Chief Secretary Vivek Dhand on Tuesday chaired a meeting to discuss issues related to implementation of different welfare schemes to uplift the standard of living, career and education of the third gender community.
With a view to creating opportunities of self-employment for the people of this category, a discussion on providing them training under various skills development programmes of the government was held during the meeting at the Mantralaya here .
The officials concerned suggested that training of fashion designing, physiotherapy, cocking and tailoring course could be provided. This apart, the Chief Secretary discussed the ways to safeguard rights of the third gender people and to ensure health facilities, admission in schools, special toilets in the government hospital and medical colleges, pensions, scholarships, providing them loans for establishing their own business. Dhand asked the officials concerned to soon prepare an action plan in this direction.
Following the apex court’s directives, a committee of experts has been constituted by the Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. The Committee’s recommendations will be taken into consideration while making schemes for the people of third gender.
Following this, the Chief Minister Raman Singh had recently issued directives for providing benefits of various schemes of the government to the third gender people.