EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
- SMILE–Beggary: launch of a mobile app for real-time digital survey and monitoring
The Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment launched the SMILE–Beggary Survey Mobile Application during the Chintan Shivir with States/UTs in Chandigarh (24–26 April 2026).
The app is developed under the SMILE–Beggary Sub-Scheme (Comprehensive Rehabilitation of Persons Engaged in the Act of Begging) to enable implementing agencies and district authorities to capture survey data digitally, improving accuracy, transparency, and timely reporting.
The initiative is positioned to strengthen real-time monitoring, data analytics, and performance tracking to address delayed/inconsistent data reporting and support reintegration into mainstream society.
DETAILED NOTES:
SMILE–Beggary: launch of a mobile app for real-time digital survey and monitoring
- What happened:
- The Ministry launched the SMILE–Beggary Survey Mobile Application at the Chintan Shivir with States/UTs in Chandigarh (24–26 April 2026).
- The app supports the SMILE–Beggary Sub-Scheme by enabling digital, real-time survey data capture by implementing agencies and district authorities.
- It is intended to improve accuracy, transparency, timely reporting, and enhance real-time monitoring, data analytics, and performance tracking.
- Why it matters (if obvious from text):
- The government is using technology to fix field-level reporting delays/inconsistencies and strengthen scheme monitoring under the beggary rehabilitation framework.