Lucknow, Sept. 19 -- All girl students studying in government schools from grades VI to XII will now be provided with free sanitary napkins.
The Yogi Adityanath government will not limit this to government schools. Arrangements will be made to provide free sanitary napkins to girls studying in government-aided schools, as well as school dropouts and out-of-school adolescent girls.
For the first time in the state, work will be done to develop a state-level policy integrating various schemes and facilities related to menstrual health and hygiene.
This decision was made at a meeting of the State-Level Menstrual Health and Hygiene Committee, formed to enhance the effectiveness of menstrual health and hygiene services for adolescent girls and...