COVID welfare: Tamil Nadu had most beneficiary sex workers in 2020, says report
The Hindu
Report prepared by Supreme Court’s amicus curiae says most registered sex workers in Gujarat were not willing to avail of a Government scheme for free dry ration
Tamil Nadu provided free dry ration to the highest number of registered sex workers as COVID-19 relief in 2020, while almost 80% of their counterparts in Gujarat were not willing to avail of freebies under a State Government scheme, a Supreme Court report said.
According to the report collated by amicus curiae Pijush Kanti Roy, Tripura and Uttar Pradesh provided information about men sex workers while Meghalaya and Uttar Pradesh recorded a total of 3,715 transgender sex workers.
The Supreme Court had through an order on November 29, 2020, directed all the States and Union Territories (UTs) to comply with an earlier order to provide dry ration to the sex workers without insisting on ration cards or identity proofs. The court also directed the States and UTs to file their respective status report.
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