The Supreme Court on Wednesday is
set to hear a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by NGO ‘Swaraj
Abhiyan’ seeking proper rehabilitation and financial assistance to the
drought-affected people.
In the previous hearing, the Apex Court
had summoned nine state’s Chief Secretaries in the case asking them to
appear before it on April 26 in connection with the drought case.
The
court passed this order after hearing the plea filed by NGO ‘Swaraj
Abhiyan’ seeking proper rehabilitation and financial assistance to the
drought-affected people.
Bihar, Jharkhand, Telangana, Karnataka,
Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh and
Maharashtra are the affected drought states.
Initially, there were 12 states in the drought case but the Supreme Court deleted Uttar Pradesh and Odisha.
In
May last year, the apex court had directed the drought-hit states to
provide highly subsidised food grains to the affected people under the
National Food Security (NFS) Act.
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