Paper I · 15 Policies of Telangana State · 15.3 Welfare of women and social groups

15.3.3 Senior 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.

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Key terms

  • Aasara pensions
  • Cheyutha pensions
  • Rs 2016
  • Rs 4016
  • Rs 4000 promise
  • SADAREM
  • UDID
  • Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act 2007
  • Elderline 14567
  • Pranam day care centres
  • Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016
  • 4 per cent reservation
  • marriage incentive
  • helpline 155326
  • Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act 2019
  • transgender traffic assistants
  • Mythri trans clinics
  • Pride Place
  • Nethanna Bima
  • Nethanna ku Bharosa
  • Telangana Authentic Weaves label
  • weavers loan waiver G.O. Rt. 56
  • thrift fund
  • TGSCO
  • Katamayya Rakshaka Kavacham
  • gig workers Rs 5 lakh accident insurance
  • Telangana Platform Based Gig Workers Act 2026
  • Act 21 of 2026

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