Overview

• The June 17 advisory directs authorities to identify out-of-school children aged 6–14 who are begging or have dropped out and preschoolers aged 3–6 whose parents beg
• Principal Director Shashank Pratap Singh has called on NGOs, local councils, churches, student unions and the public to report child beggars via helpline 1098
• District and Sub-Divisional Education Officers in Zunheboto district are collaborating with Child Protection Units and Child Welfare Committees to secure school admissions
• The campaign leverages the Right to Education Act, 2009, to guarantee free and compulsory education for all identified children
• The initiative responds to NHRC warnings about persistent child begging and references census data that recorded over 4.13 lakh beggars and vagrants nationwide in 2011