The Twelfth Five Year Plan (2012-17); Social Sectors, Volume III has a section on transgender communities as follows:
The Twelfth Plan proposed empowerment of the transgender community by advocating that line Ministries support their education, housing, access to healthcare, skill development, employment opportunities and financial assistance. Identification will be provided for transgendered persons in all Government and non-Government records by introducing a separate column to include the third gender. The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment along with the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation will determine the number of transgendered persons in India, map their socio-economic status in order to create a law to protect interests of the community and improve their living conditions.”
