Punjab govt to provide sanitary pad vending machines to schools ANI | Updated: Jan 12, 2021 03:13 IST Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], January 12 (ANI): To promote menstrual hygiene, the Punjab Government will provide sanitary pad vending machines for girls in schools, said an official statement on Monday. The Punjab School Education Department has taken steps to ensure proper health care of girls studying in the schools and released a grant of Rs. 8.6 crore for 2521 high and senior secondary government schools across the state after the approval of the Education Minister Vijay Indira Singla. Disclosing this information, Secretary School Education, Krishan Kumar said that with this grant, sanitary pad vending and incinerator machines will be installed for the health care of girls. Under this scheme each school would get a grant of Rs. 32,000.