Answer: Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
Notes: Government of India launched a 15-day Entrepreneurship Development Programme under the SMILE scheme. The programme aims to empower transgender persons through self-employment and livelihood opportunities. SMILE stands for Support for Marginalized Individuals for Livelihood and Enterprise scheme. It is a Central Sector Scheme under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. SMILE has two subschemes: Central Sector Scheme for Comprehensive Rehabilitation for Welfare of Transgender Persons and Central Sector Scheme for Comprehensive Rehabilitation of persons engaged in the act of Begging.
