Happy Women’s Day! Govt launches biodegradable sanitary pad at Rs 2.50
As a part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s promise of delivering health products at affordable costs, the government International Women’s Day launched low cost biodegradable sanitary napkins. They will be available across 586 Indian districts through central medicine distribution outlets. Called “Suvidha”, it is a four napkin set that will cost only 10 rupees and is biodegradable too. “From the average price of Rs 8 a napkin we are bringing down the cost to RS 2.50. These are the first set of biodegradable sanitary napkins to be available in the market. These are much cheaper than Stayfree, Carefree and Whisper pads available in the markets,” Minister for chemicals and fertilisers Ananth Kumar said. The Suvidha napkins can be bought at all 3,200 jan aushadhi stores across 586 districts and are easy to use and dispose. -PTC News
