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Glorification of poverty: How "mera parivar gareeb hai" was written on BPL homes
Sahariya households in Shivpuri district were instructed to paint the words “my family is poor” on their homes to identify them as beneficiaries of below-poverty-line welfare schemes. Although presented as an administrative measure, the public labelling exposed families to stigma and humiliation.
Abhay Jain challenged the practice before the National Human Rights Commission on behalf of Zenith. The complaint argued that publicly branding households by their poverty violated the residents’ right to live with dignity.
Glorification of poverty: How "mera parivar gareeb hai" was written on BPL homes
Sahariya households in Shivpuri district were instructed to paint the words “my family is poor” on their homes to identify them as beneficiaries of below-poverty-line welfare schemes. Although presented as an administrative measure, the public labelling exposed families to stigma and humiliation.
Abhay Jain challenged the practice before the National Human Rights Commission on behalf of Zenith. The complaint argued that publicly branding households by their poverty violated the residents’ right to live with dignity.
Glorification of poverty: How "mera parivar gareeb hai" was written on BPL homes
Sahariya households in Shivpuri district were instructed to paint the words “my family is poor” on their homes to identify them as beneficiaries of below-poverty-line welfare schemes. Although presented as an administrative measure, the public labelling exposed families to stigma and humiliation.
Abhay Jain challenged the practice before the National Human Rights Commission on behalf of Zenith. The complaint argued that publicly branding households by their poverty violated the residents’ right to live with dignity.
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