Volume : IV, Issue : XI, November - 2014

A STUDY ON PLIGHT OF STREET CHILDREN IN INDIA: AN IGNORED TRAGEDY

Dr. K. V. Ravi Kumar

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The aim of this study to investigate the problems that are facing by children who are lived in the streets in India. The street children of today can be the guerillas and terrorists of tomorrow. Millions of street children suffering from hunger, homelessness and poverty around the world. In the developing country like India, most of the street children live and work amidst trash, animals and open sewers etc., The harsh living conditions and the illiteracy seems to increase the irresponsibility of parents to take care for their children with regard to health and development, so that the parents driven out their children to the streets. The street children are becoming most vulnerable to many dangers such as chronic diseases and abuses in the society. There is a research gap existed to route–out the welfare conditions of the street children, and therefore, my paper is highlight on the problems that are facing by the street children in India.

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Dr. K. V. Ravi Kumar A STUDY ON PLIGHT OF STREET CHILDREN IN INDIA: AN IGNORED TRAGEDY Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.4, Issue : 11 November 2014

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