Bihar Govt to provide Free Sanitary Napkins to School Girls

Patna: Bihar Government has decided to provide free sanitary napkins to all school girls in the state. Girls upto higher secondary classes would be benefitted under this scheme. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar announced recently that this scheme would be implemented from April this year.

Last Year, the state Government had announced to distribute sanitary napkins to girls by organizing camps in schools. However as per new policy, they would be provided the cash amount every month to purchase napkins

Almost 4 Million School Girls are expected to be benefited from this scheme. Apart from boosting girls’ education and stem the dropout rate in higher classes it will also help improve health and hygiene of schoolgirls.