.im4change.org/latest-news-updates/supreme-court-directs-provision-of-rations-and-food-for-all-migrant-workers-in-the-country.html" title="https://www.im4change.org/latest-news-updates/supreme-court-directs-provision-of-rations-and-food-for-all-migrant-workers-in-the-country.html">here</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.im4change.org/upload/files/May%2024%20SC%20order%20Migrant%20Workers.pdf" title="https://www.im4change.org/upload/files/May%2024%20SC%20order%20Migrant%20Workers.pdf" title="https://www.im4change.org/upload/files/May%2024%20SC%20order%20Migrant%20Workers.pdf" title="https://www.im4change.org/upload/files/May%2024%20SC%20order%20Migrant%20Workers.pdf">here</a>&nbsp;to access&nbsp;the Supreme Court of India&#39;s order dated 24th May 2021, which is related to the suo motu writ petition (civil) 6/2020 IA no. 58769/2021.</p>'
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Activists welcome Supreme Court ruling on migrant workers

-The Hindu “It should result in universalisation of rations to all migrant workers during the pandemic” The Supreme Court’s ruling on Tuesday should result in the universalisation of rations to all migrant workers across India as long as the pandemic continues, as opposed to the government’s one-time relief measures, said intervenors in the petition. Social activists Harsh Mander, Anjali Bhardwaj and Jagdeep Chhokar also welcomed the Supreme Court’s direction to the government to re-determine the number of people covered under the National Food Security Act (NFSA), given that the population has grown since the law was enacted. “It is significant that the SC has recognised that economic distress does not go away merely with the lifting of lockdowns...,” said the intervenors in a statement. “We welcome this important judgment and are happy to note that the plea to universalise rations to all migrant workers across India till the pandemic continues has been accepted.” In its ruling, the SC had directed States to distribute dry ration and run community kitchens for migrant workers, and directed the Centre to provide the needed grains to implement this. The Food Ministry has so far argued that there is no need to revive the Atma Nirbhar scheme under which it had provided such dry rations for 2.8 crore migrants and others without ration cards last year In their written submission to the court on June 15, the intervenors had highlighted that the benefits of NFSA as well as the One Nation One Ration Card scheme were restricted to those with ration cards. They pointed out that several States had already exhausted their ration card quota under NFSA, and 22 out of 29 States had less than 5% quota remaining. “These State-wise quotas under the Act are severely underestimated on account of being calculated as per the figures of the 2011 census and never having been updated since,” said the intervenors. They argued for a revision of the quotas using the current population projection of 139 crore, which would increase NFSA coverage to 93 crore people, as against the current figure of 80 crore. In its ruling, the SC has now directed the Centre “to undertake exercise under Section 9 of the National Food Security Act, 2013 to re-determine the total number of persons to be covered under Rural and Urban areas of the State, which shall be beneficial to a large number of persons.” Please click here to read more.  Please click here to access the press release by the Right to Food Campaign dated 29th June, 2021. Kindly click here to access the Writ Petition (C) No.916 of 2020. Kindly click here and here to access the Supreme Court of India's order dated 24th May 2021, which is related to the suo motu writ petition (civil) 6/2020 IA no. 58769/2021.