A national portal to help transge🉐nder community membe🧸rs in applying for a certificate and an identity card online was launched by Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Thaawarchand Gehlot on Wednesday.
Gehlot said applicants can get their I-cards 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. The issuing authorities are also under strict timelines to process the applications and issue certificates and iden🉐tity cards without any necessary delays," he said.
Once the certificate and I-card are issued, the applicant can download them from the ꧅portal itself. In case of delay or rejection, the applicant has the option to sub♈mit grievances through the portal which are forwarded to the person concerned and will be resolved at the earliest, Gehlot said.
The issuing authorities through the dashboard provided to them can view the number of ap༺plicatio✅ns received, the applications approved and the applications which are pending or put on hold so that they can take the required action from their end, the minister said.
He hoped that the portal will help a lot of people𒉰 from the community to come forward and get Transgender Certificate and identity cards as per their self-perceived identity which is an imporℱtant provision of the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019.
Speaking on theᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ occasion, Minister of State for Social Justice Rattan Lal Kataria said the national portal is an end-to-end online process.
The members of transg♏ender community can avail the services offered by the portal from anywhere.
Gehlot also e-inauಞgurated a 'Garima Greh: A Shelter Home for Transgender Persons' in Vadodara which will be run in ꦜassociation with Lakshya Trust.
"The purpose of the Shelter Home is to provide shelter to transgender persons, with basic amenities like shelter, food, medical care and recreational facilities. Besides, it will provide support for the capacity-buildi🅺ng/skill development of persons in the community, which will enable them to lead a life of dignity and respect," Gehlot said.
The scheme of 'Shelter Home for Transgender Persons' includes shelter facility, food, clothing, recreation♊al facilities, skill development opportunities, yoga, meditation/prayers, physical fitness, library facilities, legal support, technical advise for gender transition and surgeries, capacity building of trans-friendly organisations, employment and skill-building support, etc.
The ministry has taken the firs🍌t step in improving the conditions of transgender persons and has identified 10 cities to set up 13 shelter homes and extend the facilities to transgender persons, in association with selected 13 co💙mmunity-based organisations in the country on pilot basis.
The citie𒁃s include Vadodara, New Delhi, Patna, Bhubaneswar, Jaipur, Kolkata, Manipur, Chennai, Raipur, Mumbai, etc. The scheme will rehabilitate a minimum of 25 transgender persons in each shelter home identified by the ministry.
This is a pilot project and on its successful completion, similar schemes will be ext🅘ended to other parts of the country.
