The Jharkhand government recruited a transgender person from the West Singhbhum district as a community health officer. It marked a historic first.
Jharkhand Government made history
Amir Mahato was happy to get the appointment letter from Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Thursday. Mahato was one of the 365 applicants hired by the National Health Mission. She finished her nursing education at Sambalpur village. Mahato stated that financial limitations at home prevented her from pursuing her dream of becoming a nurse, despite her mother’s wishes. Mahato’s appointment made Jharkhand, along with West Bengal, Bihar, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu, one of the few states with a law permitting the employment of transgender people to positions in government agencies. The Jharkhand Cabinet approved the plan to allocate seats for transgender people in September of last year. The state administration has planned to reserve a seat for the third gender in government posts and educational institutions under the OBC quota.
