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<ul><li>The Indian government has started installing sanitary pad dispensers and incinerators for women in CRPF (<keyword id="76600" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Central-Reserve-Police-Force">Central Reserve Police Force</keyword>). </li><li>The first of its kind ‘gender sensitive’ Budget sanctioned ₹21 million to install nearly 288 pad vending machines, and an equal number of disposal units for sanitary napkins. </li><li>The CRPF will also install nearly 800 steel stands for drying clothes, especially for the women personnel. </li><li>CRPF has over 300,000 personnel — including 8,000 women personnel in the combat.</li></ul>The Indian government started installing sanitary pad dispensers and incinerators for women in combat, according to a<a href="https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/crpf-gets-sanction-to-install-sanitary-pad-dispensers-for-women-in-combat-1571932-2019-07-21"> PTI report</a>. Seeded in 2018 during the National Conference for Women in Police, the move aims to create better work conditions for ‘mahila battalions’ in the CRPF (Central Reserve Police Force). The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has allocated ₹21 million to its ‘gender sensitive’ budget. It aims to install nearly 288 pad vending machines and an equal number of disposal units for sanitary napkins. As many as 8,000 women are a part of India’s <keyword id="64987" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Paramilitary-forces">paramilitary forces</keyword>. In fact, the CRPF will also install nearly 800 steel stands for drying clothes, especially for the women personnel. The Home Ministry estimates a cumulative cost of nearly ₹300,000 for each sanitary pad vending machine, disposal unit and drying stand. “The sanction will help the force in ensuring better living and operating conditions for the over 8,000 women personnel who are in combat,” the ministry noted in the official sanction orders. The Defence Research and Development Organisation(DRDO) and CRPF also have plans to introduce women protectors for women in the battalion. Overall, the CRPF has over <a href="http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2019/jul/21/in-a-first-crpf-to-install-sanitary-pad-dispensers-for-women-in-combat-2007290.html">300,000 personnel</a>, including several employed in conflicted or naxal areas of the country such as Jammu and Kashmir. The ministry also said that the same will be used in other Indian forces as well. The idea to create a work environment for women in ‘Khaki’ was originated on the sidelines of a study on the issues of health, privacy and challenges faced by women personnel at workplace. The study was conducted by Renuka Mishra, IPS officer and additional director general (ADG) in Uttar Pradesh. The survey painted a dismal picture of women in police forces and highlighted their struggles to keep up with their jobs. Some of them carry on without drinking water so as to avoid urination as workplaces lack basic necessities. In fact, the women personnel dispose used napkins in a pit. "The women personnel said it was difficult for them to dry their inner wear due to lack of facilities. Clothes remain damp as they did not dry due to lack of sunlight, and led to urinary tract infections in women," Mishra told news agency PTI. See also: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/world-menstrual-hygiene-day-indian-startups-that-are-working-on-menstruation/articleshow/69540331.cms">In a country where menstruation is still a taboo, Indian startups are breaking stereotypes</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/odisha-celebrates-menstruation-and-womanhood-with-raja-festival/articleshow/69783157.cms">Amidst taboos against menstruation, this Indian state celebrates it with a 3-day long festival</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/Not-for-the-faint-hearted-More-CRPF-jawans-die-of-heart-attacks-than-Naxal-attacks/articleshow/47232175.cms">Not for the faint-hearted: More CRPF jawans die of heart attacks than Naxal attacks</a>

India sets aside money for 288 sanitary pad vending machines for the 8000 women in paramilitary forces

Ajmer, the quintessential Rajasthan city, has decided to put hygiene as a top priority in its agenda, for which it has launched the 'Sanitary Napkins Vending Machine', at 'Janana hospital'. 
 
In the coming future, about 70 such machines will be placed at various places including jails, bus stand, polytechnic colleges, schools and other area, thus making Ajmer the first Indian city to have these machines in a huge quantity. 
 
"In view of the stigma and social taboo associated with sanitary napkins, majority of the girls/women, feel embarrassed and hesitate to go to the commonly known outlets for sanitary napkins, manned and often crowded by men, resulting in unsafe practices, and use of unhygienic materials during menstrual periods. Thus, vending machine would be a good solution," said District collector Gaurav Goyal. 
 
"We have ordered for 70 such machines in total which would be installed at girl's colleges, schools, Women Polytechnic College, Jail and other parts of the district. More such machines would be installed at Beawar, Kishangarh and Naseerabad areas," Goyal added, thus hinting at his plans to cover the whole district. 
 
These machines, manufactured by Hindustan Lifecare Limited (formerly known as Hindustan Latex Limited), a government of India initiative, require the user to insert Rs 10, after which they would get 3 sanitary napkins. 
 
Not only this, ‘Sanitary Napkin Incinerators’ are also to be attached with these vending machines to solve the problem of disposal of safe napkins. 
 
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Ajmer becomes the first Indian city to launch vending machines for sanitary napkins at huge scale

<ul><li>Healthtech startup <keyword id="10704064" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="padcare" source="Orion">PadCare</keyword> bagged a joint deal from four sharks on Shark Tank India at ₹1 crore for 4% equity. </li><li>One sanitary <keyword id="791337" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="napkin" source="Orion">napkin</keyword> takes 500 to 800 years to decompose and 98% of sanitary napkins go into landfills and water bodies, claims the founder. </li><li>PadCare, which works to create a menstrual hygiene management ecosystem, offers three products- <keyword id="16342957" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="padcare-bin" source="Orion">PadCare bin</keyword>, PadCare X and PadCare Vend. </li><li>The startup’s PadCare bins’ clients include Facebook, Capgemini and Goldman Sachs. </li></ul><keyword id="16342956" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="rekha-dhariya" source="Orion">Rekha Dhariya</keyword>, a mother from Mhasla, a small village in Maharashtra, did not neglect her eight-year-old son Ajinkya’s question about what a sanitary napkin was, after he had watched a television ad. The boy went on to found PadCare Labs- a startup that develops sustainable sanitary disposal technologies. On the business reality show Shark Tank India Season 2, PadCare bagged a joint deal from four sharks – securing ₹1 crore for 4% equity. <keyword id="544908" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="namita-thapar" source="Orion">Namita Thapar</keyword> (executive director, Emcure Pharmaceuticals),<a href="https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/television/shark-tank-india-2-peyush-bansal-floored-by-broomees-founders-video-8415980/"> Peyush Bansal</a> (co-founder, CEO Lenskart), <keyword id="246967" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="vineeta-singh" source="Orion">Vineeta Singh</keyword> (co-founder, CEO of Sugar Cosmetics) and <keyword id="127971" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="anupam-mittal" source="Orion">Anupam Mittal</keyword> (co-founder of Shaadi.com) were the sharks who invested in the startup. “One sanitary napkin takes 500 to 800 years to decompose and 98% of sanitary napkins go into landfills and water bodies. They are also burnt at 800 degrees with a process called incineration, producing hazardous waste, toxic smell and smoke,” said 26-year-old <keyword id="16342958" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="ajinkya-dhariya" source="Orion">Ajinkya Dhariya</keyword> on Shark Tank India. Earlier while working for ISRO as an R&amp;D engineer, Dhariya visited a landfill in Pune, and saw rag pickers picking up sanitary waste and diapers with their bare hands. This is how healthtech startup PadCare was born. “A woman spends 5 days a month and approximately five to six years of her life experiencing a menstrual cycle. She consumes over 7,500 sanitary napkins in a lifetime. Our rag pickers pick these up with their bare hands. But in embarrassment, in villages, these are either buried or burned. 1,200 crore sanitary napkins are used every year in India,” Dhariya, who is also the CEO of PadCare. To solve this, Padcare offers three products – PadCare bin (stores hazardous waste for 30 days without bacterial growth or smell), PadCare X (recycles 15,000 sanitary napkins into wood pulp and high quality plastics) and PadCare Vend (a sanitary napkin vending machine). The Padcare bin is also India’s first 5D-technology-based patented sanitary napkin disposal and recycling system, the founder said. “The wood pulp and plastic is sold in the market to paper and packaging industries. These can be converted into creating a PadCare bin as well,” he added. Scaling Padcare across India With the help of earlier clients State Bank of India and Praj Industries, PadCare installed 3 PadCare bins in the beginning. Today, the company has 150 clients including Facebook, Capgemini and Goldman Sachs and has installed over 5,500 PadCare bins. PadCare is currently present in 6 cities across over 100 organisations and its products are being used by 1 lakh women, conserving 15 metric tons of carbon emissions, as per Dhariya. US, Canada, Singapore and African countries have expressed interest in using PadCare products, he said. The startup was also supported by Tata Trust, Infosys Foundation and additionally received a ₹2.25 crore government grant to develop the PadCare X machine. In FY22, the startup had sales of ₹1.05 crore. Dhariya was part of the <a href="https://www.forbes.com/profile/ajinkya-dhariya/?sh=5851d146717c">Forbes</a> Asia 30 under 30 list under healthcare and science category in 2021. However, the journey to create a sanitary disposal system, especially by a man, is not a common sight and Dhariya faced a lot of ridicule. But his family became his support system. “Sanitary pads were needed everyday for research. I thought I would have to seek the help of my friends. He is my brother so I gave him my pads. Ajinkya is a brother to all the women out there,” Aishwarya Mapara, Dhariya’s sister said. Moved by the social cause Dhariya was tackling, Lenskart’s Bansal offered a blank cheque to Dhariya. “He is the Padman of 2022,” said shark Aman Gupta referring to the Bollywood movie Padman and its lead character played by Akshay Kumar, who resolves to address social stigma associated with menstrual hygiene. Kumar’s character is based on real-life hero Arunachalam Muruganantham, a social entrepreneur and the inventor of a low-cost sanitary pad-making machine. While Dhariya’s ask was ₹50 lakh for 2% equity at valuation of ₹25 crore, he ended up getting ₹1 crore for 4% equity, for the same valuation. 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