Sivakumar V

A team from Tata Institute of Social Sciences will understand and chalk out a conducive plan for their rehabilitation.

Residents of the footpath under Amar Mahal junction in Chembur forcibly evicted

She has no memory of her early childhood, no recollection of her biological parents and no idea of how or why she got separated from them when she was about three years old.

India’s economic power is growing at unprecedented rates. However, despite being one of the world’s fastest growing economies, India has a long way to go to tackle poverty and ensure decent living standards for all. These facts about poverty in India delve into the country’s varied successes and obstacles in fighting poverty.

According to the Centre, 32 per cent of the childcare institutions were registered under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act while 33 per cent were unregistered.

Recognising destitute persons have equal rights to dignity, the Court revives the possibility of enacting the Persons in Destitution Model Bill into law.

Koshish was started in 2006 as a student initiative at the Mumbai campus of TISS and has grown into full-fledged social intervention for rehabilitation of people living on the streets.

Among the 25 provisions struck down are those permitting the arrest, without a warrant, any person found begging, taking the person to court, conducting a summary inquiry and detaining the person for up to 10 years.

The girls who end up at shelter homes are, very often, nobody’s children; society’s most vulnerable. They have no one to ask, are you okay?

Activists working for the welfare of people who take to begging hailed the Delhi high court’s judgment but said it would not solve the long-pending problem of the rehabilitation of beggars.