2019
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Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad
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Smt Nirmala Sitharaman
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Shri Piyush Goyal
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Shri Dharmendra Pradhan
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Sikkim government is set to announce a scheme (Bahini) to install vending machines to provide free sanitary pads. This is the first time that a state government has taken a decision to cover all girls studying in Classes 9-12.
Detailed explanation-2: -The scheme was initially implemented in 2011 in 107 selected districts in 17 States wherein a pack of six sanitary napkins called “Freedays” was provided to rural adolescent girls for Rs. 6.
Detailed explanation-3: -The credit for much of this goes to one man: Muruganantham Arunachalam. He set out to create a low-cost sanitary pad, and succeeded. He then made it his mission to ensure every Indian woman has access to sanitary pads during her periods.
Detailed explanation-4: -Kumbalanghi, which won acclaim as India’s first model tourism village, is set to become the country’s first sanitary-napkin-free panchayat.