{"id":345099,"date":"2025-08-25T16:37:55","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T11:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=345099"},"modified":"2025-08-25T16:37:55","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T11:07:55","slug":"smile-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/smile-scheme\/","title":{"rendered":"SMILE Scheme\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News: <\/strong>The central government has launched a 15-day Entrepreneurship Development Programme under the SMILE scheme to help transgender persons become self-reliant by providing economic empowerment.<\/p>\n<h2>About SMILE Scheme<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li data-start=\"142\" data-end=\"322\">The <strong data-start=\"146\" data-end=\"224\">Support for Marginalized Individuals for Livelihood and Enterprise (SMILE)<\/strong> is a <strong data-start=\"230\" data-end=\"255\">Central Sector Scheme<\/strong> implemented by the <strong data-start=\"275\" data-end=\"319\">Ministry of Social Justice &amp; Empowerment<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"324\" data-end=\"410\">It functions as an umbrella programme that brings together two distinct sub-schemes:\n<ul>\n<li data-start=\"414\" data-end=\"487\"><strong data-start=\"414\" data-end=\"485\">Comprehensive Rehabilitation for the Welfare of Transgender Persons<\/strong><\/li>\n<li data-start=\"491\" data-end=\"566\"><strong data-start=\"491\" data-end=\"564\">Comprehensive Rehabilitation of Persons Engaged in the Act of Begging<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"568\" data-end=\"710\">Together, these aim to provide holistic welfare and rehabilitation measures for both transgender individuals and those dependent on begging.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"717\" data-end=\"735\"><strong>Key Features<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-start=\"739\" data-end=\"904\"><strong data-start=\"739\" data-end=\"762\">Educational support<\/strong>: Scholarships are offered to transgender students from Class IX up to post-graduation, ensuring they can pursue and complete their studies.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"908\" data-end=\"1060\"><strong data-start=\"908\" data-end=\"944\">Skill and livelihood development<\/strong>: Training opportunities are provided under the <strong data-start=\"992\" data-end=\"1011\">PM-DAKSH scheme<\/strong> to strengthen employability and self-reliance.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1064\" data-end=\"1252\"><strong data-start=\"1064\" data-end=\"1086\">Medical assistance<\/strong>: The scheme integrates with <strong data-start=\"1115\" data-end=\"1125\">PM-JAY<\/strong> to provide a composite health package. This includes support for <strong data-start=\"1191\" data-end=\"1225\">gender-reaffirmation surgeries<\/strong> at designated hospitals.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1256\" data-end=\"1466\"><strong data-start=\"1256\" data-end=\"1276\">Shelter and care<\/strong>: Under the initiative of <strong data-start=\"1302\" data-end=\"1319\">\u2018Garima Greh\u2019<\/strong>, beneficiaries are provided food, clothing, medical support, skill training, and recreational facilities, ensuring dignity and social inclusion.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1470\" data-end=\"1650\"><strong data-start=\"1470\" data-end=\"1503\">Legal and protection measures<\/strong>: Every state will establish a <strong data-start=\"1534\" data-end=\"1565\">Transgender Protection Cell<\/strong> to track offences, ensure proper investigation, and facilitate timely prosecution.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1654\" data-end=\"1852\"><strong data-start=\"1654\" data-end=\"1687\">Information and accessibility<\/strong>: A <strong data-start=\"1691\" data-end=\"1723\">National Portal and Helpline<\/strong> has been set up to deliver information, guidance, and redressal services for transgender persons and those engaged in begging<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The central government has launched a 15-day Entrepreneurship Development Programme under the SMILE scheme to help transgender persons become self-reliant by providing economic empowerment. About SMILE Scheme The Support for Marginalized Individuals for Livelihood and Enterprise (SMILE) is a Central Sector Scheme implemented by the Ministry of Social Justice &amp; Empowerment. It functions as&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/smile-scheme\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">SMILE Scheme\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,956,12039],"tags":[11872,3590],"class_list":["post-345099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-schemes-and-programs","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-pib","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=345099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345099\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=345099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=345099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=345099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}