Ther ear esever alreasonsf orgett

ingi ntothebeggi ngpr ofession.Aspert he

collected inf ormat ion,iti s observed t hat22% oft he respondent s are
forcefull
ypushedi ntothebeggi ngpr ofession.Especiallychil
dr enint heage
groupof6year sto12year sar edragged,beat enf orcedt obegever yday.
Aspert hecoll
ectedpr i
mar yi
nformat
ioni
tisobservedthatthemaj ori
tyof
Apar tfrom thi s,somet i
messoci aldisorder sli
keculturalconf l
icts
t
her espondent
s( beggars)thatis61% ar
ehavi ng aphysi
caldisabil
it
yon
communi tydi sor ganizationetc.causedbeggi ng.Itisalsoobser vedt hatthe
t
hecont rar
y39% ofr espondent
shavenotanyt ypeofphysicaldisabi
li
ty.I
t
maj ori
tyoft he r espondent s61% ar e physicall
yhandi capped orment ally
i
ndicatesthatphysicaldisabi
li
typushed t
he r
espondentsint he begging
retarded,di seasedorsuf f
eri
ngf r
om chr onicill
nesset c.forwhi cht heyhave
prof
ession.
accept ed beggi ng as t hei
rpr of
ession f ortheirdai l
y bread.17% oft he
respondent shaveaccept ed begging ast heirprofessionbecauseoft otal
negl i
gencebyt hei rfamilymember sduet ot hebr eakdownofj oi
ntf amily,
fami l
yconf l
ict set c.maj ori
tyofther espondent sarechi ldrenint hiscat egory.

Aspert hei nf
ormati
onprovidedbyther espondents,iti
sobser vedthat17%
oft hem have lostthei
rlimb,8% ofr espondents are badly af
fected by
l
epr osydiseaseand36% oft herespondent shavi
ngot hertypesofphysical
disabil
it
ylikedeafness,dumbness,blindnessandl ossofanyor ganoft he
body.Ot herfactor
s,suchasacut epover ty,alackofempl oyment,andso
on,havecaused39% ofr espondentstobeg.
Aspert heinf
ormationpr ovi
dedbyt herespondents,itisfoundt hat71% of
therespondentsareear ningRs.100toRs.300dai l
yt hroughbeggi ngand
29% oftherespondent sdailyear
ningthroughbeggingi sl essthan100Ts.
Dail
y.Therei s no respondentfound who earn Rs.301 t o Rs.500 daily
thr
oughbeggi ng.
 -Accordingt othestudy,91r
espondent
sar ephysi
call
ydisabl
edduetothi
s
reason/helplessnesstheyar
eintothe beggi
ng prof
essi
on.59 peopl
e ar
e
physicall
yf i
t.

-
Aspert hest
udy,33respondent
shavetheForcedBeggingofbei
ngint
o
t
hisprof
essi
on wher
eas26 beggarsar
e negl
ected f
rom t
hei
rhomesand
f
amil
ymember s.

-107 beggars outof150 ear n between Rs.100 t o Rs.300 every day,

InIndia,one can see beggar sin almostal lthe publ i
c places,near by whereas43beggar searnlessthanRs.100perday.
temples mosques mar kets,r ail
way stati
ons etc.As per t he collected
i
nformat i
on,iti
sfoundthat67% oft herespondentsarest ayinginslum areas -Aspert he f
eedbackgi ven by108 beggar s,t heyearn specialormore
i
nPuneci ty.20% ofrespondent sar ehomel essandst ayingont hefootpath i
ncomet hanther egulardaysandt hosedaysar eThursdayandFr i
day.42
forashel t
er.6% ofther espondent shavet akenshelterunderbr i
dges,and beggar sdon’tearnmor eincomeapar tfrom t
heirregul
arincomeonanyday.
7% oft her espondentsstaying undert het reeonthecampusoft emples,
mosquesandatanyot herr el
igiousplaceet c. -The sur
vey shows that119 beggar s have theirhome to st
ay,where31
beggarsdon'thaveahomeandst ayataf ootpath.

Thi
ssurveyclear
lyshowsthatt
hereisarel
ati
onbetweenphysicali
nabi
li
ty
andincome.67physical
lydi
sabledbeggar
searnbetween100t o300and
40physical
lyabl
edbeggarsearnslesst
hanRs.100-Rs.300.

The above tablei ndicatest he r

elati
on between t he physi
caldisabi l
it
yof
beggars and t heirdai l
y ear ni
ngs.Accor ding t othe data gathered,16
percentofdi sabled respondent s earned l ess than 100 rupees.Dai ly
whereas45%,di sabledr espondent searnbetweenRs.100t o300Rs.dai ly.
Ont hecontrary,itisfoundt hat12% ofabledr espondentsearnedl esst han
Rs.100dai lythroughbeggi ng and 27% respondent searned betweenRs.
100 to 300 Rs.dai lythrough beggi ng.The col l
ected pri
maryi nf
or mat i
on
i
ndicatesthat,thenumberofphysi cal
lydisabledr espondentswhoear ned
Rs.100 t o 300 Rs.dai ly are moret han the numberofphysi cally abled
respondents.