Equal banking rights for LGBTQ: Is it pink-washing?
The Free Press Journal|August 31, 2024
GENDER INCLUSIVITY | While some hail decision; others dub it as inconsequential move
Manoj Ramakrishnan
Equal banking rights for LGBTQ: Is it pink-washing?

Gay persons can open joint bank accounts and name their partner as a nominee for the funds, the Union finance ministry said in an advisory issued on August 28. The advisory adds that the Reserve Bank of India also issued a clarification to all banks on the subject.

The advisory is the result of the October 17, 2023 Supreme Court order in the Supriyo Chakraborty case when a five-member bench declined to grant marriage rights to queer people under current laws.

However, the court accepted a government proposal to set up a panel headed by the cabinet secretary to consider granting LGBTQ couples other rights and privileges available to heterosexual couples in public services like banking. The committee has been holding consultation sessions with the queer community, including one held a month ago in New Delhi.

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