{"id":5101,"date":"2025-05-15T18:24:53","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T12:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.class24.study\/exams\/?p=5101"},"modified":"2026-02-24T12:43:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T07:13:19","slug":"indore-has-been-declared-india-first-beggar-free-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.class24.study\/current-affairs\/indore-has-been-declared-india-first-beggar-free-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Indore has been declared India\u2019s first beggar-free city"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">Indore, Madhya Pradesh has been declared India&rsquo;s first beggar free city under Bhiksha Vriti Mukta Bharat initiative by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. This accomplishment is awarded by the world bank and this is as a result of the constant rehabilitation that is carried under the sub-scheme of the SMILE scheme whereby comprehensive rehabilitation of persons involved in begging is targeted at.<\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\">Context:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Indore became the first city of India to be free of begging due to some proper rehabilitation strategies in the ministry of social justice and empowerment&rsquo;s SMILE scheme.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXdLcfo_-OfbYyIMXrrqBd2E7yhbCim3-dckivHFakW3VlA2hrK51iVEAISQBdVPHi0YpGGYT_Ms7y_UYGUVuYBaVoJ9C25PXzfTEJZPtTOC6CIXqoafQreF7xYrxFgs-mosg1Dxyg?key=zFAMexor2DUaYR04uW6CBQ\" style=\"height:439px; width:602px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\">Key Points:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Begging in India:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Involves seeking alms through such actions as singing, selling goods, or showing deformities.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Census 2011 reported 4.13 lakh beggars nationally; SECC 2011 estimated 6.62 lakhs of rural households who depended on begging.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The highest numbers are recorded in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, and Madhya Pradesh.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Legal and Constitutional Framework:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Concurrent List (entry 15) is what governs the vagrancy and begging, and this gives Centre and states powers to enact laws.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">No uniform central law; Begging is criminalized through the Bombay Prevention of Begging Act, 1959.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">SMILE Scheme (Launched 2022):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Concentrates on the rehabilitation of persons who are involved in begging and the empowerment of transgender persons.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Stores rehabilitation of at least 8,000 people from FY 2023-24 to FY 2025-26.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Engages in identification, profiling, and empathetic engagement with beggars for rehabilitation on a consent basis.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Rehabilitation Strategy:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Includes coordination with district administrations, NGOs, SHGs, temple trusts, and local bodies.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Provides counseling, education, and reintegration to rehabilitate individuals.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Photo\/ Video documentation for profiling and monitoring.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\">Conclusion:<\/h2>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Indore&rsquo;s becoming India&rsquo;s first beggar-free city is a stepping stone towards the effectiveness of a combined, compassionate rehabilitation mechanism in government schemes. It establishes a copyable model for other urban centres that seek to solve the intricate social issue of begging using humane and sustainable practices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indore, Madhya Pradesh has been declared India&rsquo;s first beggar free city under Bhiksha Vriti Mukta Bharat initiative by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. This accomplishment is awarded by the world bank and this is as a result of the constant rehabilitation that is carried under the sub-scheme of the SMILE scheme whereby comprehensive [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5102,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.class24.study\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.class24.study\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.class24.study\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.class24.study\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.class24.study\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5101"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.class24.study\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5144,"href":"https:\/\/www.class24.study\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5101\/revisions\/5144"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.class24.study\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.class24.study\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.class24.study\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.class24.study\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}