Hyderabad: A transgender person has been sanctioned a loan under the Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme, to set up a self-employment unit in Karimnagar.
Karimnagar collector RV Karnan on Tuesday handed over a loan, worth Rs five lakhs, and a sanction letter to Asha, a Scheduled Caste, who aims at setting up a photography unit in the district.
“She is said to be the first transgender person in the state to get a loan under the PMEGP for setting up the self-employment venture,” a press release said.
Karnan, while speaking on the occasion said, “State Bank of India, Karimnagar branch had sanctioned the loan to Asha to help her in her career as a photographer with a studio.”
The district collector further handed over a four-wheeler driving licence to another transgender person, N.Sindhu, at a meeting held at the Collectorate on Tuesday.
Additional collector Garima Agrawal and Zilla Parishad CEO Priyanka were present.
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