Question : Data on Transgenders

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1498
TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.07.2022

DATA ON TRANSGENDERS
1498. SHRI RITESH PANDEY:
Will the Minister of SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT be pleased to state:
(a) whether the Ministry has appealed to the Government to report all its data in a manner that is nonexclusionary to transgender individuals, if so, the details of this appeal and the responses received, and if not, the reasons therefor; and
(b) whether the Government plans to report all its data in a gender non-binary manner to include transgender individuals, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefore?

Answer given by the minister

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
(SHRI A. NARAYANASWAMY)
(a) & (b): Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has requested The Registrar General of India (RGI) to include Transgender Persons as a separate category for the next population enumeration.

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