PARLIAMENT QUESTION: SMILE Scheme
PARLIAMENT QUESTION: SMILE Scheme
The SMILE sub-Scheme on Comprehensive rehabilitation of persons engaged in the act of begging, including children, is being implemented in 81 cities/towns of religious, historical and tourist importance. Till date 7660 persons have been identified of which 970 persons have been rehabilitated, including 352 children. Out of these 352 children, 169 were reunited with their parents, 79 were sent to Anganwadis, 33 were handed over to Child Welfare Committees and 71 were enrolled to schools.
List of Cities/Towns covered under SMILE Sub Scheme-Comprehensive rehabilitation of persons engaged in the act of begging
S. No. of State/UT
State
City/Town
1
Andhra Pradesh
Tirupati
Visakhapatnam
Guntur
Vijayawada
2
Assam
Hojai/Doboka
Golaghat
Guwahati
Tezpur
3
Arunachal Pradesh
Itanagar
Namsai
4
Bihar
Bodh Gaya
Dharbanga
Muzaffarpur
Nalanda
Patna
Purnia
5
Chandigarh (UT)
Chandigarh
6
Delhi NCT
New Delhi
7
Haryana
Sonipat
Panchkula
8
Himachal Pradesh
Dharamshala
Shimla
9
J & K
Jammu
Srinagar
10
Jharkhand
Devaghar
Ranchi
Girdih
Jamshedpur
11
Kerala
Kochi
Thiruvananthapuram
Kozhikode
12
Karnataka
Dharward/Hubbilli
Vijayapura
Mysuru
13
Gujarat
Vadodara
Pavagarh Mahakali
Somanath
Kevadia
14
Manipur
Bishnupur
15
Maharashtra
Trimbakeshwar
Shirdi
Nagpur
Pune (PMPRI_MC)
Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar
Jalgaon
16
Madhya Pradesh
Ratlam
Bhopal
Jabalpur
Omkareshwar
Ujjain
Khajuraho
Indore
17
Nagaland
Dimapur
18
Odisha
Puri
Bhubaneswar
Jajpur
Cuttack
19
Puducherry
Puducherry
20
Punjab
Amritsar
21
Rajasthan
Dausa/Mehendipur
Jaipur
Sirohi
Jaisalmar
Udaipur
22
Tamil Nadu
Tirunelveli
Dindigul/Palani
Eurode
Kanyakumari
Coimbatore
Madurai
23
Telangana
Hyderabad
Ramagundam
Warangal
24
Uttar Pradesh
Varanasi
Mathura
Lucknow
Ayodhya
Kushinagar
25
Uttarakhand
Hariduvar
Rishikesh
26
West Bengal
Kolkatta
This information was provided by UNION MINISTER FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT, DR. VIRENDRA KUMAR, in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.
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