The trains are full of migrants returning to their workplaces in cities, but the Centre is still considering how to ensure that those without ration cards do not go hungry.
On Wednesday, the Union Cabinet approved the five-month extension of the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana to give free grain and chana to 81 crore ration card holders. Speaking to journalists after the meeting, Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar seemed to indicate that migrant workers would also benefit.
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“Even migrant labourers were also included at a later stage, and they have also got free ration. Now those who have returned will also continue to get,” he said. “Because where they are now, they are already getting free ration. If they return and come, they will also get free ration.”
However, when