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The Transgender Persons

(Protec on of Rights) Act

=The Transgender Persons (Protec on of Rights) Act, 2019, for social, economic
and educa onal empowerment of transgenders.
=Mi ga ng the s gma, discrimina on and abuse against this marginalized
sec on and bringing them into the mainstream of society.
=Disbursal of Rs. 1500/- per Transgender Person during Covid 19, who have
sought help from the Government . About 73 Lakhs released to around 4922
Transgender persons throughout the country through DBT.
=‘COVID Helpline’ started for daily psychological counseling on the issues of
mental stress and anxiety faced by transgender persons due to social isola on
or other reasons during COVID-19 lockdown.

Historic reserva on to

Economically Weaker Sec on

= Parliament passed the Cons tu on (One Hundred and Third Amendment)
2019 bill to provide 10% reserva on to the Economically Weaker Sec ons of
the general category.
= It is a historic step for the upli of the poor and a reflec on of the
Government’s commitment to Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas.

SCs/STs/OBC

= Union Budget 2020 has allocated a total of Rs
1,38,700 crore for the welfare of the Scheduled Castes
(SCs), the Other backward Castes (OBCs) and the
Scheduled Tribes (Sts).
= More than 88 lakh SC beneficiaries of various
scholarship schemes during 2019-20, with alloca on of
more than Rs 3300 cr.
= Revision of Na onal Overseas Scholarship Scheme for
SC students in 2020-21 for expansion of the scheme.
= Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana for an integrated
development of SC majority villages. Rs. 713 cr. been
released to states during 2019-20 for providing water,
sanita on, health, educa on and other facili es.