TNPSC Thervupettagam

National Council for Transgender Persons

August 30 , 2020 1471 days 730 0
  • The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has constituted the National Council for Transgender Persons.
  • The Social Justice Minister would be the Council’s chairperson and its members would include officials from some other Ministries.
  • Five nominated members from the community - Laxmi Narayan Tripathi, Gopi Shankar of Madurai, Meera Parida, Zainab Javid Patel and Kak Chingtabam Shyamcand Sharma are also part of the Council.
  • The council is formed under Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019.

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