{"id":56682,"date":"2018-03-14T05:07:28","date_gmt":"2018-03-14T05:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.i-believe.org\/?p=56682"},"modified":"2018-03-14T05:07:28","modified_gmt":"2018-03-14T05:07:28","slug":"indian-government-launches-biodegradable-sanitary-napkins-for-rs-2-50-each","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-believe.org\/gbrifoundation\/2018\/03\/14\/indian-government-launches-biodegradable-sanitary-napkins-for-rs-2-50-each\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian government launches biodegradable sanitary napkins for Rs. 2.50 each"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the occasion of International Women&#8217;s Day, the Indian government launched\u00a0oxo-biodegradable sanitary pads named &#8216;Suvidha&#8217; for just Rs. 2.50 each. The sanitary pads will be\u00a0available across the country at 3,200 Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi centers. They&#8217;ll be available in packs of four priced at Rs. 10 each.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the launch, Union Minister for Chemicals &amp; Fertilizers and Parliamentary Affairs Ananth Kumar said, &#8216;this affordable sanitary pad will promote hygiene, ease of disposal as well as keep the environment clean&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>The Suvidha\u00a0pads will be available by May 28, 2018 which is also World Menstrual Hygiene Day.\u00a0Majority of women in rural areas in India still do not use a hygienic method of menstrual protection.\u00a0According to National Family Health Survey- 4 (2015-2016), 62% young women in the country in the age group 15 to 24 years still use cloth for menstrual protection.<\/p>\n<p>Read full news here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/india-news\/on-womens-day-government-launches-biodegradable-sanitary-pads-for-rs-2-50-1821538\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/india-news\/on-womens-day-government-launches-biodegradable-sanitary-pads-for-rs-2-50-1821538<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the occasion of International Women&#8217;s Day, the Indian government launched\u00a0oxo-biodegradable sanitary pads named &#8216;Suvidha&#8217; for just Rs. 2.50 each. The sanitary pads will be\u00a0available across the country at 3,200 Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi centers. They&#8217;ll be available in packs of four priced at Rs. 10 each. Speaking at the launch, Union Minister for Chemicals [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56683,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[85],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-believe.org\/gbrifoundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-believe.org\/gbrifoundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-believe.org\/gbrifoundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-believe.org\/gbrifoundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-believe.org\/gbrifoundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/i-believe.org\/gbrifoundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56682\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-believe.org\/gbrifoundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-believe.org\/gbrifoundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-believe.org\/gbrifoundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-believe.org\/gbrifoundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}