Welfare State Has To Ensure No One Dies Of Hunger' : Supreme Court

Supreme Court on Tuesday granted 3 weeks time to the Central Government, as a last opportunity, to frame a pan-India policy on community kitchens.

A bench led by the Chief Justice of India NV Ramana recorded unhappiness over the affidavit filed by the under-secretary of the Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Administration.

The bench observed that the Principal Secretary had to file the affidavit.

The bench also expressed dissatisfaction over the contents in the affidavit, observing that it merely recorded the information already given by the states regarding the respective community kitchen schemes ran by them.