UJJWALA SANITARY NAPKINS INITIATIVE

About:

• Agencies involved: The Ujjwala Sanitary Napkins is an initiative by three oil marketing companies (OMCs) – IOCL, BPCL and HPCL – as a part of their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Odisha.
  
  
• Objective: The mission is aimed to educate women in Odisha on female hygiene and health, improve accessibility to low cost eco-friendly sanitary pads and boost rural employment and economy.
  
  
• Initiative details:
  • Under it, the three companies will set up 100 manufacturing units at the Common Service Centres (CSC) covering 93 Blocks across 30 districts of Odisha at an estimated cost of ₹2.94 crore.
    
    
  • Each facility will have a capacity to produce 1,200-2,000 pads per day. It will also have a sterilisation room to ensure that the napkins are sterilised before they are packed for use by rural women.
    
    
  • These napkins will be priced at ₹40 per pack, each containing eight pads.
    
    
  • The Ujjwala pads will be made of virgin wood pulp sheet, non-woven white sheet and a gel sheet which are all biodegradable in nature and will leave minimal carbon footprint.