Tag: sanitary napkins

Telangana allocates fund to distribute sanitary napkins in schools

In a government order, the Health Department announced that 11 lakh adolescent health kits containing a zipper bag, sanitary napkins, and water bottles will be distributed among the girl students in the next six months.

November 17, 2022

How COVID-19 impacted menstrual hygiene in India’s rural and semi-urban regions

Period poverty is a very real concept in India. According to a March 2020 report of the Ministry of Health, majority of menstruating females in India are largely dependent on unsafe sanitary materials like rags, cloth, hay, sand, and ash as their only alternatives.

February 16, 2021

Padcare Labs and Stand We Speak win Villgro-FPAI Innovation Challenge

Innovation Challenge was launched in October this year in the wake of the rising gap in awareness during COVID-19 pandemic to identify and support start-ups and innovators which are developing technology solutions to sexual and reproductive health challenges such as early diagnosis of pregnancy, polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), ovulation monitoring, eco-friendly disposal of sanitary napkins and multi-lingual sex education.

December 16, 2020

In a first, govt set to offer cheap, commercially produced sanitary napkins in Burdwan (E) block

“Next week we shall kickoff training of the first batch of 25 female members from the Self Help Groups (SHG) for the purpose. Four trainers from Mumbai are scheduled to arrive here for the purpose,” said Mouli Sanyal, Project Officer, SSM in Burdwan (East).

October 5, 2020

Over 5 crore Sanitary Napkins distributed to underprivileged women at price of Rs 1 each: PM Modi

'Government is taking care of the health and hygiene of poor daughters and sisters and has made them available health-related products at an affordable price,' PM said.

August 15, 2020

100 machines for disposal of sanitary napkins in Punjab govt schools

Disclosing this on Tuesday, the health and family welfare minister Balbir Singh Sidhu said that the health department, in coordination with department of education had installed the 100 sanitary incinerators machines in the schools of districts Moga, Muktsar, Bathinda, Fazilka, Faridkot, and SAS Nagar as a pilot project.

October 1, 2019

Punjab school principal, teacher suspended in girls’ stripping incident

School headmaster Kuldeep Kaur and teacher Jyoti have been suspended on the directives of the chief minister Amarinder Singh.

November 6, 2018

Smriti Irani says her ‘sanitary napkins soaked in menstrual blood’ comment is fake news

Union Textile Minister Smriti Irani claimed in a tweet on Tuesday that a particular remark attributed to her on the Sabarimala temple issue is fake news.

October 23, 2018

Women self-help groups to promote sanitary habits

The district administration has come up with a unique project where the women self-help groups are being provided sanitary napkin making machines.

September 17, 2018

Gwalior women’s gesture for flood-hit in Kerala

The people of Gwalior, various organisations and institutions have been despatching lakhs of rupees and goods to Kerala through the district administration.

September 2, 2018

‘Sanitary napkins to be exempt from GST’

Sanitary napkins are taxed 12 per cent tax under the one-year old GST regime, which attracted serious criticism from various quarters.

July 21, 2018

Govt abolishes GST on sanitary napkins

In what comes as a major boost for women in the country and would go a long way to ensure the success of heath programmes centred on women, the Union Government decided on Saturday that there will be no Goods and Services Tax (GST) on sanitary napkins.

July 21, 2018

Ban those taboos, period!

Conversation around menstruation is avoided in India even today. One cannot openly discuss the problems related to something as natural as menstruation as it is considered embarrassing, dirty and impure. In fact, poor menstrual hygiene is behind nearly 70 per cent of all reproductive diseases.

March 8, 2018

Improper disposal of sanitary napkins a worry: Maneka Gandhi

Union Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi on Tuesday raised concern over disposal of sanitary napkins, saying improper disposal can lead to serious consequences. “They are often disposed of in ponds, rivers which leads to blockage of drains. And if disposed on the ground, it creates hygiene problems as it carries infection,” Gandhi said...

February 20, 2018

Pad Man inspires BJP MP Anurag Thakur

Moved by the theme of ‘Pad Man’ featuring Akshay Kumar, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Anurag Thakur has initiated a campaign in his Hamirpur constituency to ensure that all the women have access to affordable sanitary napkins for better menstrual health. Thakur said the Self Help Groups of Women and Mahila Mandals in Hamirpur Parliamentary...

February 5, 2018

No extra tax on sanitary napkins under GST: Government

Refuting reports that levy on sanitary napkins has been raised under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime, the Finance Ministry on 10 July said the tax incidence on these will remain the same or lower. "There are some remarks made by various column writers on GST rate on sanitary napkins. It may be mentioned...

July 11, 2017

Disposable sanitary napkins mess up health and hygiene

Long-lasting, comfortable, stain-free and affordable are the thoughts that come to every woman's mind when she picks up a disposable sanitary napkin. What doesn't occur to most women is that over a billion of these non-compostable sanitary pads are making their way into sewerage systems, landfills, fields and water bodies in India every month, posing...

June 4, 2017