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In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 16 of the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019 (40 of 2019) the Central Government hereby constitutes a National Council for Transgender Persons consisting of the following members, with effect from the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette, namely-
I. Union Minister, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment- Chairperson (ex-officio);
II. Minister of State, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment- Vice-Chairperson (ex-officio);
III. Ex-Officio Members:
- Secretary, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
- Representatives not below the rank of a Joint Secretary, in the following Ministries/Departments:
- Health and Family Welfare
- Home Affairs
- Housing and Urban Affairs
- Minority Affairs
- Human Resources Development
- Rural Development
- Labor and Employment
- Department of Legal Affairs
- Department of Pensions and Pensioners Welfare and
- National Institute for Transforming India Aayog
- Representatives of the following Commissions not below the rank of Joint Secretary:
- National Human Rights Commission
- National Commission for Women
IV. Nominated Members:
- Representatives of the State Governments and Union territories by rotation, one each from the North, South, East, West, and North-East regions
- Representative of UT Administration of Jammu & Kashmir- North
- Representative of State Government of Andhra Pradesh- South
- Representative of State Government of Odisha- East
- Representative of State Government of Gujarat- West
- Representative of State Government of Tripura- North-East
- Five Representatives of the transgender community, one each from the North, South, East, West, and North-East regions: Shri Laxmi Narayan Tripathi- North Region
- Shri Gopi Shankar Madurai- South Region
- Ms. Meera Parida-East Region
- Ms. Zainab Javid Patel-West Region
- Shri Kak Chingtabam Shyamcand Sharma- North East Region
- Five experts, to represent non-governmental organizations or associations, working for the welfare of transgender persons:
- Shri Aryan Pasha
- Shri Vihaan Peethambar
- Ms. Reshma Prasad
- Shri Patel Chandubhai Ganeshdas
V. Member Secretary (ex-officio): Joint Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment dealing with the welfare of transgender persons.