Indore is set to make giving alms a criminal act, with FIRs to be filed against those who give donations starting January 2025, as part of a bold initiative to eliminate begging in the city.
In the survey done by DUDA, Municipal Corporation and Social Welfare Department it was found that there are a total of 5,312 beggars in the city and a few of them, especially pregnant women, earn Rs 80-90 lakh a month.
Pakistani beggars travel to the Middle East under the guise of ziarat (pilgrimage) and are also involved in pickpocketing activities. Saudi authorities warned Islamabad that if the situation is not controlled, it could negatively affect Pakistani Umrah and Hajj pilgrims.
Saudi Arabia has raised concerns with Islamabad over rising numbers of Pakistan nationals involved in begging or pickpocketing there. Most of these people travel illegally to Saudi Arabia disguised as pilgrims.
Secretary Overseas Pakistanis Zeeshan Khanzada, during a meeting of the Senate's standing committee for Overseas Pakistanis, said that Saudi Arabia told the Pakistani officials that the majority of the pickpockets arrested from within Makkah's grand mosque are Pakistani nationals.
This project will be implemented in all religious tourist places in the coming days so that no beggar can be seen in all religious tourist places in Gujarat.
The Bombay High Court on Saturday said that homeless persons and beggars should also work for the country as everything cannot be provided to them by the state.
The Supreme Court has slammed the Government for clubbing housewives with prostitutes, beggars and prisoners in the Census and describing them as economically non-productive workers. The court described as "totally insensitive" and "callous" the approach
The Supreme Court has slammed the union government for treating army personnel like "beggars" in respect of emoluments and pension and asked the authorities to adopt a more "humane approach" towards those bravely defending the
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