Task of Pingalwara has been clearly laid down by Bhagat Puran Singh Ji. He had studied the problems of the society at close hand and lived very close to them. This resulted in a dynamic movement in the form of Pingalwara.

Medico Social Problems

Moral Responsibility. Every sick person who is physically unfit to earn his livelihood has the divine right to be looked after through men and organisations working in the field of social service and charity.

Lack of Indoor facilities. In our society there are a large number of poor, helpless and sick people who cannot obtain admission into any of the hospitals. At best the hospitals can diagnose the disease and in a few cases provide medical treatment in their outdoor. Therefore, we need institutions where the patients can be looked after and for treatment can be taken to various hospitals in the city.

Non Availability of medicines. Most of the poor patients who can get their disease diagnosed from the hospitals are unable to purchase the required medicines.

Incurable Diseases. No hospital admits persons with incurable diseases. They are left on the road side to die a slow, painful and lingering death. In this state they are a big blotch on the face of our society.

Mental Patients. There is acute shortage of beds in Mental Hospitals. Against 50 lac mental patients, there are only 22,000 beds available in the whole country.

 These patients have specific problems because of the nature of the disease and are given below :-

They need close attention, especially the violent patients.

They need escorts which some of the families cannot provide. This has resulted in many patients to be chained to a post for many years.

Their recovery time can be very long, many poor families can not afford it.

Women mental patients are specially vulnerable to venereal diseases if not looked after properly and thus one source alone can transmit the disease to hundreds of people. Already India is having the largest number of HIV cases in the world.

Mental patients and lunatics beside being an economic burden on the society can also endanger people's life and property.

Pingalwara aims at overcoming these shortcomings and help in the formation of a healthy and humane society.