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The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has been informed that ex-gratia amount to the tune of Rs 4 lakh is paid to the family members of the deceased victims of snakebites and anti-snake venom (ASV) is in adequate stock in the District Headquarters Hospitals to cure poison of

Smriti Irani has sparked a debate over menstrual leave at workplaces by opposing it, telling the House that it could lead to discrimination against women

Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani said that women do no require menstrual leaves as it leads to 'discrimination'.

In response to MP Manoj Kumar Jha's question, the Union Minister said that menstrual cycle is 'not a handicap' and that there should be no proposal where women in some way are denied of an equal opportunity

The Centre already implements a scheme for the promotion of menstrual hygiene among girls in the 10-19 age group, Smriti Irani told the House.

The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has formulated a draft menstrual hygiene policy in consultation with stakeholders, Union Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani informed the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.

Numerous meetings have been held on the issue of compliance of branding guidelines with all the states and union territories, including under the chairmanship of the Union health secretary, on March 31 and May 11 this year.

As per the observations during the visit for assessment of AB-HWCs operationalisation, the state had not complied with the branding requirements in the case of SC-HWCs and PHC-HWCs in rural and urban areas, says the ministry

The centre has provided all necessary resources to the states, from training the healthcare workers to providing adequate funds to the states under the Programme Implementation Plan (PIP) for activities including surveillance, case management, laboratory diagnosis, insecticides, etc

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