Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Uma Bharti has requested the skill development ministry to prepare an action plan to give training to women of Self Help Groups for sanitary napkins.
Bharti met the skill development minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday in this regard. After meeting Pradhan, Uma Bharti tweeted, “The women who are going through a menstruation cycle, especially girls in India, have a very big difficulty to get the clean sanitary pads – either they are not available or are expensive. This is a serious issue related to the cleanliness of women. A slight negligence in it affects the health of women. ‘
She has also written, “This problem has affected a large number of women in the country, especially in the villages, girls going to school are facing a lot of difficulty. Therefore, today I have decided to work together with the skill development ministry to create an action plan. ”
While tweeting several tweets after the meeting, Bharti wrote, “Women working in self-help groups in villages and villages can train themselves with skill development and make themselves such pads, which are at affordable rates and Can be made available for free for school going girls. Millions of women will get employment from it.
