Current Affairs
Select Date
Tags:
Hindi

Street children to get Aadhaar cards, bank accounts

Children living on the streets without identity papers are likely to get Aadhaar cards as well as bank accounts soon under the RBI-mandated Jan Dhan Yojana. 
●    This was disclosed by charity, Save the Children, during the course of a workshop on ‘Vulnerable children and families of displaced communities’ here on Tuesday.
●    Sixty per cent of street children have no identity papers. And if they are displaced people or refugees like the Rohingyas in Hyderabad, the children are scared to disclose their identity. 
●    The statistics reveal the city is not friendly to its marginalised citizens. 
●    “A big chunk of the youngsters in the city are migrants from rural Telangana,” said Ms. Singh. 
●    About 78.7 per cent of the street children are from Telangana while 12 per cent are from Andhra Pradesh, according to the census.
 

All Rights Reserved Top Rankers