In 2014, the Supreme Court had ordered the government to provide
transgender people quotas in jobs and education, in line with rules for other
minorities.
In 2014, the
Supreme Court of India had passed a widely hailed judgment that recognised the
rights of transgender people and said they should enjoy all fundamental rights
enshrined in the Indian constitution. After more than six years of the landmark
order, the government has now finally started discussions to implement it.
According to The Economics Times, the education ministry has started evaluating
ways to introduce a reservation system for transgenders in higher educational
institutions. Reports say that it is likely to be done through the OBC route,
which means transgender persons would be categorised as Other
Backward Castes (OBCs).
The Ministry of
Social Justice and Empowerment and the National Commission for Backward Castes
(NCBC) are familiar with the development, according to media reports. The
education ministry implements reservations for socially and economically
backward castes in central educational institutions only as mandated by the
MSJE, the nodal department on all SEBC issues.
NALSA vs Union
of India case
The discusions
follow the 2014 SC order in NALSA vs the Union of India case. In the order, the
SC had directed the Centre and state governments to take steps to treat
transgenders “as socially and educationally backward classes of citizens and
extend all kinds of reservation in admission to educational institutions and in
public appointments”.
"It is the
right of every human being to choose their gender," it said in granting
rights to those who identified themselves as neither male nor female.
It ordered the
government to provide transgender
people with quotas in jobs and education in line with other minorities, as well
as key amenities.
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