Год выпуска: 2012 Автор: Avinash Das and Aditya Singh Rajput Издательство: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing Страниц: 64 ISBN: 9783659211027
Описание
The problem of homelessness is not the problem of any single state or nation, similar to air pollution. There are no clear demarcations so as to confine the homeless to particular regions, the problem being exacerbated by the lack of legal identifying papers. Such problems affect not only the homeless but the entire society as a whole by way of hygiene and sanitation problems, safety and security, in terms of the strain on the resources available among others. Thus, homelessness should be a concern of everyone. Our quest for knowledge on the homeless took us on several field trips which helped us gain a practical experience of the situation and be empathetic. Currently, in India, there are a host of policies but there is no implementation in many cases. An example of one such policy is the “Indira Baksha” program-rural homeless are given a one-time government grant to build brick-and-mortar houses. However, one of the subject of our case study, Biswanath from the Eastern state of...
