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Cover Story Newly Elected President
TRANSGENDERS' EMPOWERMENT OF
EMPOWERMENT MINORITIES
n Census 2011 shows 4,87,803 persons
in the category of others which includes
transgenders.
In order to protect the rights and welfare
n
of transgender persons, the provisions
of the Transgender Persons (Protection
of Rights) Act 2019 came into force with
effect from January 10, 2020. In February
2022, the Ministry has prepared a scheme
named Smile which includes a sub-scheme n For the first time after independence, under the
for the welfare and rehabilitation of leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi,
transgender persons. the Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram was
Under the PM-Daksh scheme, a plan has
n launched for the weaker sections. Under it, the
been made to impart skill development government is bearing 100 percent cost for
training to them. National Portal for the development of building schools, colleges,
Transgender Persons launched in hospitals, community buildings, and other
November 2020 in addition to setting infrastructure on the waqf land.
up of National Council for Transgender n There are 7 lakh, 94 thousand 875 registered Waqf
Persons in August 2020. properties in the country, the digitization of all the
n 12 pilot shelter homes for State Waqf Boards maintaining them has been
transgender persons named Garima completed.
Grih have been started in Gujarat, n In eight years, 5.20 crore students from all 6
Maharashtra, Delhi, West Bengal, notified minority communities were given various
Rajasthan, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Tamil scholarships, including pre and post-matric
Nadu, and Odisha. allowances, of which 50 percent are girls.
the country. Systems are also being improved to ensure equal participation in the country's
to ensure that laws are strictly followed. Many resources for all segments of society. They have
efforts are being made to protect women. There also been made participants in all of the Central
was a time when the country saw incidents like the Government's schemes that promote ease of
"Nirbhaya case" and an atmosphere of insecurity, living, as well as special schemes for deprived
but the current government is working with a "zero and backward communities. This is why, after
tolerance" policy on crime against women. Today, decades of discrimination against tribal living in
women in India are self-sufficient, financially remote areas, be they deprived, scheduled castes,
empowered, equipped with determination and a or all sections of the minority community, there is
sense of security, and they are not only dreaming now no discrimination because equal rights for all
but also making their dreams a reality. The main are guaranteed on the country's resources. When
reason for this is the efforts of the determined it comes to the tribal community specifically, the
government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Indian government has always been dedicated to
improving this community's lot as well as society
WELFARE OF THE PEOPLE, NEW INDIA'S as a whole. If we are talking about the tribal
THINKING community in particular, the government of India
The role of the people in the development of has always been committed to the upliftment
any nation is critical. With this in mind, several of this society as well as the entire society, and
long-term plans were launched beginning in 2014 becoming the President of this class for the first
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