Govt planning free pad campaign

Kathmandu: Vice Chairman of the National Planning Commission Biswanath Poudel has stated that the government is aiming to provide free pads for women.

Speaking at a meeting of the Women and Social Affairs Committee under the Federal Parliament House of Representatives on Wednesday, Poudel said that the government was distributing free menstrual pads in schools and now it would bring budget, policies and programs to distribute free of cost to all women.