The Supreme Court slammed the Centre for its unpardonable lethargy in implementing a 2018 direction to register all unorganised sector workers, on Tuesday. (File photo)
NEW DELHI: Slamming the Centre for its unpardonable lethargy in implementing a 2018 direction to register all unorganised sector workers, the Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Union and State governments to complete registration of all workers by July 31, which also will also be the deadline for implementing one nation one ration card (ONORC) scheme.
Quoting 2017-18 National Statistical Organisation (NSO) survey to peg the number of workers in unorganised sector at 38 crore, or one-fourth of the country s population, a bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan and M R Shah said since they are the hardest hit by the pandemic caused economic slowdown, it was the duty of the Centre and the states to provide them with dry ration and run community kitchens to ensure that no one went hungry as long as the pandemic continue
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