Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment B.L. Verma speaks in the Rajya Sabha during the winter session of the Parliament, in New Delhi on December 3, 2025. Screengrab: Sansad TV via ANI Video
The Union Government on Wednesday (December 3, 2025) told Parliament that it had no data on the employment of transgender people in the Central Government.
The government was responding to direct questions on the representation of transgender people in the ministries and departments of the Union Government.
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In reply to the question by CPI(M) member A.A. Rahim in the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment B.L. Verma said the department had issued an “Equal Opportunity Policy for Transgender Persons” for all Central Government ministries and departments, but that “no data regarding employment of transgender persons are maintained”.
Mr. Verma said the Department of Social Justice and Empowerment ensured employment opportunities for transgender people through the National Institute of Social Defence, adding that since 2022-23, it had helped place 223 transgender people in various jobs.
The last Census conducted in 2011 had counted over 4.8 lakh transgender people in India.
Published – December 03, 2025 11:18 pm IST
