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Time of India
28-05-2025
- Health
- Time of India
Jully urges CM to initiate Udaan scheme
Jaipur: Leader of Opposition Tikaram Jully wrote a letter to chief minister Bhajan Lal Sharma urging immediate initiation of Udaan scheme which was started by the previous Congress govt for the health and safety of crores of women in the state. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Expressing concern, Jully said the state, despite having a female minister for both finance and women and child development (Diya Kumari), has shelved the Udaan scheme. "The scheme is directly related to women's health. For the past nine months, sanitary napkins were not purchased for distribution to women, causing distress to crores of mothers, sisters, and daughters who may be unable to express their pain due to hesitation. This is a very serious and sensitive issue." Jully mentioned that according to the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4) 2015-16, only 47.9% of women in Rajasthan were aware of menstrual hygiene and used sanitary pads. "More than half of the women were unable to use sanitary napkins due to a lack of awareness and resources, resulting in health issues and serious diseases like cancer. In response, the previous Gehlot-led Congress govt launched the Udaan scheme in 2021 for women aged 11 to 45 and schoolgirls," he wrote. "The scheme aimed to provide sanitary pads during menstruation. The women's empowerment department was designated as the nodal agency, and the demand for sanitary pads was sent to RMSCL for distribution," he added.
India Today
24-04-2025
- Politics
- India Today
ED arrests ex-Rajasthan minister Mahesh Joshi in Jal Jeevan Mission 'scam'
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday arrested Congress leader and former Rajasthan minister Mahesh Joshi in connection with a Jal Jeevan Mission-linked money laundering who is close to former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, was arrested by ED officials in Jaipur after rounds of questioning by the central probe was the Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) minister in the Gehlot-led previous Congress In November last year, a case was registered against Joshi and 22 others in the case. In the FIR filed, the Rajasthan Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) claimed that Joshi misused his official allegations against Joshi included misappropriation of funds with the connivance of officials and contractors of the PHED department in the implementation of the Jal Jeevan Mission scheme in central government's Jal Jeevan Mission aims to provide safe and adequate drinking water through household tap connections and is being implemented in Rajasthan by the ED also conducted multiple searches in this case, including at the premises of Joshi, and also arrested an alleged middleman and some others accused in the scam include Sushil Sharma, a financial advisor to Joshi, Chief Engineers RK Meena and Dinesh Goyal, among others. IN THIS STORY#Rajasthan#Indian National Congress
