The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has constituted the National Council for Transgender Persons.
Salient Features
The government issued notification in this regard on August 21, 2020.
The National Council for Transgender Persons is India’s first and formed under Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019 .
The Social Justice Minister would be the Council’s chairperson and its members would include officials from some other Ministries.
The council comprises representatives from 10 central departments, five states and members of the community.
Five nominated members from the community — Laxmi Narayan Tripathi, Gopi Shankar Madurai, Meera Parida, Zainab Javid Patel and Kak Chingtabam Shyamcand Sharma — are also part of the Council.
A Member of National Council, other than ex officio member, shall hold office for a term of three years from the date of his nomination.
Functions of National Council for Transgender Persons
The council has five main functions —
- advising the central government on the formulation of policies, programmes,
2. legislation and projects with respect to transgender persons;
3. monitoring and evaluating the impact of policies and programmes designed for achieving equality and full participation of transgender persons;
4. reviewing and coordinating the activities of all the departments; redressing grievances of transgender persons; and
5. performing such other functions as prescribed by the Centre.
(Source: The Hindu and Hindustan Times)
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