Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2016
Q. Which of the following is/are true regarding draft Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2016?
1. Transgenders who are not SCs, STs or OBCs by birth will not get reservation under those categories and will be included in a new category.
2. It proposed imprisonment of at least six months - and not more than two years - along with a penalty for people found guilty of forcing or causing a transgender person to leave his/her house or village.- Published on 26 Jul 16a. Only 1
b. Only 2
c. Both 1 and 2
d. Neither 1 nor 2
ANSWER: Only 2
- According to the 2011 Census, India has 6 lakh people belonging to the transgender community.
- After the new law comes into force, forcing a transgender to leave a village or residence, forcibly removing their clothes and parading them naked, or inciting them to beg or do similar forms of bonded labour, will be treated as atrocities and violence against them. These acts will be punishable with imprisonment up to two years, along with a fine.
- It proposed imprisonment of at least six months - and not more than two years - along with a penalty for people found guilty of harming or injuring their physical or mental well-being.
- The draft Bill included a chapter detailing a series of offences that will be treated as atrocity and violence against transgenders.
- The draft Bill also said that transgenders who by birth do not belong to Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes may be declared members of the Backward Classes, and would be entitled to reservation under the existing ceiling for OBCs.
