The Maharashtra state government has formed a Transgender Welfare Board to provide formal education, employment opportunities, conduct health programmes and give legal help to the community.
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The welfare board will give identity cards to the members of the community which will help them obtain education, apart from scholarships for Class X exams.
Eligible third gender students would be provided hostel accommodation under the Babasaheb Ambedkar Swadhar Scheme. Under this scheme, Rs 48,000-60,000 would be given as scholarship annually.
The board would also implement skill development programmes to help educated transgenders get jobs.
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) activists welcomed the state government's announcement.
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