The Supreme Court of India came down heavily on the Centre’s handling of the migrant problem during the ongoing Covid crisis and, in a landmark decision last month, directed it to complete the work on ration card portability, called the One-Nation-One-Ration-Card (ONORC) scheme by July end along with preparing a national database of all migrants.

       It also directed the state governments to introduce a scheme to supply dry rations and set up community kitchens to ensure migrant workers without ration cards do not go hungry during the Covid-19 pandemic. According to news reports, ...