The Health Minister said that the Health Department would take up a programme to create more awareness about the use of menstrual cups.
Karnataka government relaunches Shuchi scheme to give free sanitary pads to students; to create awareness on menstrual cups. (Creative Commons)
After it was stalled for the last four years, the Karnataka government on Wednesday, 28 February, re-started the Shuchi scheme for menstrual hygiene by supplying sanitary napkins to around 19 lakh adolescent girls at the school and college levels. The Health Minister said that his Ministry will also launch a programme to create more awareness about the use of menstrual cups.