Agartala:The Tripura government has announced an allowance of 500 rupees a month for the transgender people in the state.

Chief Minister Manik Sarkar Wednesday said that the decision to provide allowance to each transgender person was taken in the meeting of the council of minister.

He said that the council of ministers also approved to introduce three new pension schemes for leprosy patents, AIDS patients and female domestic workers.

“While the female domestic workers will be paid a monthly pension of 350 rupees, other categories will be paid 500 rupees per month”, Sarkar said.

He also said that the government decided to pay a monthly pension of 500 rupees for Anganwadi workers and 350 rupees for Anganwadi helpers after their retirement at the age of 60.