delhiUpdated: Aug 26, 2020 02:29 ISTWhen the words ‘menstrual hygiene’ were recently heard from the Red Fort as part of Prime Minister’s Independence Day speech, it was surely a first. Our @PMOIndia talking about sanitary pads in his Independence Day speech today is true progress...made menstruation a mainstream topic. Also kudos to the government who has so far distributed sanitary pads to about 5 crore women at Re. She adds, “PM Modi is the only PM who spoke about menstrual hygiene on such an important day. So, we decided to help women have menstrual hygiene by offering them free sanitary pads.

Source: Hindustan Times August 25, 2020 20:59 UTC