Employment Opportunities for Transgenders in Armed Forces
Recently, the Indian Armed Forces decided to look at possible employment opportunities for transgender and the roles they could perform, while examining the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019 and its implications.
- A joint study group constituted by the Principal Personnel Officers Committee (PPOC) was tasked with suggesting a way forward for the implementation of the Act in the defence forces.
Rationale
- While no transgender persons are currently employed in the Armed Forces, a report presented by the Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice to Rajya Sabha on August 3, 2023, proposed that the Ministry of Home ....
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