Beggar-Free Stats But Berozgari Realities Persist

In a welcome and profoundly pragmatic move, the latest census framework has opted to drop the archaic and separate classification of “beggars and vagrants” from its questionnaire. This is sound reasoning of the highest order. After all, a Viksit Bharat has no conceptual or structural place for beggars; thus, refusing to codify them into statistical permanence is the first step toward…