Students take a look at the ‘green’ napkins in Bengaluru on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: V. Sreenivasa Murthymore-inThe Union government launched biodegradable sanitary napkins to mark World Environment Day on Tuesday. These pads will be available in 103 generic medicine stores across the country on a pilot basis. Following this, we will ensure that the pads are available in all primary health centres and government hospitals in the respective States,” Mr. Kumar said. The sanitary pads were later distributed to students from four schools.

Source: The Hindu June 05, 2018 16:07 UTC