<span style="color: #222222;">The Supreme Court has asked the Centre to consider the feasibility of 'temporarily' adopting the 'one nation, one ration card' scheme during the ongoing coronavirus lockdown period to enable the migrant workers and economically weaker sections (EWS) get subsidised foodgrain.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">   </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The central government scheme is scheduled to be launched in June this year. A bench of Justices N V Ramana, Sanjay Kishan Kaul and B R Gavai, in an order passed on Monday said that,We direct the Union of India to consider whether it is feasible for it to implement the said Scheme at this stage or not and take appropriate decision in this regard keeping in view the present circumstances</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The directions come in the wake of a petitioner seeking indulgence of the court to protect and safeguard right of migrant labourers,beneficiaries , citizens of other States and Union Tesrritories to get their entitlement of subsidized foodgrain and benefits of government scheme etc.during the unprecedented nationwide lockdown due to epidemic of COVID-19.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The scheme announced by Central Government is about to start in June, 2020.</span><br />