governments.</p>
<p>•	If States take the lead, the desire for a national anti-discrimination law that covers services and institutions under the Union government’s jurisdiction would be renewed.</p>
<h3>The Kerala Bill:</h3>
<p>•	The draft bill prohibits employers, landlords, traders, service providers, private persons performing public functions, and public authorities, from discriminating on grounds of caste, race, ethnicity, descent, sex, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, sexual orient