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In April, the Supreme Court said the issue was of 'immense importance' and that the Centre should engage with all the stakeholders for implementation of a uniform national policy on management of menstrual hygiene in schools.

The people running our system consider themselves to be God and the people as their subjects. A video of Harjot Kaur Bhamra, a senior IAS officer in Bihar, is a living example of this. On Tuesday, at a workshop held in Patna, she reached as the chief guest and during the question answer round, a student asked if the government could not provide sanitary pads worth Rs 20-30. The student had asked this question in such a normal way. But IAS Harjot Kaur responded in an equally unusual way.

A senior IAS officer has courted controversy by making insensitive remarks IAS officer Harjot Kaur Bhamra was asked if the govt can provide sanitary pads for free She heads the Women and Child Development Corporation in Bihar

A woman PhD student from CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory in Pune flagged the lack of a proper sanitary pad disposal mechanism at CSIR institutes in an interaction with Union minister Jitendra Singh.

The group of Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) students has not only invented "reusable and environment-friendly" pads but also employed women from a locality in Madanpur Khadar's Shram Vihar in its manufacturing, as per a PTI report.

Andhra Pradesh has decided to provide free sanitary napkins to adolescent girls studying in govt educational institutions. CM Jagan Mohan Reddy will be launching the "Swechha" (freedom) programme on October 5. Ten sanitary napkins will be given every month to about 10 lakh adolescent girls.

Prakash Javedkar also announced that all habitations with more than 3,000 population will have to make provision for waste management.

There is a very embarrassing incident came into light in Gujarat's Bhuj, where an institute launched a search operation to check menstrual cycle. This happened when sanitary pads found outside girls hostels. Now after the protest, the complaint has been registered against the principal, hostel warden and two women assistant.

On Menstrual Hygiene Day, the actor urged people to help women feel hygienic and safe.

The decision was taken during a meeting of the GST Council, which decided to reduce tax rates on an array of daily use appliances and products. 

The government on Thursday launched biodegradable sanitary napkins which will be available at PMBJP kendras by May 28, 2018.

PadMan was initially slated to release on January 25 but was postponed after the makers of Padmaavat approached Akshay Kumar requesting him to push his film.

“Free napkin, at least GST free napkins, must reach women,” say activists.

Akshay Kumar unveiled the trailer of Padman on Friday. 

The Congress will provide sanitary napkins to girl students in Gujarat free of cost by abolishing GST if voted to power, All India Mahila Congress president Sushmita Dev announced here on Wednesday.

In India, only 12 percent of the 355 million women in menstruating age can afford to use disposable sanitary napkins. 

The ‘Khoobsurat’ star took to Twitter to share a candid pic from the sets of the film which happens to be Twinkle Khanna’s debut production venture.

The National Award winning actor Akshay Kumar has been choosing some interesting scripts which majorly bring out the social issues prevalent in our society. The Khiladi Kumar has begun shoot for his upcoming project 'Padman' which again is based on a man named Arunachalam Muruganantham, whose initiative to invent low-cost sanitary pad making machines in rural India helped not only his wife but other women in his village to lead a hygienic life.

With a production plant that is women-operated, the enterprise produces pads that are sustainable, highly-absorbent and non-toxic.