NHRC Comments on Draft National Health Policy 2015 2.34 The Commission commented on the Draft National Health Policy 2015 brought out by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. For this purpose, it held a day long meeting with health experts on 30 January 2015 in Vigyan Bhawan Annexe, New Delhi. The main objective of the meeting was to examine how well the Draft Health Policy addressed the human rights concerns of the people of the country. Based on the deliberations, the meeting made valuable recommendations for consideration and inclusion in the National Health Policy by the Government of India. Meeting of NHRC Core Group on Bonded Labour 2.35 The NHRC has constituted a Core Group on Bonded Labour which renders advice to it from time to time on different issues relating to bonded labour. One such meeting was held in the Commission on 28 January 2015. Its main objective was to discuss ways and means of strengthening the implementation of Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Rules, 1976. National Workshop on Human Rights Defenders 2.36 A day long National Workshop on Human Rights Defenders was organized by the NHRC in New Delhi on 19 February 2015. The Workshop took stock of the implementation of its recommendations made earlier during a ‘National Seminar on Human Rights Defenders’ held in 2009 and also with the aim of strengthening the mechanism of protecting human rights defenders and acknowledging their work towards good governance. Reconstitution of NHRC Core Advisory Group on Health 2.37 The NHRC reconstituted its Core Advisory Group on Health on 3 March 2015 having on board prominent health experts with rich experience in varied fields of health representing both the government and non-government sector. Study on Human Rights of Transgender as a Third Gender 2.38 The Commission has undertaken the above research study in collaboration with Kerala Development Society, New Delhi in March 2015. Its main objectives are : (i) study their overall profile and examine whether RGI includes transgender in Census and other enumerations; (ii) examine various kinds of discrimination and human rights violations faced by them including the coping mechanisms; (iii) evaluate the entitlements given to them by Central and State Governments under various schemes/programmes and problems faced by them in accessing those entitlements; (iv) make an analysis of the laws and 16 National Human Right Commission Annual Report - 2014-2015