Indore will penalize anyone giving alms to beggars starting January 1, 2025, expanding a previous ban on giving to child beggars. This initiative aims to eradicate begging, with officials claiming it disrupts the begging cycle. The city will launch an awareness campaign this month about the negative impacts of giving alms.
When in Indore, do not give alms to beggars, or else you will be prosecuted by the police.
This is because the Indore district administration has warned that anyone found giving alms to beggars will face FIRs starting January 1, 2025. The rule was initially implemented for child beggars only. At that time, the administration declared that giving alms or purchasing goods from children constituted an offence. This stance has now been extended to include elders as well.
This initiative is part of the administration's broader goal to make Indore a beggar-free city, according to Collector Asheesh Singh. He noted that an awareness campaign would be launched this month to inform the public about the “harmful consequences of giving alms.”
The administration will launch a public awareness campaign this month about the downsides of giving to beggars. “From Jan 1 onwards, we will take strict action against those who continue to give alms,” Singh warned. A new order will be issued, banning giving money to both children and elderly beggars.
Indore is part of a national pilot program to stop begging. Officials believe discouraging giving money will help break the begging cycle. The city is working to identify and help beggars find other ways to support themselves. Existing efforts include rescuing child beggars and placing them in government shelters. Over 35 children have been rescued since July.
This stricter approach follows the discovery of an elderly woman beggar who collected approximately Rs 75,000 in a week. She is now in a shelter, and officials are trying to contact her family.
The crackdown on begging started in February after a woman was found forcing her children to beg. She had used the money to buy land, a house, a motorcycle, and a phone, reportedly making Rs 2.5 lakh in six months.
Good move by indore ,most people begging are forced into it with drugs
Welcome initiative . This must be extended to all of India.
Also, politicians too must stop begging for votes and voters too must not receive alms in the name of freebies .
They can loot taxes but they won't want people to have anything.
For these kinds of initiatives, the government should start with MLAs and MPs first as that will give a better reach and make people believe in the government as they are public servants so at least once a month they or their staff should visit people in their respective areas to see how are the roads/services like electricity water etc as that way they will not end up in giving freebies or compensation, especially during rainy season as that's when you see all the politicians on the street and officials checking the roads and drainage and water levels in dams etc
Only when they make the government staff not take bribe for doing their duty provided no pressure from police/MLAs/ministers etc, only then we can see progress in the country as automatically thinks will come into practice as every bribe investigation ends up in some pyramid structure where the cut goes to all officials in that department 😌
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Can you imagine.. one of THE RICHEST municipalities in the region.. giving lame excuses for not being able to pick dead carcasses up for days?
instead of eradicating begging, govt sud focus on poverty
Begging is not due to poverty. It's due to easy money, drug addicts, cartels
it is highly needed in delhi
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Welcome initiative . This must be extended to all of India.
Also, politicians too must stop begging for votes and voters too must not receive alms in the name of freebies .