NCRB To Have Separate Gender Category For 'Transgenders' In Records

The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) has decided to put 'transgender' as a separate category under the gender classification form in its prison statistics 2020. The NCRB has informed the Delhi High Court against a PIL filed by a law graduate Karan Tripathi, which sought a third-gender classification in the statistics. Karan, in his plea, highlighted the mistreatment and denial of necessities to the third-genders, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.