SRINAGAR, AUGUST 8: Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo, today held a joint meeting of the Labour & Employment Department; and Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs regarding providing Ration Cards to all E-Shram registrants.
Besides the Commissioner Secretary, FCS&CA; Secretary, Labour and Employment, the meeting was attended by the Secretary, Law; Deputy Commissioners; Labour Commissioner; Director, FCS&CA, Kashmir/ Jammu, and other concerned officers.
During this meeting the Chief Secretary stressed the direction passed by the Supreme Court of India vide Order dated 20.04.2023 in Misc. Application No. 94/2022 in SMW (C) No. 6/2020 wherein the State/UT Governments are directed to issue Ration Cards to the left out registrants of the e-Shram Portal.
Dulloo while recapturing this direction from the Hon’ble Apex Court impressed upon the concerned to undertake the exercise to issue ration cards to the left-out registrants on the e-Shram portal by giving wide publicity and approaching e-Shram registrants through the offices of concerned DCs.
The Chief Secretary also advised the Deputy Commissioners to personally supervise and ensure coordination of the officers and officials of the Labour Department and Department of Food Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs in their respective districts to achieve the desired results within the shortest possible time.
Moreover, it was also enjoined upon the concerned Administrative heads to monitor the progress of the issuance of ration cards in favor of left-out e-Shram registrants daily so that the SC directions are complied with, in letter and spirit in the UT.
