Hyderabad, April 4 -- The Telangana government has launched three skill development training initiatives meant for providing livelihood to transgender people in the state, such as car driving, food production and flying drones.

The inaugural ceremony of the three programmes was held at the National Institute of Tourism and Hotel Management (NITHM), Gachibowli, on Saturday, April 4.

Through these three programmes, a total of 91 transgender people will receive training with an expenditure of Rs 17.72 lakh, for which the state government has allocated special funds.

Skill development

Under the car driving training programme, 50 transgender people will receive car driving training through the Maruti Suzuki Driving School. This training wi...