Rajasthan Budget 2021: Women To Get Free Sanitary Pads Across State

Sanitary pads Rajasthan: The Rajasthan budget for the year 2021-22 was presented by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot in the Rajasthan Legislative assembly at 11 AM on Wednesday.

According to the budget, the government has decided on providing free sanitary napkins to women (especially women from rural areas) under the 'Free Medicine Scheme.' About 200 crore rupees have been allocated for this scheme. The government has indeed put a lot of emphasis on key areas such as health and medical facilities among others.

Good news. #RajasthanBudget

Now women across #Rajasthan can get sanitary napkins (free of cost) under the states free medicine scheme.

200 crores allocated for this scheme.

— Tabeenah Anjum (@TabeenahAnjum) February 24, 2021

Rajasthan budget 2018: Vasundhara Raje Had Implementated The Menstrual Hygiene Scheme (MHS)

A similar scheme for distributing sanitary napkins was introduced by the former CM of Rajasthan Vasundhara Raje in 2018. This scheme was introduced to provide pads to girls in schools, colleges, anganwadi centres, etc.

Rajasthan budget 2021 goes paperless

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— Ashok Gehlot (@ashokgehlot51) February 24, 2021

This budget is one of its kind as it is the state's first paperless budget, and also the third budget of the Congress-led government. "The state budget 2021-22 will be paperless this time. And the legislators will be provided soft copies of the budget speech and other related documents in tablets instead of hard copies," said a senior official from the states financial department.

Besides this, CM Ashok Gehlot also announced that his government will introduce a universal health care scheme for which ₹3,500 crores will be allocated. New nursing colleges will also be established in 25 districts. A  'Ghar Ghar Aushadi Yojana' will also be introduced for encouraging the use of herbs such as tulsi and giloy in households.