In SC, Centre elaborates on food for migrants without ration cards

Responsibility to distribute food grains lay with States, it notes

The Central government on Monday informed Supreme Court that the States and the Union Territories (UTs) have purchased nearly 3.7 lakh metric tonnes at concessional rates from the Food Corporation of India this year to feed migrants without ration cards and others outside the protective cover of the National Food Security Act, debunking apprehensions raised in court that those without ration cards may be left to die amidst a devastating pandemic. The Supreme Court had asked the Centre to explain “how food will reach migrant labourers without ration cards”. The Centre has placed on record details of its schemes to feed the migrant poor badly affected in the public health crisis.