Social networks are abuzz.
Before the tax exemption on sanitary napkins, only 12% of the nearly 400 million women in India used sanitary napkins. The big reason was that they could not afford them.
Relevant people have been lobbying for more than a year to abolish the 12% tax on sanitary napkins. The petition launched by an Indian female congresswoman received more than 400,000 signatures. After the tax on sanitary napkins was abolished, Indian social networks were full of joy, and at the same time, an online campaign of "I took a photo with a sanitary napkin" was launched across India.