what to do if we see a beggar

what will be the first thought came to you if u have 20 rupees and you see a beggar. This is a really good question and anybody can be taken a back with this question.

Sometimes begging is not a serious affair such as we see people in western countries begging with their guitar and speakers. An indian way is begging for religous purposes such as buddhist monks or hindu saints and yogis. But here dignity and self respect are never at stake and people are ready to donate. 

But the problem is with destitution, poverty, disabilities like a disease, old age, third sex etc and organised crime like kidnapping, organ selling etc. 

Money is a scarce resource and nobody has it for wasting. Here comes the queston in mind, for going with moral values or with economic realities of life. If we choose to be moral then we are satisfying ourselves, without thinking about the beggar. Also we are true to our future generations and teaching them the lessons of compassion and morality. And if we choose to go with economics then we have the incentive to work hard, enjoy our lives and one day will be able to help even more people. 

Not donating and donating is not an option. if we are human we must give, that's what our culture teaches us and that is what we must teach our children. But it is important where will be the point of incidence of donation, that is on the street or on the ballot box(oops evm). 

In between street and ballot box we can do much by keeping these destitute people in mind such as saving electricity, water, etc. Not wasting petrol or diesel and other such civic activites by which we can save government's money which will eventually be used in poverty alleviation programmesso that one day our country will be free from begging. 

So next time when a beggar will come to me I will deny him because I know that I have saved 20 rupees of my government by switching off fan at my room. And those 20 rupees will be given to him through a different route.