PM Modi urged CM Stalin to accompany him in handing over the keys to the beneficiaries at an event in Chennai. Both the BJP and the DMK have endorsed this gesture.
The bench, which included Justices L Nageswara Rao, B R Gavai, and A S Bopanna, ordered the states and union territories to follow several of the panel's recommendations to the letter.
Karti Chidambaram, the Congress politician, has been accused of facilitating visas for Chinese people. The Congressman has denied the claims levelled against him.