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

Types of Begging

• Child beggars

• Physically handicapped

beggars

• Diseased beggars

• Mentally handicapped

beggars

• Casual beggars

• Professional /Hereditary

beggars

• Employed beggars

• Migrant beggars

• Economic Causes

Poverty

Loss of Employment

As a bussiness

• Social causesFamily dis organisation

Lack of parental control

Community disorganisationBreak up of joint family system

• Biological causesDiseases

Physically disabled

Mentally disabledOld age

• Religious causes

Religious mendicancy

customs

• Natural calamities

Harmful effects of begging

They effect every single individual of society.

Begging is another name of cheating.

The future of child is ruined.

It leads to prostitution, drug addiction and crime.

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

Mangala bank run by beggars outside

Mangalagauri temple at Gaya district in Bihar

Role of society in eliminating begging

BEGGING

GOVERNMENT

POLICE

COMMON MAN

M.Ed STUDENT

S

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

ROLE OF POLICE• Begging mafias

• Underground beggar organizations

• kidnaping

ROLE OF COMMON MAN

ROLE OF COMMON MAN• Helping orphans

• Caring old members of family

• Discouraging beggars

ROLE OF M.Ed STUDENTS

1 teacher educator

100 teachers

20,000 students

What we think about begging…

We can’t leave this with smiles .

We have to think …

Do you have any questions?