Garima Greh: Shelter Homes

About The main aim of Garima Greh is to provide shelter to Destitute & abandoned Transgender persons with basic amenities like shelter, food, medical care and recreational facilities. Besides that, it will provide support for the capacity-building/skill development of Transgender persons.  To ensure the shelter home with facilities of lodging and boarding, clothing, recreation, medical […]

Composite Medical Health

About The objective of the scheme is to provide health Insurance coverage to all Transgender persons living in India to improve their health condition through proper treatment including sex re-assignment surgeries as well as medical support. The scheme would cover all Transgender persons not receiving such benefits from other centre/state sponsored schemes. Eligibility The Transgender […]

Skill Training

About There are two types of skill development training programmes which would be:  Short Term Training Programmes (200 hours to 600 hours and upto 6 months).  Long Term Training Programmes (5 months and above and usually up-to 1 year) (up to 1000 hours). Objective The main purpose is to provide employment opportunities to the person […]

Certificates & Identity Cards

About The Portal provides the facility for transgender person to apply for certificate and identity card from across the country without physical interface through a seamless end to end mechanism. The Transgender certificate & identity card are nationally recognised and provided by the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, the certificate is a mandatory document […]

About Us

Discover the Commissions, Corporations, Institutes and Foundations that work collectively towards social justice, inclusion and empowerment across India. About Us In the year 1985-86, the erstwhile Ministry of Welfare was bifurcated into the Department of Women and Child Development and the Department of Welfare. Simultaneously, the Scheduled Castes Development Division, Tribal Development Division and the […]

National Portal for Transgender Persons

The Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment is the nodal ministry for the welfare of marginalized sections including Transgender Persons. It enacted the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019, which came into force on 10.01.2020, followed by the Rules notified on 29.09.2020. 2020 Established New Delhi Headquarters 32117 Number of Certificate Issued 32103 Number of […]