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Menstrual Supplies Under PDS
November 22 , 2025
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- The Madras High Court asked the Tamil Nadu government to respond to a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) about supplying sanitary pads through ration shops.
- The PIL was about providing free or subsidised sanitary pads through the Public Distribution System (PDS).
- The petition said many women use unhygienic materials during their periods due to economic problems, a condition called period poverty.
- It requested that at least 25 disposable sanitary pads per month be provided to every family through fair price shops.
- The use of dirty cloth materials, papers, tissues, rags and leaves as a menstruation supply is known as ‘period poverty’.
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