Why in news? 

A pilot project on distribution of menstrual cups as a hygiene device for adolescent girls was launched at B.R. Hills in Chamarajanagar

Highlights:

• The project to distribute ‘’Maitri” cups was announced in the Budget and has been launched as a pilot programme in Chamarajanagar and Dakshina Kannada and would be extended to all districts in due course

Why this project?

• The menstruation cups are reckoned to be more environmental friendly than the sanitary napkins as the former can be reused for many years while the latter has to be disposed off