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TRANSGENDER WELFARE IN INDIA
Take steps on formulating SOP for arresting transgender person: HC to Centre, Delhi PoliceThe Delhi High Court has directed authorities to create a Standard Operating Procedure. This procedure will govern the arrest and detention...- Delhi govt to give above Rs 2 lakh a year for senior citizen centres inside RWAs, housing societies and village chaupals where seniors can meet their friends to play gamesDelhi government will provide Rs 2.4 lakh a year to eligible senior citizen centres set up inside RWAs, housing societies and village chaup...
- Transgender ID cards will remain valid till pleas against new law decided: Centre tells SCThe Centre assured the Supreme Court that transgender identity cards issued earlier will remain valid. This assurance comes after petitions...
- PM Modi temple proposal gets Bihar Transgender Board's nodThe Bihar State Transgender Welfare Board approved a proposal for a temple dedicated to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This decision came af...
- Kerala launches free KSRTC travel scheme for women, transgender personsKerala's UDF government has launched the 'Priyadarshini' scheme. This initiative offers free travel for women and transgender individuals o...
- Himachal Pradesh: Education, jobs and ending discrimination main issues, says transgender iconMaya Thakur, the transgender icon from Kothi village in Kunihar area of Solan district under Shimla parliamentary constituency, advocates f...
- Transgender prisoners must be treated at par with other inmates: says SC panel on prison reformsThe Supreme Court Committee on Prison Reforms has recommended that transgender prisoners should be treated equally and given the same right...
- NCUI and India HIV/AIDS Alliance sign MoU to enhance livelihood opportunities of transgender community“It's a historic step in the direction of empowerment of transgender community in India that aims to fulfill the economic, social and cultu...
- Rs 500-crore plan drawn up for welfare of transgendersThe ministry of social justice and empowerment has earmarked ₹500 crore – ₹ 100 crore per year – for the plan. So far, the government did n...
- Govt to launch portal for giving I-cards, special homes to transgendersThe social justice and empowerment ministry is set to launch a national portal, which would equip transgenders to apply for an identity car...
- Centre likely to treat transgenders as OBCs to give them education quotaThe Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment also recently sought NCBC’s advice on the issue of including transgenders in the list of OBC...
- Govt deliberating on making special card for transgender members to link them to welfare schemesThe government is deliberating on making a special identity card for transgender community members that will help in linking them with vari...
- DU took in no transgender students in 2017Taunts from teachers and fellow students, as well as possible obstacles in the admission process itself, are seen as reasons for the low nu...
- 'Welfare of transgenders' to be handled by social justice ministryWith about 4.88 lakh transgenders in the country, a bill is being formulated for the implementation of a comprehensive national policy.
- Thanks to a raft of pioneering efforts, transgenders in Tamil Nadu are better off than in most other statesTamil Nadu has seen a raft of pioneering efforts, both by members of the transgender community and by state governments, for the community.
- What Kerala's new transgender policy could teach other states about recognising the rights of a maltreated communityIndia's transgender people were recognised for the first time by the Census in 2011. It pegged the TG population at 4.88 lakh, 56% of whom ...
- Government to list Right of Transgender Persons Bill for winter sessionIndia is readying to officially recognise transgenders and accord benefits of reservation in education and jobs to this marginalised commun...
- 'Despite Supreme Court order, transgenders still feel discriminated'Several participants said the SC's last year verdict was not being implemented in several states and felt that the society still misunderst...
- Election Commission rejects demand for 'transgender' on voter IDThe Election Commission had introduced an 'others' column along with 'male' and 'female' in electoral rolls for the recent Lok Sabha polls.
- Over 30,000 transgenders in Tamil Nadu, yet only 2,996 are votersReflecting woes of transgenders who have remained social 'untouchables' with restricted access to education & jobs, only a minuscule 2,996 ...
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