The move is to help women and girls unable to afford them because of the country's economic crisis. Read more at straitstimes.com.
COLOMBO - Sri Lanka's government on Sunday cut taxes on female sanitary products in a bid to help women and girls unable to afford them because ofEven before the downturn last year, many schoolgirls and women in Sri Lanka, like in other poor countries, would stay home when menstruating because they could not afford sanitary products.
Campaigners believe the situation has worsened, with Sri Lanka facing severe shortages of essential goods and inflation rates in excess of 70 per cent. Imported pads and tampons will also cost 20 per cent less due to a reduction in import duties, Mr Wickremesinghe's office said in a statement. The country defaulted on its US$51 billion foreign debt in April and is in talks with the International Monetary Fund to secure a US$2.9 billion bailout.
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