The scheme objective is to provide financial assistance to transgender individuals for self-employment/business establishment. Eligible beneficiaries can receive up to ₹50,000 or 25% of the project cost.
Transgender Utthan Kosh - Self Employment Programme for Transgender - Introduction
The scheme “Transgender Utthan Kosh - Self-Employment Programme for Transgender” was launched by the Social Justice and Empowerment Department, Government of Rajasthan, with the aim of providing financial support for self-employment or business establishment to transgender individuals, promoting their economic independence.
Under the scheme, transgender persons aged between 21 and 50 years are eligible to take a loan from any nationalized or cooperative bank to set up their self-employment or business. The loan amount may be revised by the state government from time to time. The benefit of the scheme is available to a transgender person only once.
Benefits
- Financial Assistance: 25% of the total business cost or ₹50,000/- (whichever is lower) for self-employment/business establishment.
- Loan Support: The beneficiary must secure a loan from a nationalized/cooperative bank to avail of the grant.
- One-Time Benefit: The assistance is available only once per individual.
Note: The grant is disbursed only after the beneficiary starts the business and gets it verified by the lending agency.
Eligibility
- The applicant must be a resident of Rajasthan.
- The applicant must be a transgender person.
- The applicant must be between 21 and 50 years of age.
- The applicant must secure a loan from a nationalized or cooperative bank.
- The gross annual income of the applicant must not exceed ₹8,00,000.
- Each transgender individual can avail the benefits of this scheme only once.
Application Process
- The interested applicant should visit (during office hours) the Social Justice and Empowerment Office and request a hard copy of the prescribed format of the application form from the staff exclusively entrusted to issue and collect the filled-in application.
- In the application form, fill in all the mandatory fields and attach copies of all the mandatory documents (self-attestation, if required).
- Submit the duly filled and signed application form along with the documents to the Social Justice and Empowerment Office.
- Request a receipt or acknowledgment from the Social Justice and Empowerment Office to whom the application has been submitted.
Note 1: After a transgender person takes a loan from any nationalised or cooperative bank, on the basis of loan approval, the District Magistrate will deposit the grant amount in the loan account of the transgender person.
Note 2: The applicant will receive the said amount only on the condition that he starts the related business and gets its physical verification done by the related lending agency.