Teesha
Observing the very slow process in registration of migrant workers, the Supreme Court asserted that the same should be expedited to ensure that benefits the government schemes could be extended to them during the pandemic.
The Bench of Justice Ashok Bhushan and Justice MR Shah opined, “We are of the view that for accessing of any benefit percolating from any scheme framed by the Centre or the states for the benefit of unorganised workers or migrant workers, registration of workers is essential, which registration shall facilitate the unorganised workers to assess the scheme and reap the benefit,”
Additionally, the bench said that the registration should be done at the earliest and a common database for all the organised workers situated in different states should be prepared with collaboration and coordination of the states, and the same would be utilised to extend the facilities to the workers.
The Court also directed the Solicitor General Tushar Mehta to file a detailed affidavit with respect to all the issues within two weeks.
Furthermore, the court expressed that it is of the view that a suitable mechanism to monitor and supervise the functioning and to ensure that the benefits are reaching to the grassroots levels with their names and places should be maintained.
