Lok Sabha Question No. 457 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-01
Subject: Beggary
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: NEELAM SONKER

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT

## LOK SABHA

## †457. BEGGARY

## SHRIMATI NEELAM SONKER:

## Will the Minister of SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the total number of beggars in the country, State - wise;
- (b) the number of physically fit, disabled and drug addicted beggars, out of the total beggars;
- (c) whether any gang of beggars is operating in metro cities forcing small children int ging through kidnapping them or amputation of their limbs and if so, the details thereof and reaction of the Government thereto;
- (d) whether the Government has initiated any action to ascertain the reasons for the in number of beggars in t he country and to check this tendency and if so, the details thereof;
- (e) whether the Government has formulated any policy to bring physically fit beggars in mainstream; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FO R SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SHRI VIJAY SAMPLA )

- (a)  &  (b):    As  per  the  State - wise  Census    2011  details  furnished  by  the  Office  of  Regist General  &  Census  Commissioner,  India,  the  number  of  Beggars,  Vagrants  etc.  in  Ind follows:
- i. Total Beggars, Vagrants etc. - 413670
- ii. Total Disabled Beggars, Vagrants etc. -70506

The State - wise details are enclosed as Annexure -I and Annexure -II respectively .

No authentic data about Drug Addicted Beggars is available in the Ministry.

- (c ): No such information is available in the Ministry.
- (d) to (f): The States are responsible for taking necessary preventive and rehabilitat per available information, 20 States and 2 Union Territories have either enacted their -Beggary Legislation or adopted legislations enacted by other States/UTs. Presently, th scheme of the Central Government on Beggary. National Consultation Meeting were held the representatives of Central/State Governments, NGOs, Institutes and Indivi dual Experts in the field of Beggary to discuss the issues related to Beggary. In these meetings, it wa - alia, recommended  to  explore  the  feasibility  of  framing  a  Central  Scheme  for  rehabilita Beggars.

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UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †457 TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.12.2015

## Total Beggars, Vagrants etc : Census-2011

## ANNEX-I

| India/State/Ut      |   Persons |   Males |   Females |
|---------------------|-----------|---------|-----------|
| 1                   |         2 |       3 |         4 |
| INDIA               |    413670 |  221673 |    191997 |
| JAMMU &KASHMIR      |      4134 |    2550 |      1584 |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH    |       809 |     504 |       305 |
| PUNJAB              |      7939 |    5197 |      2742 |
| CHANDIGARH          |       121 |      87 |        34 |
| UTTARAKHAND         |      3320 |    2374 |       946 |
| HARYANA             |      8682 |    6504 |      2178 |
| NCT OF DELHI        |      2187 |    1343 |       844 |
| RAJASTHAN           |     25853 |   15271 |     10582 |
| UTTAR PRADESH       |     65835 |   41859 |     23976 |
| BIHAR               |     29723 |   14842 |     14881 |
| SIKKIM              |        68 |      46 |        22 |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH   |       114 |      59 |        55 |
| NAGALAND            |       124 |      65 |        59 |
| MANIPUR             |       263 |     117 |       146 |
| MIZORAM             |        53 |      33 |        20 |
| TRIPURA             |      1490 |     607 |       883 |
| MEGHALAYA           |       396 |     172 |       224 |
| ASSAM               |     22116 |    7269 |     14847 |
| WEST BENGAL         |     81244 |   33086 |     48158 |
| JHARKHAND           |     10819 |    5522 |      5297 |
| ODISHA              |     17965 |    9981 |      7984 |
| CHHATTISGARH        |     10198 |    4995 |      5203 |
| MADHYA PRADESH      |     28695 |   17506 |     11189 |
| GUJARAT             |     13445 |    8549 |      4896 |
| DAMAN&DIU           |        22 |      15 |         7 |
| DADRA& NAGAR HAVELI |        19 |       7 |        12 |
| MAHARASHTRA         |     24307 |   14020 |     10287 |
| ANDHRA PRADESH      |     30218 |   16264 |     13954 |
| KARNATAKA           |     12270 |    6436 |      5834 |
| GOA                 |       247 |     131 |       116 |
| LAKSHADWEEP         |         2 |       0 |         2 |
| KERALA              |      4023 |    2397 |      1626 |
| TAMIL NADU          |      6814 |    3789 |      3025 |
| PUDUCHERRY          |        99 |      54 |        45 |
| A & N ISLANDS       |        56 |      22 |        34 |

## Total Disabled Beggars, Vagrants etc. : Census 2011

| Aea Name                              |   Persons |   Male |   Female |
|---------------------------------------|-----------|--------|----------|
|                                       |         2 |      3 |        4 |
| INDIA                                 |     70506 |  43141 |    27365 |
| State - JAMMU &KASHMIR (01)           |       834 |    603 |      231 |
| State - HIMACHAL PRADESH (02)         |       148 |    112 |       36 |
| State - PUNJAB (03)                   |      1296 |    825 |      471 |
| State - CHANDIGARH (04)               |        33 |     28 |        5 |
| State - UTTARAKHAND (05)              |       551 |    385 |      166 |
| State - HARYANA (06)                  |       825 |    606 |      219 |
| State - NCT OF DELHI (07)             |       588 |    407 |      181 |
| State - RAJASTHAN (08)                |      2331 |   1588 |      743 |
| State - UTTAR PRADESH (09)            |      6003 |   4220 |     1783 |
| State - BIHAR (10)                    |      5276 |   3399 |     1877 |
| State - SIKKIM (11)                   |        39 |     22 |       17 |
| State - ARUNACHAL PRADESH (12)        |        10 |      7 |        3 |
| State - NAGALAND (13)                 |        42 |     26 |       16 |
| State - MANIPUR (14)                  |        69 |     44 |       25 |
| State - MIZORAM (15)                  |        20 |     15 |        5 |
| State - TRIPURA (16)                  |       147 |     78 |       69 |
| State - MEGHALAYA (17)                |       117 |     60 |       57 |
| State - ASSAM (18)                    |      5311 |   2884 |     2427 |
| State - WEST BENGAL (19)              |     13798 |   7697 |     6101 |
| State - JHARKHAND (20)                |      3224 |   1849 |     1375 |
| State - ODISHA (21)                   |      6550 |   3850 |     2700 |
| State - CHHATTISGARH (22)             |      2537 |   1329 |     1208 |
| State - MADHYA PRADESH (23)           |      4868 |   3135 |     1733 |
| State - GUJARAT (24)                  |      1686 |   1179 |      507 |
| State - DAMAN &DIU (25)               |         5 |      5 |        0 |
| State - DADRA &NAGAR HAVELI (26)      |         5 |      2 |        3 |
| State - MAHARASHTRA (27)              |      4456 |   2738 |     1718 |
| State - ANDHRA PRADESH (28)           |      5593 |   3343 |     2250 |
| State - KARNATAKA (29)                |      1891 |   1178 |      713 |
| State - GOA (30)                      |        39 |     24 |       15 |
| State - LAKSHADWEEP (31)              |         0 |      0 |        0 |
| State - KERALA (32)                   |       945 |    665 |      280 |
| State - TAMIL NADU (33)               |      1239 |    821 |      418 |
| State - PUDUCHERRY (34)               |        23 |     11 |       12 |
| State - ANDAMAN& NICOBAR ISLANDS (35) |         7 |      6 |        1 |

## ANNEX-II