Steps for Bringing Transgender in Mainstream

An Expert Committee was constituted in the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment to make an in-depth study of the problems being faced by the Transgender Community and suggest suitable measures to ameliorate their problems. The Committee submitted its reports on 27th January 2014. The recommendations of the Committee, inter-alia, include declaring transgender as 'third gender', and Umbrella scheme for socio-economic & educational empowerment of the community, intensive publicity campaigns etc. An Inter Ministerial Committee has been constituted to pursue implementation of the Expert Committee's recommendation.