Welfare of Transgenders

(Judicial Quest News Service)

The Registrar General of India (RGI), during Enumeration of Census 2011, for the first time provided three code i.e. Male-1, Female-2 and other-3 for enumeration. This was at the discretion of the respondent. In case the respondent wished to record neither ‘1’ nor ‘2’ then enumerator was instructed to record sex as ‘other’ and give code ‘3’. It is important to note that the Census of India does not collect any data specifically on ‘transgender’. Thus, the category of ‘other’ would not only include ‘transgender’ but also any person who desires to record sex under the category of ‘other’. It is also possible that some transgender would have returned themselves either male or female depending upon their choice. The population of ‘other’ as per Census 2011 is 4,87,803.

The details of funds allocated during the last three years is as under:

Year	B.E.	R.E.
2016-17	Rs.15.00 Crore	Rs. 1.0 lakh
2017-18	Rs.4.00 Crore	Rs. 2.0 lakh
2018-19	Rs.1.00 Crore	Rs. 1.0 Crore

The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment had released Rs. 1.00 Crore to National Backward Classes Finance and Development Corporation (NBCFDC) for conducting skill development training programme for the members of Transgender Community during financial year 2018-19.

state-wise population of ‘other’ as per Census 2011
S.No.	State	Total population of ‘other’
1	ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS	47
2	ANDHRA PRADESH	43769
3	ARUNACHAL PRADESH	495
4	ASSAM	11374
5	BIHAR	40827
6	CHANDIGARH	142
7	CHHATTISGARH	6591
8	DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI	43
9	DAMAN & DIU	59
10	GOA	398
11	GUJARAT	11544
12	HARYANA	8422
13	HIMACHAL PRADESH	2051
14	JAMMU & KASHMIR	4137
15	JHARKHAND	13463
16	KARNATAKA	20266
17	KERALA	3902
18	LAKSHADWEEP	2
19	MADHYA PRADESH	29597
20	MAHARASHTRA	40891
21	MANIPUR	1343
22	MEGHALAYA	627
23	MIZORAM	166
24	NAGALAND	398
25	NCT OF DELHI	4213
26	ODISHA	20332
27	PUDUCHERRY	252
28	PUNJAB	10243
29	RAJASTHAN	16517
30	SIKKIM	126
31	TAMIL NADU	22364
32	TRIPURA	833
33	UTTAR PRADESH	137465
34	UTTARAKHAND	4555
35	WEST BENGAL	30349
	Total	487803

This information was given by Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Shri Rattan Lal Kataria in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.