Work on database of migrant workers is slow, Supreme Court tells Centre
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Top court says provision of food for labourers need not wait until completion of registration
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Top court says provision of food for labourers need not wait until completion of registration
The government’s delay in completing a national database to identify and register migrant workers across the country in order to provide them benefits in times of dire need stood out like a sore thumb in a Supreme Court hearing on Monday.
A Bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan and M.R. Shah acknowledged submissions made by advocate Prashant Bhushan that such a database would have made it easier for the government to identify and provide essentials like food and dry rations to stranded migrant labourers during the second wave of the pandemic.