Providing menstrual leave at work is seen by many as a way to help women balance self-care and work commitments for a healthier work life. Many women have expressed dismay and frustration at Union Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani’s remark that menstrual leave for women was not needed. In a recent session of […]
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The Shuchi Scheme is suspended for the past few years due to pandemic and financial constraints. The Shuchi Scheme, which provides free sanitary napkins to adolescent girls in government schools of Karnataka, misses the October deadline set by the Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Dinesh Gundu Rao. The scheme, started in 2014, was suspended from 2019 […]
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Government schools in Bengaluru do not receive sanitary napkins under various health schemes like Shuchi, and MHS. Bengaluru: Government schools that are beneficiaries of schemes like Shuchi, and Menstrual Health Scheme (MHS) are not receiving benefits of these schemes. The schools did not receive sanitary napkins from the state government after 2018. Bharathi, the Head […]
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Central government’s decision to nearly give away sanitary pads at Re. 1 is a radical revision, but only if they are available at the Jan Aushadhi Stores. By Jagriti Parakh Right after the central government slashed the price by 60 per cent of the biodegradable sanitary pads, branded Suvidha, nearly 60 per cent Jan Aushadhi […]
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