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Comments that are abusive, personal, incendiary or irrelevant will not be published. Then we started with family tracing, we realized that we did not have energy and resource to visit every place because people were coming from all over. Then in it was almost about a year we started, we formed this national alliance for the homeless.
Lot of organizations came together different states. About organization came together from different states and the idea was that we will help these people reach back home. It helped in multiple ways.
One was we could immediately call up the organization. And say someday say s that I am from Orissa, we could immediately call up the office and ask them to trace the address. They will do that and we know that what the person is saying is true and we will be able to send them back.
It also helped in a different way. Many times family also has abandoned their person and they would not be comfortable in taking them back. Not that they did not want to but possibly they were not able to take care of that person.
It had reached a point where they were no more able to continue with that. Call this Organization. So people basically want their people back home. That also has worked well for us. Then there was.
But what about people who are actually.. In my experience I have realized nobody chooses to be in begging in a comfortable situation. Presently he is comfortable by begging but the start must have been very difficult this experience has been. It has to be circumstances which pushed him into that. It could be something very instant triggering into this or it is a long drawn out process where one has gradually moved into begging. So the idea was also not tell that person that you are begging and its wrong and you should leave it.
Then we had this long drawn out process where first we work on him mentally. He would be counselled, he would be told that… One principle that we have kind of started believing in it that there has to be certain degree of degradation of self image that we have, the dignity which we have that has to happen if one gets into begging.
The idea was to restore that. So, if one believes that no, I am worth of something, he will be able to move out of begging. This became the first step of that exercise where we do all is required to make the person believe that no, I am of some worth and I will be able to contribute.
So once that comes in it becomes lot easier. Then we have a range of training programmes going on, where we these people depending on the kind of interest they have, they Will go there, they will complete their training. They get the government approved certificate.
And then we have this employers' collective, where they are placed. So the person goes back to work and earns. We have been able to open bank accounts for people where they are saving money and those kinds of things are happening.
Now with the Law front? But we also needed to have this Law go and the exercises have been going on with the government. In principle both Maharashtra government and Delhi government have agreed that this Law needs to go. Once it gets formalized we will be able to push for the repeal.
Delhi has adopted the same Law they have their own rule but they have taken the same Law. There was a of apprehension in regards to common wealth were about to happen in a years time. And lot of action were being planned so we also felt that was the time where we have to stop that. Incidentally what happened in one of the meeting, like I was there in Delhi they were planning to have an open shelter. There in the meeting the secretary of social welfare.
She kind of got interested in the work and she asked for what we are doing. On explaining the entire project. She made an offer can. That was the time we took the decision that we will move to Delhi also. Then it has been going on in Delhi and lot of changes are happening.
Delhi has mobile courts which nowhere else in the country we have. We have been able to do a very fair amount of work with the mobile court. The concept of the mobile court was that there would be no trial actually, magistrates would be moving around the streets and they will just round up people and pass the orders then and there.
Which was not only illegal but also very unfair to people. So we kind of stopped that. Courts are still there but they have to follow the routine procedures like they have to be sent for remand. Now court officially asks us for the social investigation report.
Earlier they would look at whether the person is begging or not begging. So if he is begging, they will kind of punish him.
But we were able to bring this and got it acknowledged by the authorities that only looking at whether the person is begging or not begging, is not enough you need to look at the circumstances why he is begging that is more important.
If you really want to help him. So that is now the role we are playing that we prepare social investigation report and submit it to the court. So these were not the people ; so they only wanted one chance to really come out of begging.
Now in Delhi we are also able to push this agenda through various sources also. Delhi Government had appointed a six member committee which we were also a part of, to prepare a draft for the new legislation so that this existing Law gets repealed. So that draft is also prepared now that is under process now.
The process is going on. They have made a working group on Urban poverty. We are part of that working group and through NAC platform we are now trying for repeal of Law from all the states. And independently of NAC also, we are writing to state governments telling that this Law needs to go.
We also have also approached the National Law Commission stating that why this Law has to go. So it looks like we should be able to get rid of this Law. So the bigger challenge lies in how do we see these people. So what alternatives do we really have for people who are into begging?
So there we have done the classification where for people, different schemes are there. Women who have been abused by husband and thrown away, thrown out of the house.
Some other woman has been brought in. We have a Law for that, but you know most of these. Beggars home I see as the kind of a dumping ground, where, all the failures of the other acts where you have been ineffective and you have not been able to implement the Laws you take. Say for instance mental health act but you do not have hospitals.
Where do you take the persons. Instead of? Procedure is also complicated. That is a long drawn out process. Along with this we have also been doing lot of trainings with the police and the lawyers. I am visiting different universities, talking to the students there. So that they know what is happening. I am visiting Law colleges telling them there is a Law like this you should be taught this.
Going back again to how you are saying. Even if the act is repealed, so you still need to work with people who are in begging. So at the moment, the people who have not been picked up. Are you working with just beggars on the streets as well? See we are working with people on the streets as well. The problem lies. But it also lies in the. See for us, every scheme every policy starts with the issue of the identity. If the government says that you know person who is poor is entitled for a free treatment at government hospital.
Now you have very good programme government is offering you free treatment. But it says BPL will get free treatment. So anybody who is below poverty line will get free treatment. BPL is far better than me. You still have that jhuggi kutch stability hai life mein. I am an 80 year old man, lying on the streets. Theek hai. There is you have old age pension. So these are the issues which one is looking at how to deal with this.
You know, if the person is reduced to the level where he was forced to make his living out of begging. It means he is a destitute and needs state support so whatever programme you have, for these populations should be extended to him. If you need address take beggars home address. Superintendent should be allowed to do the certify that. So those kind of provisions which we are looking at, same things at NAC we are talking about, the social security programme national security programme. There, we are saying that you know these groups to be included in that.
Otherwise, No matter how good programmes we come up with. This programme would never reach to the neediest because most needy are left out from everything. Simply because either ration card, either voter id. So we have to evolve a system, we have to evolve a mechanism which recognizes these people.
Every time we approach the government there contention is that there will be lot of fraud. So people will come in they will take money. So what do you give, you give some rupees per month. When we look at the kind of money that others are making even if that poor fellow, he takes Rs I mean that should be permissible. We should legally allow this to happen I feel. Because of those fears of those few people coming in.
Even if say somebody who is on the street for whatever reasons. He is in that condition where he needs to be kind of supported. If they have not done that they are at the fault. So, I can actually get them prosecuted for this. Because I am an old man, my family has thrown us out. What do I do? Should I kill myself? At least I am not going to the court and telling them you have violated my Right. Pearson Indian History Manual. Themes in Indian History. Indian History by VK Agnihotri.
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