Allowance to Eunuchs

What is the Allowance to Eunuchs in Haryana?

Allowance to Eunuchs is a monthly social security allowance run by the Directorate of Social Justice and Empowerment under Haryana's Social Justice, Empowerment, Welfare of SC and BC and Antyodaya (SEWA) Department. The scheme gives an unconditional monthly cash payment to eunuch and transgender persons living in Haryana, the community is commonly referred to as kinnar or hijra in the state, so that they have a guaranteed income floor independent of begging or informal work.

The Directorate records that the scheme has been implemented since June 2006. The allowance is now Rs 3,200 per month with effect from 1 November 2025, after a Rs 200 across-the-board increase in Haryana's social security pension rates. Earlier rates were Rs 2,750 per month from 1 April 2023 and Rs 3,000 per month from 1 January 2024.

Allowance to Eunuchs is deliberately a small scheme with a narrow beneficiary base. Departmental figures show 31 beneficiaries in 2019-20, 37 in 2021-22 and 39 in 2023-24, with budget provision of Rs 8.00 lakh, Rs 10.94 lakh and Rs 20.00 lakh in those years respectively. Payment is made by Direct Benefit Transfer in the same monthly cycle as Haryana's other social security pensions.

Who is eligible for the Haryana eunuch allowance?

You can get the allowance if:

• You are a permanent resident of Haryana with at least 5 years of continuous residence in the state.
• You are 18 years of age or above.
• You hold a certificate from the district Civil Surgeon in support of being a eunuch.
• You are not involved in unlawful activities, a condition the Directorate states explicitly for this scheme.
• You hold a Parivar Pehchan Patra (Family ID) and a bank account in your own name for the DBT credit.

You cannot apply if:

• You are below 18 years of age on the date of application.
• You have lived in Haryana for less than 5 years. This is the strictest residence condition among Haryana's social security allowances, and the District Social Welfare Officer verifies it against ration card, voter roll, school or municipal records.
• You do not hold the Civil Surgeon certificate. A self-declaration, an affidavit or a private hospital note is not a substitute.
• You are already drawing another Haryana social security pension, because the state pays one such allowance per person.

The scheme predates the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019, and uses the older statutory wording. If you hold a transgender identity certificate or identity card issued under that Act, carry it with your application. It supports your case even though the Civil Surgeon certificate remains the document the department formally requires.

What documents are required for the eunuch allowance?

Residence proof is the practical bottleneck. Applicants who have moved between districts should collect a combination of documents, ration card, voter list entry, electricity or rent records, school records or a municipal certificate — covering the full five-year period rather than relying on a single paper.

How to apply for the Allowance to Eunuchs online

1. Obtain the Civil Surgeon certificate from your district civil hospital and check that your Parivar Pehchan Patra record carries the correct age, address and bank details.
2. Open saralharyana.gov.in, register as a new user with your mobile number and email, verify the OTP and sign in.
3. Choose Apply for Services, then View All Available Services, and search for the Social Justice and Empowerment Department's allowance service for eunuchs.
4. Enter your Family ID so the portal auto-fills your verified PPP details, then complete the remaining fields.
5. Upload the Civil Surgeon certificate, Aadhaar, residence proof, age proof and bank passbook, and submit the form.
6. Save the SARAL reference ID on the acknowledgement; every later status check needs it.

How to apply for the Allowance to Eunuchs offline

1. Visit a SARAL Kendra, an Atal Seva Kendra (CSC) or the District Social Welfare Office in your district.
2. Ask the operator to fill the application and hand over photocopies of the Civil Surgeon certificate, Family ID, Aadhaar, residence proof, age proof and bank passbook.
3. Sign the form and collect the printed acknowledgement with the SARAL reference ID.
4. Follow up directly with the District Social Welfare Officer, who is the sanctioning authority and, given the very small number of files, can usually tell you the exact stage your case has reached.

How much is the eunuch allowance and when is it paid?

Allowance to Eunuchs pays Rs 3,200 per month with effect from 1 November 2025. The amount is credited monthly by Direct Benefit Transfer into the beneficiary's Aadhaar-seeded bank account.

Rate revisions notified by the SEWA Department are normally given retrospective effect, so arrears for the intervening months are released along with a later monthly credit rather than as a separate payment.

How to check your eunuch allowance status

1. Open saralharyana.gov.in and select Track Application Status.
2. Select the Social Justice and Empowerment department and enter your SARAL reference ID.
3. After sanction, use the beneficiary search on pension.socialjusticehry.gov.in with your pension ID, Aadhaar number or Family ID to view each month's credit.
4. If the portal shows a month as paid but the amount has not arrived, take the transaction reference to your bank branch first. A frozen or dormant account is a common cause.

Why eunuch allowance applications get rejected

• Civil Surgeon certificate missing or issued by a private facility.
• Residence proof falling short of 5 years, or documents that cover only part of the period.
• Family ID mismatch, a different name spelling, date of birth or address in the PPP record than in the application.
• Bank account not in the applicant's own name, or not Aadhaar-seeded, so the DBT credit bounces.
• Another social security pension already sanctioned against the same Aadhaar number.

Correct the Parivar Pehchan Patra record first through a CRID update centre or the PPP portal, then ask the District Social Welfare Officer to revive the existing file. Filing a fresh application instead pushes you to the back of the verification queue.

Grievance route

• Directorate of Social Justice and Empowerment, SCO 20-27, Jeevandeep Building, 3rd floor, Sector 17-A, Chandigarh, phone 0172-2715090, email sje[at]hry[dot]nic[dot]in.
• District Social Welfare Officer at the district headquarters, for verification, sanction and payment issues.
• Antyodaya-SARAL grievance option on saralharyana.gov.in for problems with the online application itself.

Applying is free. No government official will ask for your OTP, and no agent can charge a fee to get your name added to the beneficiary list.