f Advisory forthe Protection andRehabilitation of Impoverished. Uneducated Children, Women, andOifferentty^abled Individuals Engaged inBegging incentivise them for successfully helping 8.2. The State to provide follow-up and after the children in their studies and home care services to monitor progress, aware ness generation, and address gaps in order to prevent any relapse into begging. work. 7. Access to financial services 8.3. The State and municipal authorities to 7.1. Beggars at shelter homes and/ or after rehabilitation to be encouraged to form Self-help Groups (SHGs). Authorities to coordinate with banks to provide loans to establish an outreach & mobilization mechanism to sensitize individuals engaged in beggary on their rights and entitlements to preventtheirexploitation. these SHGs by considering group guaran tee as a collateral. The State to also facili 8.4. The State to also reach out to common tate benefits of governments' schemes public to create awareness on the welfare of individuals involved in begging in order to seek their cooperation in implementa tion of protection mechanisms. meant for the welfare of SHGs. 7.2. The State to provide them with financial assistance for their future sustenance by involving the banking sector. To ensure this, the State may also consider providing incentives or subsidies to banks for lending to these residents/ SHGs. These incentives could include, loan guarantees, interest subvention or reimbursement for losses on loans to banks, 8. 8.5. The state/ UTs administration to start campaigns, both digitally and in the print media, to ensure that the social menace of organized/forced begging be eradicated in all forms. To achieve this goal, anti-begging cells (organised and unorganised) may be initiated by involving various stakeholders including NGOs/ CSOs and human rights Awareness Generation, Sensitiza- defenders. All endeavours to be made to tion and Monitoring sensitize officers and public officials to 8.1. The State to develop relevant information, education, communication (lEC) and training materials, and organise awareness programmes. enable them to transform the efforts into a public movement for complete eradication of all forms of begging.