The Government of India has constituted a Committee to be chaired by the Cabinet Secretary to examine the various issues relating to queer community in compliance to the directive issued by the Supreme Court of India dated 17.10.2023, the Ministry of Law and Justice informed in a notification on Tuesday.

Pursuant to the direction of the Supreme Court, the Central Government has decided to constitute a Committee with the following composition:

The Ministry informed that –

The Committee may co-opt experts and other officers if deemed necessary.

The Committee may examine and submit the recommendation on the following issues:

(i) measures to be taken by the Central Government and the State Governments to ensure that there is no discrimination in access to goods and services to the queer community;

(in) measures to be taken such that queer community do not face any threat of violence, harassment or coercion;

(in) measures to be taken to ensure that queer person are not subjected to involuntary medical treatments, surgeries, etc., including modules to cover mental health of queer persons;

(iv) measures to be taken to ensure that there is no discrimination in access to social welfare entitlements to queer persons;

(v) any other issues as deemed necessary.