Lucknow, Sept. 17 -- After granting transgenders the rights to inherit their ancestral agricultural land, the Uttar Pradesh government has decided to set up a transgender welfare board.
The transgender welfare board will identify transgenders in UP, enlist them, issue identity cards and ensure their enrolment in various educational institutions.
The government also intends to launch different welfare schemes for the community for their social and economic rehabilitation into the mainstream of society.
"The board would work for the welfare and uplift of the transgender community. Along with the state government officers, the board would also include representatives of transgenders and members of social organisations working for their welf...