India, June 14 -- The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed the Rajasthan government to submit a report within four months on alleged irregularities in the Udaan scheme, an initiative by the Women and Child Development (WCD) department that provided free sanitary napkins to girls and women.

In a letter to the WCD secretary, the NHRC said the commission had received a complaint that the Rajasthan government's Udaan scheme has been non-functional since September 2024 due to administrative delays, and as a result, over 1.23 crore beneficiaries have been denied access to the essential service.

"This interruption poses a serious violation of women's fundamental rights to health, hygiene, and dignity. The allegation made in the...