Comprehension Passage

Direction : Read the following passage and answer the given questions based on this passage :

Koshish (meaning "making an effort") started as a student initiative, a project on homelessness and destitution. It was trying hard to decriminalize begging. It is shameful that we have a law that punishes the poor for being poor, with detention up to 10 years. It is the best evidence of apathy that we, as a society, have towards the poor. Huge numbers of people with mental illness or disability, victims of violence or displacement, denotified tribe, abandoned elders, daily-wage workers, lepers and other are punished every day. Recently, Delhi struck down the anti-begging law, After Delhi, it is now the legal responsibility of all states to repeal their anti-beggary law. People should not be punished for the state's failure. That is injustice.

 

What is the state's failure according to the author?

1
The neglect of laws to punish those who ill-treat the poor.
2
The neglect of the destitute and the homeless in the country.
3
The slowness in repealing anti-beggary law.
4
The uneven standards of social justice in the country.

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