National Portal for Transgender Persons 

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• The Government of India has launched the National Portal for Transgender persons. 

• The portal will help the transgender community to apply for identity card and certificate online.

Key Highlights:

• It was developed under the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Rules, 2020. 

• The major benefit of the portal is that the portal will help the transgenders to obtain the certificate without any physical interface. 

• Also, the portal will help the transgenders to get the identity cards in their self-perceived identity which is an important provision of the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019.