CHILDREN ENGAGED IN BEGGING
INTRODUCTION
Even after fifty-five years of independence, we are still struggling with the menace rampant in our society. One of such menace is “begging” which is responsible for major loss of productivity & manpower in the country. Beggars are like the living dead bodies that cannot be disposed off. Begging is considered as an offence by the Bombay Prevention of Begging Act, 1959. This act is applicable in Delhi too. Though, right to primary education has been included as a fundamental right in our Constitution, rights of destitute & child beggars, to proper educational & vocational training are not considered as fundamental rights so far.
Child begging is the embryo stage of begging. When a child enters the profession of begging, his only intention for it is to support his family financially. But gradually he develops as a beggar & loses his productivity.
The problem here is the loss of productivity of the nation on account of child begging. The children of a country are considered as its future but when these children themselves resort to begging to fulfill their needs, what would be the future of that country. The present research is conducted on the Etiology of Child Begging.
Associated with the problems of poverty and unemployment is the problem of beggary which is a social problem of great magnitude and grave concern in developing countries.
Begging is a problem for society in as much as a large number of beggars means non utilization of available human resources and drag upon the existing resources of the society.
There are some 60,000 beggars in Delhi, over 3, 00,000 in Mumbai according to a 2004 Action Aid report; nearly 75000 in Kolkata says the Beggar Research Institute; 56000 in Bangalore according to police records. In Hyderabad one in every 354 people is engaged in begging according to Council of Human Welfare in 2005.
It is common to find beggars at rubbish dumbs, road sides, and traffic lights and under
Even after fifty-five years of independence, we are still struggling with the menace rampant in our society. One of such menace is “begging” which is responsible for major loss of productivity & manpower in the country. Beggars are like the living dead bodies that cannot be disposed off. Begging is considered as an offence by the Bombay Prevention of Begging Act, 1959. This act is applicable in Delhi too. Though, right to primary education has been included as a fundamental right in our Constitution, rights of destitute & child beggars, to proper educational & vocational training are not considered as fundamental rights so far.
Child begging is the embryo stage of begging. When a child enters the profession of begging, his only intention for it is to support his family financially. But gradually he develops as a beggar & loses his productivity.
The problem here is the loss of productivity of the nation on account of child begging. The children of a country are considered as its future but when these children themselves resort to begging to fulfill their needs, what would be the future of that country. The present research is conducted on the Etiology of Child Begging.
Associated with the problems of poverty and unemployment is the problem of beggary which is a social problem of great magnitude and grave concern in developing countries.
Begging is a problem for society in as much as a large number of beggars means non utilization of available human resources and drag upon the existing resources of the society.
There are some 60,000 beggars in Delhi, over 3, 00,000 in Mumbai according to a 2004 Action Aid report; nearly 75000 in Kolkata says the Beggar Research Institute; 56000 in Bangalore according to police records. In Hyderabad one in every 354 people is engaged in begging according to Council of Human Welfare in 2005.
It is common to find beggars at rubbish dumbs, road sides, and traffic lights and under