Lok Sabha Question No. 138 (STARRED), answered on 2023-12-12
Subject: Garima Greh Scheme
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Gaurav Gogoi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT LOK SABHA

STARRED QUESTION NO.138 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.12.2023

| GARIMA GREH SCHEME                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
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| *138. SHRI GAURAV GOGOI                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| Will the Minister of SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT be pleased to state:-                                                                                                                                                        |
| (a) the number of Garima Grehs functioning in the country, State-wise;                                                                                                                                                           |
| (b) whether the Government is aware that several Garima Grehs have been closed or are on the verge of shutting down due to lack of funds;                                                                                        |
| (c) if the details thereof; State-wise; SO,                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| (d the number of transgender beneficiaries residing in the shelter homes, State-wise;                                                                                                                                            |
| (e) whether the Government has allocated 365 crores for the said scheme over a span of five years since 2021 thereby providing each Garima Greh with a yearly grant of Rs 36,46,500;                                             |
| (f) if the details of fund utilisation for each Garima Greh; and SO,                                                                                                                                                             |
| (g) whether any monitoring mechanism exists for the functioning of Garima Greh and availing of all the necessities/benefits stated in the guidelines of the scheme, if S0, the details thereof and if not; the reasons therefor? |
| ANSWER                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| MINISTER OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (DR VIRENDRA KUMAR)                                                                                                                                                                   |
| (a) to (g): A Statement is laid on the Table of the house.                                                                                                                                                                       |

## Statement referred to in reply to parts (a) to (g) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No.138 to be answered on 12.12.2023 regarding "Garima Greh Scheme"

(a) There are 12 Garima Grehs functioning in various States of the country. The Details are attached at Annexure-I:

(b) No, Sir: No Garima Greh has been closed:

(c) Does not arise,

The State-wise details of Transgender beneficiaries residing/benefitted in the Shelter homes are attached at Annexure-II:

(e) Yes Sir; Government has allocated Rs 365 crores for Scheme named "Support for Marginalized Individual for Livelihood and Enterprise (SMILE) out of which Rs 265 crores was allocated to sub-scheme "Central Sector Scheme for Comprehensive Rehabilitation for Welfare of Transgender Persons' As per cost norms of SMILE Scheme, an amount of Rs. 36,46,500 has been allocated annually to each garima for running the Garima Greh subject to admissibility and submission of documentation as per Scheme guidelines. greh

The details of fund released/utilized to each Garima Grehs are attached at Annexure-III

g To monitor the functioning of the Garima Greh, yearly inspections of these centres are conducted by the officers of the Ministry.

## answered on 12.L2.2023

Ministry is supporting total 12 shelter home for transgender persons with name Garima Greh at the following locations:

|    | Name of the States   |   Number of Garima Grehs |
|----|----------------------|--------------------------|
|    | Delhi                |                       01 |
| 2  | JOdisha              |                       01 |
| 3  | Tamil Nadu           |                       01 |
|    | Bihar                |                       01 |
|    | Maharashtra          |                       03 |
|    | Chhattisgarh         |                       01 |
|    |                      |                       01 |
| 8  | [Rajasthan           |                       01 |
| 9  | West Bengal          |                       02 |

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## in eply to\_Lok Sabha Starred Question No 138 to be answered on 12.12.2023

| No.   | Name of the State   | IName of Garima Greh                     | No. of Beneficiaries   |
|-------|---------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------|
|       | Delhi               | Mitr Trust South West Delhi              | 106                    |
| 2     | Odisha              | Sakha Khordha                            | 52                     |
| 3.    | Tamil Nadu          | [Transgender Rights Associationl Chennai | 55                     |
|       | Bihar               | Dostana Safar Patna                      | 41                     |
| 5.    | Maharashtra         | Kinnar Asmita Thane                      | 36                     |
|       | Maharashtra         | Tweet Foundation Mumbai City             | 67                     |
|       | Maharashtra         | JAarju Foundation Raigad                 | 82                     |
| 8     | [Chhattisgarh       | Mitwa Sankalp Samiti Raipur              | 94                     |
|       | IWest Bengal        | Gokhale Road Bandhan Kolkata             | 48                     |
| 10.   | West Bengal         | Kolkata Rista Kolkata                    | 51                     |
| 11,   | JGujarat            | ILakshya Trust Vadodara                  | 70                     |
| 12.   | Rajasthan           | Nai Bhor Sansta Jaipur                   | 33                     |
|       |                     |                                          | Totall 735             |

The details of transgender beneficiaries residing/benefited in the shelter homes till date are as under:

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Status of Fund released/utilised to Garima Greh till date:-

|    | Garima Greh   | IState                         | Fund released/Utilised   |
|----|---------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------|
|    | Delhi         | Mitr Trust                     | 63,12,373                |
| 2  | lOdisha       | Sakha                          | 57,93,572                |
| 3  | Tamil Nadu    | [ransgender Rights Association | 38,93,815                |
|    | Bihar         | Dostana Safar                  | 58,80,300                |
| 5  | Maharashtra   | Kinnar Asmita                  | 60,34,462                |
| 6  | IChhattisgarh | Mitwa Sankalp Samiti           | 56,03,503                |
|    | Maharashtra   | Tweet Foundation               | 54,91,586                |
| 8  | Gujarat       | akshya Trust                   | 54,04,463                |
| 9  | Rajasthan     |                                | 59,27,509                |
| 10 | Maharashtra   | Aarju Foundation               | 29,17,200                |
| 11 | West Bengal   | Gokhale Road Bandhan           | 17,200 29,               |
| 12 | West Bengal   | Kolkata Rista                  | 29,17,200                |

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## Annexure-III