UP, like Bihar, to issue free sanitary napkins for all its girl students

The UP government has taken a decision to issue sanitary napkins to its 28 lakh adolescent girls who miss out on school every month due to the monthly cycle of menstruation. Apart from this, nearly over 19 lakh are unable to complete their education because of menstruation. Therefore, in order to ensure that the dropout among girls is arrested, the UP government has decided to provide free sanitary napkins to all girls studying in government and government-aided schools across the state. This has been reported in economictimes.indiatimes.com dated 29 May 2015.

The proposal has been approved by the state cabinet and it is hoped that the scheme can roll out by July when schools reopen after summer break. Under the scheme called Kishori Suraksha Yojana, each girl would be entitled to one pack of 10 sanitary napkins every month. A similar decision had been taken by the Bihar government last year as reported in hindu.com dated 14 February 2014. In order to boost girls’ education and check the dropout rate in higher classes, the Bihar government took a decision to distribute sanitary napkins in State-run schools. Free sanitary napkins will be given every month to every girl in secondary and higher secondary schools and the Bihar government had earmarked Rs.32 crore annually for this scheme. Moreover, to improve cleanliness, there would be dustbins provided for disposal of the napkins. Under the provisions of the plan, the estimated cost would be around Rs.100 per girl for a year and the government would tie up with local self-help groups to manufacture the sanitary napkins. The scheme would cover girls from Class seven to Class 12. (Image courtesy wikimediacommons.org)

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