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1. What are the causes of begging by children in India? How can it be reduced?Critically analyze.

Introduction

Child beggary in India is an omnipresent reality despite of the laws like State anti-beggary

legislations criminalizing the same and provision for shelter homes under Juvenile

Justice Act dealing with rehabilitation and mainstreaming of such children.

Causes

!conomic causes "he three main economic causes are poverty# loss of

employment or under-employment and lucrative business. .

$a% &overty 'ne of the main factors which forces childrene to

take to beggary is destitution. (aving no sufficient means to support themselves

they resort to begging.

$b% )oss of employment and *nder-employment +hen parents

or guardians are unemployed or underemployed# they encourage their children to

take up begging along with themselves for making both ends meet.

$ c % )ucrative ,usiness 'wing to easy gains and sufficient

income from begging many people make it a profession instead of doing honest

labour. ot only that# they even encourage their children to take this as

profession.

$d% ,y force "here are groups operating in big cities# which

force many children to this profession. "here are syndicates and mafia who

kidnap children amputate them and force them to beg.

&sychological Causes Children are easily able to earn good amount of money

from people out of sympathy. According to survey child beggars earn huge

amounts not Indian cash but also from foreign epats and tourists.

Social Causes like family disorganization# lack of parental control# communitydisorganization# break up of /oint family system# vulnerability are also some of the

causes.

0easures to reduce begging

&arents should be counseled and made aware about the importance of child

education.

"hey should also be told about the various schemes being implemented by the

1overnment like the 2ightto !ducation and 0id 3ay 0eal Schemes.

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&arents should be encouraged to take up /obs under 02!1A for making both

ends meet."hey could also be encouraged to take up vocational training under

government program like Aa/eevika etc for ensuring continuos source of income.

Children in difficult circumstance should be rehabilitated in child care institution

4home under JJA act .

0afia and other anti social elements who force childrens to beg should be booked

under the law and punished.

1eneral people and tourists should be sensitized towards the issue ."hey should

be discouraged from giving alms to child beggars.

Conclusion

Children are seen as the future of nations. It is only through giving them right

education# culture and values we can epect to make our nation economically

and culturally secure.

1overnment should see to it that the policies and laws against child beginning

are properly implemented # and that no opportunity to train our future torch

bearers should go a begging.

References

1 http44www.thehindu.com4todays-paper4tp-national4child-beggars-on-the-rise-in-

gurgaon4article5675879.ece

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/child-beggars-on-the-rise-in-gurgaon/article5715410.ecehttp://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/child-beggars-on-the-rise-in-gurgaon/article5715410.ecehttp://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/child-beggars-on-the-rise-in-gurgaon/article5715410.ecehttp://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/child-beggars-on-the-rise-in-gurgaon/article5715410.ece

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4. Maulana bul !ala" zad#s Isla" was "uch "ore acco""odati$e than the conte"%orary

rigid and co"bati$e Isla".& Critically e'a"ine

In his 3iscovery of India# Jawaharlal ehrudescribes Azad and his contribution through urdu

newspaper the Al-(ilal that Azad wrote thus :Abul ;alam Azad spoke in a new language to them in

his weekly Al- (ilal. It was not only a new language in thought and approach# even its teture was

different# for Azad Sadly the same

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can be said of the 0adrasas of the present as well. "he 0adrasa of today are still inward looking and

are still laden with the shortcoming that Azad had written about more than 59 years ago.

Conclusion In the light of above fact we can conclude that AzadBs Islam was much more

accommodative than the contemporary rigid and combative Islam.

0aulana ;alam Azad