Garima Greh Yojana 2022

Context: Recently, Union Minister has introduced the National Portal for Transgender Person from which they can make the Identity card and certificate online and also introduced the “Garima Greh Yojana“.

• Note: “Garima Greh – Shelter for Home for Transgender Persons” was first launched in Vadodara which will run in association with Lakshya Trust in November 2020.

Key Facts

• In this scheme of ” Shelter Homes for Transgender” 10 cities have been identified for setting up 13 selected Shelter Homes in the country on experimental basis to improve the conditions of Transgender persons.
• The cities include Vadodra, New Delhi, Patna, Bhubaneswar, Jaipur, Kolkata , Manipur, Chennai, Raipur, Mumbai etc.
• This scheme will rehabilitate a minimum of 25 transgender persons in each of the houses which means in one house there will be 25 transgender can live.
• This is a pilot project and after its success, similar schemes will be expanded or launch to other parts of the country.

About Garima Greh Yojana

• Name of Scheme: Garima Greh- Shelter Home for Transgenders
• Introduced by Central Social Justice and Empowerment Department
• Beneficary: All transgender person/community
• Portal Under: Central Government
• Aim: To provide shelter to the transgender person who have been forced to leave their homes or abondoned by the family.

Main Purpose of Garima Greh Scheme

• The main purpose of Garima Greh which is known as Shelter Home is to provide shelter to transgender persons like Shelter, food, medical care, and other facilities.
• The most important motive behind this Shelter home scheme for transgender is to provide a support system for building skill development of transgender persons in the community to lead their life in dignity and respect.
• This scheme will help the transgender community to develop self-confidence and self motivate to face the world with pride. The Central Government has taken this action in order to make the Transgender community get all the basic rights and place in India.

About National Portal For Transgender Person

• The minister has introduced the Garima Greh scheme along with the National Portal for Transgender in which the transgender can get the identity card and certificate of their gender.
• Both the schemes have been launched in November 2020 in order to build the transgender community and provide them with equal rights and dignity.
• In Garima Greh Yojana the Central Government will not only provide Shelter to transgender but will also help in enhancing their skills development.
• So that in future they will not be depended on any other. Yoga, meditation, etc all these types of activities will be held so that they can improve their skills which will help them in the future to live with dignity.