Swami Vivekananda in his preaching once said, “Service to man is service to God”, which means selfless service to humanity helps one to reach nearer the God and serve Him. The Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment in tune with that thought is working with major Municipal Corporations of the country to arrange for feeding of more than 1.27 crore destitute/beggars/homeless persons since the commencement of lockdown in order to combat with Corona.
The Ministry, in a project, had already selected Kolkata among 10 cities including Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Lucknow, Nagpur, Patna and Indore for implementing a comprehensive scheme for rehabilitation of persons in begging which would cover identification, rehabilitation, provision of medical facilities, counselling, education, skill development with the support of State Governments/UTs/Local Urban Bodies and Voluntary Organizations, institutions etc. Cent percent assistance under the Scheme will come from the States/UTs for its implementation.
In the current circumstances which the country is facing in the wake of COVID-19 outbreak and the resultant lockdown all over the country, it was feared that many people currently engaged in begging, vagrants was facing serious difficulties resulting in starvation. To provide succour to them, Municipal Corporations of 10 cities were instructed to set up feeding centres for providing free cooked food for the persons engaged in beggary and vagrants with immediate effect. This arrangement would also help in identification of the persons who could be brought under the comprehensive national project in the future.
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