BENGALURU: Shuchi, the Karnataka government’s programme to promote menstrual hygiene among schoolgirls, is dogged by logistics issues which are undermining its objectives. While the programme envisages distribution of free sanitary napkins to adolescent girls, the enabling atmosphere is missing in most government and aided schools and hostels. No access to water, lack of soaps to wash hands, absence of paper …
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Scotland’s free Pads/Tampons show the true mark of an Evolved Civilization
This week, Scotland became the first nation in the world to guarantee free sanitary products to all students at schools, colleges, and universities. It’s part of a £5.2 million ($6.7 million) government plan to fight “period poverty”—the problems faced by women who struggle to cover their basic needs while menstruating. That Scotland has taken the initiative to do so, particularly …
A sanitary pad DOESN’T disclose ingredients: Know what goes inside it! – Times of India
In a country where even the usage of sanitary pads is getting universalized yet, how can we get to the point of discussing its ingredients? Though it’s no more an awkward moment for the urban Indian millennial to go and purchase a sanitary napkin, things are not the same in rural India. However, this is not what the debate-in-question is …
A sanitary pad DOESN’T disclose ingredients: Know what goes inside it!
Though it’s no more an awkward moment for the urban Indian millennial to go and purchase a sanitary napkin, things are not the same in rural India. However, this is not what the debate-in-question is about. This debate is, in fact, questioning the very righteousness of these sanitary pads. If you know, sanitary pad manufacturing companies are not required by law to …
After year-long protest, Sanitary Napkins exempted from GST
“Sanitary napkins will be exempted from Goods & Services Tax,” said Finance Minister Piyush Goyal while addressing a press conference in Delhi following 28th meeting of GST Council. The demand to exclude sanitary napkin from the GST has been going on for a long time. (File photo) Conceding a year-long demand, the GST Council on Saturday decided to exempt sanitary …