Aiming to tackle the problem of beggary in the capital ahead of the 2010 Commonwealth Games, the city government is embarking on an ambitious plan of introducing biometric identification system for all people caught begging on the streets. This, officials say, will be a foolproof process for identifying habitual beggars who can then be rehabilitated. Do you think that Govt. will succeed in its efforts?
Lionking says: this is one of the most preposterous idea i have ever heard ... maybe if government wants to spend money ... then they can give jobs ... or to people who are disabled ... they can take the help of some NGOs and make sure that their life is look after ... giving biometrical identification if materializes ... will become a new form of caste system ... wherein beggars will be labled as "beggars" and they will have to bear more more social trauma ... i should not say this ... but this decision sounds just hilarious !
Lp53 says: We must accept that destitues will always be there with us and some of them will end up into begging, pimping, prostituting, stealing, cheating and so forth. We must not lay the responsibility of their daily upkeep on the government. Let us free the government of the guilt whihc it is trying to expiate by such novel ideas. If biometry shoudl be applied, it shoudl be first applied to identify people on the voters' list.
Ruggedboyz says: i hope the government does something concrete to uproot poverty from our nation and i being the ultimate optimistic i did assume that this step helps actually trap the poverty epidemic that has caught our nation and be it biometrical identification or geographical deciphermization lets hope this jargonic technic are of help and we actually aint making another evasion on what we are doing about the poverty of our nation
Ellen says: the poor will always be with us and for a reason I am sure. Maybe it's there to test kind hearts and gentle souls among us. To shake us off being smug and content bout ourselves -- we who are more fortunate than them. God wants us to care for each other, to share our gifts with others in a reasonable and fair manner. Whether it be in government or private, whatever we can do for the least of our brothers is doing so unto the Lord. This giving may not necessarily be in such grand manner but it could be even in the smallest way we can give from the blessings we have received from God. I believe that our God-given blessings and talents are not wholly ours to keep but are also meant to be shared and to serve others with.
Niceguy251 says: There will always be destitutes who need care and help but it is only when it becomes a trade it is to be eradicated. While commenting on one of the blogs I had given example of beggers at traffic lights and how they behaved when I offered job or help instead of money which was true indicator of it being a business managed by mafia. How do you think physically handicapped persons reach steps of underground / overhead pedestrian passages? They are positioned there by someone who gets share out of their alms. It is not only help of NGOs but from religious & community leaders also which should be taken by Govt. Have you ever seen a SIKH person begging? It is because community takes care of their destitutes by offering them shelter / food in Gurudwaras. I admire them for this apart from other good virtues.
Virtualscorpio says:I wud go wid Lionking. We indians tend to address ourselves to the effect, rarely the cause.
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this is one of the most preposterous idea i have ever heard ...
maybe if government wants to spend money ... then they can give jobs ... or to people who are disabled ... they can take the help of some NGOs and make sure that their life is look after ...
giving biometrical identification if materializes ... will become a new form of caste system ... wherein beggars will be labled as "beggars" and they will have to bear more more social trauma ...
i should not say this ... but this decision sounds just hilarious !
We must accept that destitues will always be there with us and some of them will end up into begging, pimping, prostituting, stealing, cheating and so forth.
We must not lay the responsibility of their daily upkeep on the government. Let us free the government of the guilt whihc it is trying to expiate by such novel ideas.
If biometry shoudl be applied, it shoudl be first applied to identify people on the voters' list.
i hope the government does something concrete to uproot poverty from our nation and i being the ultimate optimistic i did assume that this step helps actually trap the poverty epidemic that has caught our nation and be it biometrical identification or geographical deciphermization lets hope this jargonic technic are of help and we actually aint making another evasion on what we are doing about the poverty of our nation
the poor will always be with us and for a reason I am sure. Maybe it's there to test kind hearts and gentle souls among us. To shake us off being smug and content bout ourselves -- we who are more fortunate than them. God wants us to care for each other, to share our gifts with others in a reasonable and fair manner. Whether it be in government or private, whatever we can do for the least of our brothers is doing so unto the Lord. This giving may not necessarily be in such grand manner but it could be even in the smallest way we can give from the blessings we have received from God. I believe that our God-given blessings and talents are not wholly ours to keep but are also meant to be shared and to serve others with.
There will always be destitutes who need care and help but it is only when it becomes a trade it is to be eradicated. While commenting on one of the blogs I had given example of beggers at traffic lights and how they behaved when I offered job or help instead of money which was true indicator of it being a business managed by mafia. How do you think physically handicapped persons reach steps of underground / overhead pedestrian passages? They are positioned there by someone who gets share out of their alms. It is not only help of NGOs but from religious & community leaders also which should be taken by Govt. Have you ever seen a SIKH person begging? It is because community takes care of their destitutes by offering them shelter / food in Gurudwaras. I admire them for this apart from other good virtues.
I wud go wid Lionking.
We indians tend to address ourselves to the effect, rarely the cause.
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