Real Face of Begging in India
In its February issue the Top Indian magazine “India Today” Magazine has published a survey about Indian beggars. Mostly, we people have very less authentic data available about the condition of beggars in India; therefore, this survey provides a lot of good information about the conditions of beggars in India and some of its findings are very alarming like the number of graduates and postgraduates beggars are increasing in India. The main points which come out of the survey are- 1) Average income of beggars in Metros is Rs 80. 2) 70% of beggars spend more than Rs 50 per day and 27% send more than Rs 100 in a single day. 3) Most of the beggars in India earn more than daily wagers. 4) Rs 25000 is the average bank balance of beggars in Kolkata. 5) There are more numbers of able body beggars in India than disabled beggars. 6) There are good numbers of beggars with graduate and postgraduate degrees and their number is increasing constantly. 7) 85% of the beggars have no information about t...