begging
TRANSCRIPT
A growing menace in India
Presented By:Harpreet kaur sidhu, Roshan singh, Gurpreet singh
Mandeep kaur, Shivani joshi
Kapil pundir
BEGGING
Overview Introduction Types of begging Causes of begging Harmful effects of begging Begging as a business Role of society in eliminating begging
BEGGING
imploring others to grant a favour
a gift of mone
y
little or no expectatio
n of reciprocati
on
IN A SURVEY BY RUBINA IQBAL(Ph.d student, dept of law, university of Kashmir) reports that
THERE ARE ABOUT 40 LAKH BEGGARS IN INDIA
Techniques employed in begging• Ordinary techniques
• Deforming of body
• Use of coercive method
• Use of tricks
• Techniques employed by religious mendicants
• Social causesFamily dis organisation
Lack of parental control
Community disorganisationBreak up of joint family system
BEGGING AS A BUSINESS
• Oldest profession• Lucrative business• Beggars do not want to do odd jobs or hard labor
work• Very professional activity- own working hours,
dress code, working places• Mastery in art of begging
Disturbing the economic and health system of nation.
• They are disturbing the economic system as there is unequal distribution f wealth.
• They are disturbing the environment and creating the health issues by spreading communicable diseases like tuberculosis and air borne infections.
ROLE OF GOVERNMENTSteps of Indian government• Section 363A in The Indian Penal Code• (MNREGA)• Right to education Act, 2009• The Juvenile Justice Act, 2006• The child Labour ACT, 1986• Maharashtra governments initiative.
Suggestions• Laws against begging• Vocational training• Awareness programmes