Taking a socially relevant cause beyond film promotions may not be as easy for an actor as it seems, but Akshay Kumar serves as an icon by doing that time and again.
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It’s already been a month since Padman released and the actor who essayed the role of Arunachalam Muruganantham, a social activist from Tamil Nadu, is still doing his bit to fight the stigma around menstruation and easing the process of procuring a sanitary pad for women.
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On the occasion of Women’s Day, Akshay Kumar along with Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced an initiative to make sanitary pads available to girls & women from rural areas at a very subsidised rate.
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This state-wide initiative taken under the Asmita scheme also allows people to do their bit.
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 https://t.co/48k7YQdOjc pic.twitter.com/nkar9BtbYl
— Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar) March 8, 2018
Adding another feather to his great deeds, the actor further offered sponsorship of sanitary pads for 10,000 underprivileged girls for a year.
Thank you @akshaykumar ji for your ur generosity n setting example for all by sponsoring sanitary pads for 10000 girls for next 1 year. U r truly an #ICON always supporting social causes unconditionally. Thank you once again !! https://t.co/PYbKFQFFN8
— PankajaGopinathMunde (@Pankajamunde) March 8, 2018
Well done my PadMan-I am far from home but keeping an eye on you:) @akshaykumar https://t.co/uUZw6Nc7SY
— Twinkle Khanna (@mrsfunnybones) March 9, 2018
Earlier, Akshay had installed and inaugurated a vending machine at the Mumbai Central ST Bus Depot along with Shiv Sena leader, Aaditya Thackeray.
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