The Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Government of India, has identified 75 Municipal Corporations to implement comprehensive rehabilitation of persons engaged in the act of begging under "SMILE.
With the global economic growth slowing, Morgan Stanley in its research report has revised India's GDP growth estimates to 7.2 percent in FY23 from 7.6 percent and 6.4 percent for FY24 from 6.7 percent.