Akshay Kumar and Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced the initiative Asmita on Women's Day

The Maharashtra government , under the Asmita scheme, will facilitate easy access to sanitary napkins for adolescent girls in all districts of Maharashtra. This initiative was announced by Akshay Kumar and the Chief Minister Of Maharashtra at an event in Mumbai. 

Taking forward their narrative of women-friendly governance, the we department of Rural Development will be doing awareness campaign in all districts of Maharastra. 

Actor Akshay Kumar congratulated the Chief Minister of Maharashtra for taking this initiative called



Asmita. 

Congrats to the Maharashtra Government & Hon. CM @Dev_Fadnavis ji & @Pankajamunde ji for the launch of #Asmita scheme on #WomensDay to make sanitary pads available to girls & women from rural areas at a very subsidized rates. You too can contribute on mahaasmita.mahaonline.g... pic.twitter.com/nkar9Bt... 

The government will be making it affordable by increasing usage from 17to 70 percent .. More the usage lesser the cost so the cost will go down upto 50 percent and giving a pack of 8 napkins to Zilla Parishad school girls only for 5 rupees.