Ensure migrant workers in the Nilgiris get access to rations, says official
The Hindu
District administration asked to interact with owners of tea estates and get the workers enrolled in ‘one nation, one ration card’ programme
Sudhanshu Pandey, Secretary, Department of Food and Public Distribution, Government of India, has told the district administration to interact with owners of tea estates in the Nilgiris and help migrant workers enroll in the ‘One nation, one ration card’ programme, said a press release.
Mr. Pandey held a review meeting for Tamil Nadu on Monday on the implementation of Central government schemes. He said 8,000 to 10,000 migrant workers from Jharkhand, Bihar, West Bengal and other States were working in the Nilgiris. In order to ensure that they get access to the rations, the district administration was asked to sensitise the owners of tea estates employing migrant labourers to the programme.
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