a short paragraph on homeless people in india
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Food, clothing and shelter are the basic human needs. However, there are many who barely manage to acquire the first two necessities but the third remains beyond their reach. A large section of the population therefore lives and sleeps at public places, like roads, pavements and streets, and is categorized as the ‘homeless population’. us ‘homelessness’ can be defined as a condition of people lacking housing, because they cannot afford or are unable to maintain a regular, safe and adequate shelter. Homelessness is a growing phenomenon worldwide and also in India. ough both urban and rural areas have significant share of homeless population, it is found that, the decadal growth rate of homeless population has declined by 28.4 per cent in rural areas during 2001-2011 but the same has increased by 20.5 per cent in urban areas. In fact, in India, big cities are also capitals of homeless population. is paper attempts to analyze state and sector (rural-urban) wise distribution of homeless population in India and discuss the major initiatives taken by the government and other concerned authorities to tackle homelessness.