Odisha govt identifies 5950 beggars, Cuttack tops the list
Published By : Sourabha Parida | February 15, 2020 3:47 PM
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Bhubaneswar: Odisha government so far has identified as 5950 beggars in the state, informed Social Security and Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities minister, Ashok Chandra Panda in the state assembly. As per official statistics, Cuttack district has the highest number of beggars with 1060 followed by Ganjam and Mayurbhanj which have 545 and 485 beggars respectively. Similarly, Deogarh has only 3 beggars, the lowest in the state. Replying to the question of MLA Souvic Biswal in the assembly, the minister said that the government has introduced a scheme called ‘Sahaya’ to rehabilitate and to provide self-employment to the beggars in the state. According to Census 2011, Odisha has total 6550 beggars (3850 male and 2700 female) which is second highest in the country after West Bengal’s 13,728. Odisha has more beggars than that in Uttar Pradesh (6003) and Bihar (5276), the Census report said.
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