Swechha Program Launched by state Government of Andhra Pradesh
Highlights:
- Swechha Program launched by Y.S Jagan Mohan Reddy, Andhra Chief Minister, to handle the strain around Menstruation.
- The program aims to prioritize female personal hygiene and encourage a healthy dialogue of information on Menstruation.
- Swechha is formed to ensure affordable access to health and menstrual hygiene in adolescent girls and women.
- Good quality sanitary napkins will be provided to the female students by the state government at government institutions for free.
- Ten sanitary napkins will be given each month to about 10 lakh adolescent girls studying from 7th-12th grades in government schools and intermediate colleges across the state at a financial expense of INR 32 crores.
- A total of 120 napkins annually is allotted to each female student.
- Even during summer vacations, the students are provided with their share before they leave school.
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