States cannot shirk on their duty to poor: SC

The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that food security for the poor under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) should not absolve states of their duty to bring the poor out of poverty, as defined by the state, as it dealt with a petition that seeks to increase the cap on ration card beneficiaries under the Act that was based on the 2011 census.

- Abraham Thomas

NEW DELHI:

Dealing with a petition filed by a group of spirited citizens asking for remedies to miseries faced by migrant labourers, the bench refused to accept that the cap needs to be increased, noting that the cap does not include the addition of poor individuals and families between the 2011 and 2021 of the census period.