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  • e-Shram portal of Ministry of Labour and Employment aims at creating a National Database of Unorganized Workers for providing welfare benefits.
    • Out of around 29 crore registrants, around 8 crore do not have ration cards and do not receive subsidized foodgrains under National Food Security Act (NFSA) 2013
  • For ensuring food security under NFSA for migrants, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution is implementing One Nation One Ration Card (ONORC) plan.
    • It allows both the migrant beneficiary (in destination state/UT) and his/her family (in origin state) to claim their part of entitled ration
  • SC also directed that Ration cards must be issued irrespective of the quotas defined in section 3 of NFSA 2013. 
    • Section 3 contain provisions for eligible households who has the right to receive subsidized foodgrains.
    • It entitles Priority Households to receive 5 kgs of subsidized foodgrains per person per month and Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) households to receive 35 kgs of subsidized foodgrains per household per month. 
    • Presently, government is providing these foodgrains free of cost to AAY and Priority Households under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY)

 

National Food Security Act (NFSA) 2013

  • NFSA marks a paradigm shift in approach to food security from welfare to rights-based approach.
  • It is implemented by Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.
  • It legally entitles upto 75% of rural and 50% of urban population (covering around 80 crore persons) to receive subsidized foodgrains.
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