The Section 8 (2) of the The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act 2019 provides that the appropriate Government shall take such welfare measures to protect rights and interest of transgender persons and facilitate their access to welfare schemes framed by that Government.
The Rule 10 (5) and 10(9) of The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Rules 2020 provides for washrooms for transgender persons in establishments and envisages this responsibility on appropriate government. The Rule 12 (4) also provides that every establishment shall implement equal opportunity policy including infrastructure facilities such as unisex toilets. The sub-scheme “Central Sector Scheme for Comprehensive Rehabilitation for Welfare of Transgender Persons” of SMILE scheme also has provision for creating trans-safe toilets.
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has stated that there is a provision under the operational guidelines of Swachh Bharat Mission – Urban 2.0 to construct separate toilets for trans-genders. The scheme is implemented through State/UTs. Hence, it is the responsibility of the concerned State Governments/ Administrations/ ULBs to implement the projects including construction and maintenance of washroom for transgenders. The data/ information in respect of construction of toilets for transgender is not maintained separately. The State/UT-wise details of constructed individual household toilets and community/public toilets which includes toilets for transgender persons are given at Annexure-I.
Section 11 of The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act 2019 provides that every establishment shall designate a person to be a complaint officer to deal with the complaints relating to violation of the provisions of this Act. A direction in this regard has been issued to States/ UTs for appointing the nodal officer for grievance redressal.
“Central Sector Scheme for Comprehensive Rehabilitation for Welfare of Transgender Persons” a sub-component of SMILE scheme provides that “The appropriate government shall constitute a welfare board for the transgender persons for the purpose of protecting their rights and interest of, and facilitating access to schemes and welfare measures framed by the government, in order to provide assistance to various projects from departments, NGOs, State Government.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Shri A. Narayanaswamy in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.
Annexure-I
Individual Household Latrines (IHHL)
|
S. No. |
Name of States/ UTs |
Individual Household Toilets, Nos. |
|
|
Mission Target |
Completed |
||
|
1 |
Andhra Pradesh |
1,93,426 |
2,43,764 |
|
2 |
Andaman and Nicobar |
336 |
336 |
|
3 |
Arunachal Pradesh |
12,252 |
9,743 |
|
4 |
Assam |
75,720 |
78,214 |
|
5 |
Bihar |
3,83,079 |
3,93,613 |
|
6 |
Chandigarh |
4,282 |
6,117 |
|
7 |
Chhattisgarh |
3,00,000 |
3,26,429 |
|
8 |
Dadra Nagar Haveli & Daman Diu UT |
1,878 |
2,378 |
|
9 |
Delhi |
5,000 |
725 |
|
10 |
Goa |
8,020 |
3,800 |
|
11 |
Gujarat |
4,06,388 |
5,60,046 |
|
12 |
Haryana |
71,000 |
66,638 |
|
13 |
Himachal Pradesh |
11,266 |
6,743 |
|
14 |
Jammu and Kashmir |
59,600 |
51,246 |
|
15 |
Jharkhand |
1,61,713 |
2,18,686 |
|
16 |
Karnataka |
3,50,000 |
3,93,278 |
|
17 |
Kerala |
29,578 |
37,207 |
|
18 |
Ladakh |
400 |
410 |
|
19 |
Madhya Pradesh |
5,12,380 |
5,79,642 |
|
20 |
Maharashtra |
6,29,819 |
7,14,978 |
|
21 |
Manipur |
43,644 |
40,148 |
|
22 |
Meghalaya |
5,066 |
1,604 |
|
23 |
Mizoram |
16,441 |
12,607 |
|
24 |
Nagaland |
23,427 |
20,448 |
|
25 |
Odisha |
1,32,509 |
1,51,341 |
|
26 |
Puducherry |
5,681 |
5,162 |
|
27 |
Punjab |
1,02,000 |
1,03,683 |
|
28 |
Rajasthan |
3,61,753 |
3,68,515 |
|
29 |
Sikkim |
1,587 |
1,527 |
|
30 |
Tamil Nadu |
4,37,543 |
5,23,089 |
|
31 |
Telangana |
1,63,508 |
1,57,165 |
|
32 |
Tripura |
19,464 |
21,757 |
|
33 |
Uttar Pradesh |
8,28,237 |
8,97,697 |
|
34 |
Uttarakhand |
27,640 |
25,701 |
|
35 |
West Bengal |
5,15,000 |
2,82,542 |
|
|
Total |
58,99,637 |
63,06,979 |
Community and Public Toilets
|
S. No. |
Name of States/ UTs |
Total Community and Public toilets (No. of seats) |
|
|
Mission Target |
Completed |
||
|
1 |
Andhra Pradesh |
21,464 |
17,799 |
|
2 |
Andaman and Nicobar |
126 |
609 |
|
3 |
Arunachal Pradesh |
387 |
89 |
|
4 |
Assam |
3,554 |
3,356 |
|
5 |
Bihar |
26,439 |
28,677 |
|
6 |
Chandigarh |
976 |
2,512 |
|
7 |
Chhattisgarh |
17,796 |
18,832 |
|
8 |
Dadra Nagar Haveli & Daman Diu UT |
219 |
615 |
|
9 |
Delhi |
11,138 |
28,256 |
|
10 |
Goa |
507 |
1,270 |
|
11 |
Gujarat |
31,010 |
24,149 |
|
12 |
Haryana |
10,393 |
11,374 |
|
13 |
Himachal Pradesh |
876 |
1,700 |
|
14 |
Jammu and Kashmir |
3,585 |
3,451 |
|
15 |
Jharkhand |
12,366 |
9,643 |
|
16 |
Karnataka |
34,839 |
36,556 |
|
17 |
Kerala |
4,801 |
2,872 |
|
18 |
Ladakh |
194 |
194 |
|
19 |
Madhya Pradesh |
40,230 |
29,867 |
|
20 |
Maharashtra |
59,706 |
1,66,465 |
|
21 |
Manipur |
620 |
581 |
|
22 |
Meghalaya |
362 |
152 |
|
23 |
Mizoram |
491 |
1,324 |
|
24 |
Nagaland |
478 |
238 |
|
25 |
Odisha |
17,800 |
12,211 |
|
26 |
Puducherry |
1,204 |
836 |
|
27 |
Punjab |
10,924 |
11,522 |
|
28 |
Rajasthan |
26,364 |
31,300 |
|
29 |
Sikkim |
142 |
268 |
|
30 |
Tamil Nadu |
59,921 |
92,744 |
|
31 |
Telangana |
15,543 |
15,465 |
|
32 |
Tripura |
586 |
1,089 |
|
33 |
Uttar Pradesh |
63,451 |
70,370 |
|
34 |
Uttarakhand |
2,611 |
4,694 |
|
35 |
West Bengal |
26,484 |
5,746 |
|
|
Total |
5,07,587 |
6,36,826 |
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