NATIONAL PORTAL FOR TRANSGENDER PERSONS
- November 26, 2020
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
- Category: DPN Topics
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Subject: Governance
Context: Union Minister for Social Justice & Empowerment launched a ‘National Portal for Transgender Persons’.
Concept:
- This National Portal for Transgender Persons has been developed within 2 months of Notification of Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Rules, 2020 on 29 September, 2020.
- This Portal would help a transgender person in applying for a Certificate and Identity card digitally from anywhere in the country.
- The most important benefit is that it helps the transgender person to get the I-Card without any physical interface and without having to visit any office. Through the Portal, they can monitor the status of their application that ensures transparency in the process.
- Getting Transgender Certificate and Identity Cards as per their self-perceived identity is an important provision of The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019.