Lok Sabha Question No. 317 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-22
Subject: Garima Grehs  for Transgender Persons
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Dr. Shashi Tharoor

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

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.317 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.07.2025

## GARIMA GREHS FOR TRANSGENDER PERSONS

## 317. DR. SHASHI THAROOR:

## Will the Minister of SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the details and the number of Garima Grehs across the country, State-wise;
- (b) the number of transgenders housed in each state's Garima Grehs, State-wise;
- (c) the details of amount allocated and released to Garima Grehs between 2020-21 and 2024- 25 State-wise;
- (d) whether the pilot phase from 2020 to 2021, Garima Grehs across India are short of funds;
- (e) if so, the last release of funds along with the amount, State-wise;
- (f) whether the Union Government has taken steps to facilitate easier access to official identification such as the Aadhaar Card and "transgender certificate" which countless transgender individuals find difficult to obtain, as they have to flee their homes because of discrimination and mistreatment; and
- (g) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SHRI B.L. VERMA)

- (a) & (b): The state-wise details of Garima Grehs across the country and number of transgender persons residing in them are at Annexure-I.
- (c): The state-wise details of funds sanctioned to Garima Grehs between 2020-21 and 2024-25 are at Annexure-II.
- (d): No Sir.
- (e): Details are at Annexure -II

(f) & (g): For facilitating easier access to Transgender Certificate, National Portal for Transgender Persons has been launched to issue Transgender certificates and ID cards to eligible Transgender persons. This is an end-to-end online process where the applicant can apply for the TG certificate and also download the certificate after issue without any requirement to go to any office of issue.

For facilitating easier access to Aadhaar Card, Transgender Identity Card /Certificate has been added in list of documents that may be presented to evidence Proof of Identity, Address, Relationship or Date of Birth for Enrolment for Aadhaar Number of Individual Five Years and above of Age.

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## Annexure referred to part (a) and (b) in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 317 to be answered on 22.07.2025

The state-wise details of Garima Grehs across the country and number of transgender persons residing in them are as under:

| Sl. No.   | Name of the State/ Union Territory   | Number of Garima Grehs   | Name of the districts   | Number of transgender persons residing   |
|-----------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|           | Andhra Pradesh                       | 1                        | Tirupati                | 25                                       |
| 2.        | Assam                                | 1                        | Kamrup (M)              | 25                                       |
| 3.        | Bihar                                | 1                        | Patna                   |                                          |
| 4.        | Chhattisgarh                         | 1                        | Raipur                  | 35                                       |
| 5         | Delhi                                |                          | South West Delhi        | 25                                       |
| 6.        | Gujarat                              | 1                        | Baroda                  | 23                                       |
|           | Jharkhand                            | 1                        | Dhanbad                 | 0                                        |
| 8.        | Karnataka                            | 1                        | Bengaluru City Urban    | 26                                       |
|           | Madhya Pradesh                       | 2                        | Indore, Bhopal          | 8                                        |
| 10.       | Maharashtra                          | 3                        | Thane, Mumbai, Raigarh  | 72                                       |
| 11.       | Manipur                              | 1                        | Thoubal                 |                                          |
| 12.       | Odisha                               | 1                        | Khordha                 |                                          |
| 13.       | Punjab                               | T                        | Ludhiana                |                                          |
| 14.       | Rajasthan                            | 1                        | Jaipur                  |                                          |
|           | Tamil Nadu                           | 1                        | Chennai                 |                                          |
| 16.       | Uttar Pradesh                        |                          | Gorakhpur               |                                          |
| 17.       | West Bengal                          | 2                        | Kolkata                 |                                          |
|           | Total                                | 21                       |                         |                                          |

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## Annexure referred to part (c) in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 317 to be answered on 22.07.2025

The state-wise details of funds sanctioned to Garima Grehs between 2020-21 and 2024-25 are as under:

(in Rupees)

| SI. No.   | Name of the State/ Union Territory   | Release of funds in Release of funds in Release of funds in 2021-22   | 2023-24   | 2024-25   |
|-----------|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh                       |                                                                       |           | 5,02,500  |
| 2         | Assam                                | :                                                                     |           | 5,02,500  |
| 3         | Bihar                                | 29,17,200                                                             | 29,63,100 | -         |
| 4         | Chhattisgarh                         | 29,17,200                                                             | 26,86,303 | 9,09,132  |
| 5         | Delhi                                | 29,17,200                                                             | 33,95,173 | 30,72,534 |
| 6         | Gujarat                              | 29,17,200                                                             | 24,87,263 | 22,67,914 |
| 7         | Karnataka                            |                                                                       |           | 5,02,500  |
| 8         | Madhya Pradesh                       |                                                                       |           | 5,02,500  |
| 9         | Maharashtra                          | 87,51,600                                                             | 70,11,451 | 56,24,106 |
| :10       | Odisha                               | 29,17,200                                                             | 28,76,372 | 26,59,296 |
|           | Punjab                               | -                                                                     | -         | 5,02,500  |
| 12        | Rajasthan                            | 29,17,200                                                             | 30,10,309 |           |
| 13        | Tamil Nadu                           | 29,17,200                                                             | 9,76,615  |           |
| 14        | Uttar Pradesh                        | -                                                                     | -         | 5,02,500  |
| 15        | West Bengal                          | 58,34,400                                                             | 45,88,795 | -         |

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