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Odisha to provide free sanitary pads to school girls

Odisha to provide free sanitary pads to school girls

 Published : Odisha Sun Times

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22-Feb-2019  

The Odisha Government approved ‘Khushi’ Yojana among 28 proposals at a meeting of the Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Shri Naveen Patnaik at the State Secretariat. Under the ‘Khushi’ scheme, the State Government will provide free sanitary pads to girl students of government schools, government-aided schools, Kendriya Vidyalayas and Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas from Class-VI to XII. For this, Rs 466.08 crore will be spent in five years which will benefit 17.25 lakh girl students.

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