The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has made several recommendations to the Central and State authorities for the welfare of transgenders, including the provision of multi-purpose identity cards to ensure easy access to government schemes and This includes setting up an anti-discrimination cell at the district level to assist them.
The NHRC committee, in a statement on Tuesday, said it has also recommended that the “single transgender child” of a deceased government employee or pensioner may be given the same rights as an unmarried daughter for family pension and other benefits, as well Transgender persons should also be given inheritance of ancestral agricultural land.
