It is sad that the state does not feel any seriousness to uplift the thousands of children who live a woefully neglected life in the streets without any care from the society. They do not get the affection of parents and the necessities that children need to grow up as full human beings. The street…

The government has been spending increasingly greater funds in various social safety net programmes for some years in succession. But the spending on direct dole or cash hand outs is seen to be heavier than the programmes meant to help the poor to help themselves. And every year the size of such safety…