In April-2014, Hon’ble Supreme Court of India delivered a landmark judgment granting the Transgender Community the right to be identified as Third Gender and the National and State Governments were instructed to take proper actions for mainstreaming and development of the Community. On this backdrop the State Government constituted West Bengal Transgender Development Board and adopted West Bengal Transgender Development Board Regulation, 2015 Vide Notification No. 1726-SW/4S-54/MOS/WCDSW/14, dated 17.04.2015 under the aegis of the Department of WCD&SW.
Now, the State Government has resolved to reconstitute the Board by the name West Bengal Transgender Persons Development Board (WBTGPDB) and to adopt Regulation for constitution, management and functioning of the Board, which may be called West Bengal Transgender Persons Development Board Regulation, 2020 Vide Notification No. 1053-Estt.42/18 TGDB (Pt-1) dated 26.02.2020. It extends to the whole of the Sta............
