TNPSC Thervupettagam

National Portal for Transgender Persons

December 2 , 2020 1378 days 800 0
  • Recently, Union Social Justice & Empowerment ministry has e-launched a ‘National Portal for Transgender Persons’.
  • The portal will help the transgender community to apply for identity card and certificate online.
  • It is an important provision of the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019.
  • ‘Garima Greh: Shelter Home for Transgender Persons’ has been inaugurated, in Vadodara, Gujarat.
  • The Ministry has identified 10 cities to set up the 13 Shelter Homes and extend the facilities to Transgender persons.
  • The cities include Vadodara, New Delhi, Patna, Bhubaneswar, Jaipur, Kolkata, Manipur, Chennai, Raipur and Mumbai.

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