15.3 Welfare of women and social groups notes

1. 15.3.1Women and children: Indira Mahila Shakti, self-help groups, Kalyana Lakshmi, nutrition and safety schemes

   Telangana's support for women rests on three pillars: money in women's hands through self-help groups (SERP, MEPMA, Stree Nidhi and, since 2025, Indira Mahila Shakti), cash help at life events (Kalyana Lakshmi / Shaadi Mubarak), and services for mothers and children (Anganwadis, nutrition, safety centres); figures below are dated because schemes change fast.

   Standard · 15 min · Full course
2. 15.3.2Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Backward Classes and minorities: caste survey, SC sub-categorisation, residential societies and schemes

   Telangana pairs special funds and residential "Gurukul" schools for SC, ST, BC and minority children with two big social-justice steps of 2024-25: a statewide caste survey (BCs 56.33% including Muslim BCs) and the country's first law sub-dividing the 15% SC quota into three groups (in force 14 April 2025); the proposed 42% BC quota remained blocked in court and pending assent.

   Standard · 15 min · Full course
3. 15.3.3Senior citizens, persons with disabilities, transgender persons, handloom workers, toddy tappers and gig workers

   Telangana's social security for the elderly, disabled and vulnerable workers rests on monthly pensions (Aasara, renamed Cheyutha), central rights laws for seniors (2007), the disabled (2016) and transgender persons (2019), and occupation-linked schemes for weavers, toddy tappers and, from 2023-26, app-based gig workers; the promised doubling of pensions had not been implemented as of October 2026.

   Standard · 16 min · Full course

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