Begging is a Massive Rs 1.8 billion industry…Yea even i am shocked.
Do you know how many beggars are there in India and what their collective annual income is?
How much a beggar spends on his food and where does the remaining money go?
Despite India’s rapid economic growth in recent years, poverty and begging are still among st the biggest issues in India.
A study by sociologist Mohammed Rafiuddin reveals fascinating details about beggars and the problem of begging in India, especially in Hyderabad.
After a two year long survey, which has been published under the title Beggars in Rafiuddin says there were 73,00,000 beggars across India who earn as much as Rs 180 crore (Rs 1.8 billion).
The study further revealed that a beggar normally spends 20 per cent of his earnings on food as much as 30 per cent on bad habits (smoking, drinking etc). “As much as 50 per cent goes towards savings,” said Rafiuddin.
While the poverty is real, begging is quite often carried out in organized gangs. For the privilege of begging in a certain territory, each beggar must had over their takings to the gang’s ring leader, who keeps a significant share of it.
The most common problem is that beggars are so used to begging that they actually prefer not to work. Many of them also make more money from begging that what they would if they did work.
In many places , visitors ,travelers and motorists are often approached by A CHILD or A WOMEN or A WOMEN HOLDING CHILD .Kindly remember the the Child does not belong to them and is rented drugged and dozed with chloroform or alcohol to keep quiet Many at times the children are kidnapped and trafficked to other cities
BEWARE. by helping the beggars you in helping to Fund a Huge organised CRIME called as the begging Mafia.this wont end the poverty but will only encourage more and more beggars on the streets.
