Tag: Bihar IAS viral video controversy

A girl from Bihar who was reprimanded by an IAS official after demanding cheap sanitary pads at a seminar on "adding value to girls" received a year's supply from an Indian pad manufacturing company. Hariom Tyagi, CEO of Wet and Dry Personal Care, a Delhi-based feminine hygiene company Everteen, said he would reward the young girl Riya Kumari, who is a BA student , for "the courage to raise the issue of readily available methods in public forums regarding Menstrual hygiene for girls from poor families and women living in slums,” He also said that the company has now decided to cover the girl's educational and sanitary pads costs until she graduates. “If she needs help or other support in the future, we think this is an area where we can help improve her quality of life and we will,”...