ASMITA
SCHEME - GOVERNMENT SCHEME
News:
Maharashtra to cut price
of sanitary napkins for schoolgirls in villages
What's
in the news?
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The Maharashtra government plans to revive
a scheme to provide sanitary napkins at
a subsidised rate to rural schoolgirls and women from self-help groups.
Asmita
Scheme:
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The Asmita scheme provides a packet of
eight sanitary napkins at ₹5 to female students in rural areas.
Recent
Changes:
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The State's Medical Education and Rural
Development Ministry recently reduced the price of an eight-napkin pack from ₹5
to ₹1.
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A provision of 100 crore has been made in
the State budget for the scheme.