Advisory for the Protection and Rehabilitation of Impoverished, Uneducated Children, Women, and Differently-abled Individuals Engaged in Begging Despite a number of initiatives and welfare programmes implemented by both the Central T<! information. They may be encouraged to maintain soft copies ofthe collected data. and State Governments, the issue of begging persists across the country. Organized groups often manipulate vulnerable children into begging, not for their benefit, but to enrich the groups' leaders. In some cases, individuals engaged in beggary are abducted and coerced into begging, generating substantial money for their captors. To ameliorate the situation, the elderly and those with disabilities may be accommodated in specialized care facilities. Others who are involved in begging require access to education and vocational training to help them find meaningful employment. Consequently, it is imperative to develop strategies aimed at eliminating the need for begging and enhancing thequalityof lifeforthose involved in it. With the motto that 'no one should be left behind' and to promote a paradigm shift in the attitude of interventions from the welfare approach to an entitlement approach, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India issues this advisory to the government authorities, and accordingly, makes the following recommendations; 1. Survey, identification. Mapping and preparing Data Bank 1.1. A standardized survey format to be devel oped by the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment (MoSJE) for collecting detailed information to build a national database, which should be updated regu larly. All the data to be collected and 1.2. In preparing the database for identification of individuals engaged in begging, a num ber of parameters are to be included, such as gender, age, whetherthey have children, whether they live with families, whether they are orphans, whether they are in conflict with law, whether they are into substance abuse, whether they have disabilities or physical health issues, whetherthey have mental infirmities, their place of origin, whether they reside in slums, whether they reside at religious places, whether they reside at traffic signals, whether they reside at dumping yards, whether they reside at bus stands, whether they reside at railway stations, whether they perform the act of beggary inside trains, whether their family mem bers are engaged in beggary, whetherthey have resorted to begging in any other place/ city, whether they were earlier engaged in any economic activity and if so details ofthe activity, etc. 1.3. Municipal Corporations or designated government agencies to conduct the survey on the above indicators to identify beneficiaries engaged in begging. NonGovernmental Organizations (NGOs) or voluntary groups with expertise in this area may contribute to the survey efforts. 1.4. Upon completion of the identification process, the State to ensure that individu als engaged in beggary are brought to which will be accessible to various stake shelter homes (as mentioned under SMILE Scheme - Support for Marginalized Individ uals for Livelihood and Enterprise Scheme) holders such as authorities at state/ district located within cities or districts and are level, nodal agencies, and shelter homes, registered as residents. uploaded on an online portal/ dashboard wherein they can access the necessary