Tamil Nadu Timeline

Transgender

3 events, 2008 to 2021.

  1. 2008

    1. 15 Apr 2008ChennaiWelfare

      Transgender Welfare Board, first in India

      Tamil Nadu set up India's first welfare board for transgender persons under the Social Welfare department.

  2. 2012

    1. Aug 2012ChennaiWelfare

      Pension scheme for destitute transgender persons

      Jayalalithaa announced a monthly pension of Rs. 1,000 for transgender persons above 40 living in poverty.

  3. 2021

    1. 8 May 2021ChennaiWelfare

      Free bus travel for women in town buses

      Among his first orders as Chief Minister, M. K. Stalin made travel free for women in ordinary state-run town buses.