GES 2017: Economics, Ivanka and Hyderabad's green card-holding rich beggars

Two middle-aged women, who speak English and claim to have worked in western countries, are among those caught while begging on city streets recently.

Telangana Prisons Department, in coordination with police and the civic body, has picked up and admitted 235 male beggars and over 130 women beggars to Anand Ashrams (special homes) since October 20 as part of a drive to make Hyderabad a beggar-free city.

"Two women, aged 50 and 44, both natives of Hyderabad, were among some 30 women caught begging near a dargah in Langer Houz. Police took them to Anand Ashram on November