A total of 20 GarimaGrehs are operational across 16 States/UTs and three more GarimaGrehs have been sanctioned during the current financial year 2025-2026 [Puducherry (1) and Uttar Pradesh (2)].

Each GarimaGreh has a capacity of 25 beds. Year-wise occupancy and year-wise number of beneficiaries over the last five years, shelter-wise is at Annexure-I.

GarimaGrehs are a component of the Support for Marginalized Individual for Livelihood and Enterprise (SMILE) (Comprehensive Rehabilitation for Welfare of Transgender Persons) Scheme, which is a Central Sector Scheme; therefore, funds are not allocated State-wise, but are released directly to the implementing organizations.

The details of funds released and utilised for each shelter, including expenditure on food, healthcare, counselling and skill-development programs, State-wise and year-wise are at Annexure-II.

Each GarimaGreh has 11 sanctioned staff positions, and presently, in each GarimaGreh, 11 staff are working.

A total of 31 proposals from 10 States/UTs were received and forwarded to the respective State Governments/ UT Administrations for their recommendations about setting up new GarimaGrehs.

Based on the recommendations received, 06 new GarimaGrehs have been sanctioned during financial year 2025-26 in the following States/UTs:

Jharkhand (1), Manipur (1), Madhya Pradesh (1), Puducherry (1) and Uttar Pradesh (2).

The total number of beneficiaries rehabilitated, placed in employment or enrolled in skill programs are 2885, details of which year-wise and State-wise, are at Annexure-III.

No complaints regarding safety, harassment, or inadequate facilities have been reported during the stay of transgender persons in GarimaGrehs.

ANNEXURE-I

Year-wise occupancy and year-wise number of beneficiaries over last five years, shelter-wise in GarimaGrehs is as under:

Sl. No	State/UT	Name of the Community Based Organisation/ Non-Government Organisation	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24	2024-25	2025-26
1	Andhra Pradesh	Sarvodaya Women Welfare Society	0	0	0	25	25
2	Assam	NEWARD	0	0	0	25	25
3	Bihar	Dostana Safar	19	20	2	43	25
4	Chhattisgarh	MitwaSankalpSamiti	47	47	25	35	40
5	Delhi	Mitr Trust	92	16	20	25	25
6	Gujarat	Lakshya Trust	60	19	5	23	23
7	Karnataka	CAD MS Trust	0	0	0	26	39
8	Madhya Pradesh	Tapish Foundation	0	0	0	8	8
9	Maharashtra	Aarju Foundation	44	22	21	25	27
10	Maharashtra	KinnarAsmita	44	20	20	23	26
11	Maharashtra	Tweet Foundation	43	21	19	24	26
12	Odisha	Sakha	50	2	22	25	34
13	Punjab	Mansa Foundation	0	0	0	25	25
14	Rajasthan#	NaiBhorSanstha	27	6	23	25	0
15	Tamil Nadu	Transgender Rights Association	58	15	3	20	21
16	Uttar Pradesh	EktaSewaSanstha	0	0	0	25	28
17	West Bengal	Gokhale Road Bandhan	30	20	4	13	22
18	West Bengal	Kolkata Rista	30	19	5	14	24
Total			544	227	169	429	443

 

* GarimaGreh Jharkhand (1), Manipur (1), Madhya Pradesh (1), Puducherry (1) and Uttar Pradesh (2) are sanctioned during the financial year 2025-26. 

# - Centre has stopped functioning since 2024-25 

ANNEXURE-II

Funds released and utilised for each shelter, including expenditure on food, healthcare, counselling and skill-development programs, State-wise and year-wise is as under:

(Rs. in Lakhs)

Sl. No.	State/UT	2021-22	2023-24	2024-25	2025-26
1.	Andhra Pradesh	0	0	5.02	30.71
2.	Assam	0	0	5.02	14.99
3.	Bihar	29.17	29.63	0	27.10
4.	Chhattisgarh	29.17	26.86	9.09	27.11
5	Delhi	29.17	33.95	30.72	31.44
6.	Gujarat	29.17	24.87	22.68	26.94
7.	Jharkhand	0	0	0	5.02
8.	Karnataka	0	0	5.02	14.99
9.	Madhya Pradesh	0	0	5.02*	5.02
10.	Maharashtra	87.51	70.11	56.24	141.48
11.	Manipur	0	0	0	5.02
12.	Odisha	29.17	28.76	26.59	31.41
13.	Punjab	0	0	5.02	28.98
14.	Rajasthan#	29.17	30.10	0	31.42
15.	Tamil Nadu	29.17	9.77	0	22.64
16.	Uttar Pradesh	0	0	5.02	10.16
17.	West Bengal	58.34	45.88	0	55.99
	Total	350.04	299.93	175.44	510.42

* - The fund has been sanctioned, but not released due to certain issues of registration under the Society Act.

# - Centre has stopped functioning since 2024-25.

Note: GarimaGrehs in Jharkhand (1), Manipur (1), Madhya Pradesh (1), Puducherry (1) and Uttar Pradesh (2) have been sanctioned during the financial year 2025-26. 

ANNEXURE-III

Details of beneficiaries rehabilitated, placed in employment or enrolled in skill programs are as under:

A total of 1812 transgender persons residing in GarimaGrehs have been imparted skill training, out of which several have been placed in various institutions such as the Bastar Fighter unit, Constables positions and Home guards in Chhattisgarh Police, Jupiter Hospital, Concentrix Call Centre, Tata Steel Jamshedpur, A-one Hair and Beauty Salon, Jindal Group of Hotel Management, among others.

Three Job Melas were organized with the support of Community-Based Organizations (CBOs) from 2022-23, through which 223 transgender persons were placed in different institutions.

During 2024-25, a total of 725 transgender persons from Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi were provided skill development training through the Institute of Entrepreneurship Development (Lucknow).

During 2025-26, 125 transgender persons from Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi have been provided with a 15 days Entrepreneurship Development Programme by National Institute for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development (NIESBUD).

 

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