SMILE Scheme
Recently the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment noted the SMILE Beggary Scheme is currently operational in 216 cities across the country.
- Support for Marginalized Individuals for Livelihood and Enterprise (SMILE) is an umbrella programme that includes the Central Sector Scheme for Comprehensive Rehabilitation of Persons Engaged in the Act of Begging.
- It seeks to facilitate the social and economic rehabilitation of vulnerable individuals through skill development, education, healthcare, counselling and sustainable livelihood opportunities.
- The scheme aims to realise the vision of a “Bhiksha Vritti Mukt Bharat” (Begging-Free India).
- The coordinated framework supports the identification, rescue, rehabilitation and reintegration ....
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