Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has announced a new scheme for destitute transgenders aged above 40 years.
According to an official release, destitute transgenders living below the poverty line will get monthly pension of Rs. 1,000. A sum of Rs. 1.17 crore has been allocated for the scheme.
The Chief Minister has also announced that children aged between 2 and 5 years undergoing non-formal preschool education in anganwadi centres will be given two sets of colour dresses. In the first phase, Rs. 4.3 crore has been earmarked for providing clothes to 2,01,032 children in Chennai, Vellore, Tiruchi, Theni and Dindigul districts.
As part of a modernisation programme, kitchens in anganwadi centres will be made smoke-free in a phased manner with the introduction of LPG and pressure cookers.