Pune Municipal Corporation will now buy 24 lakh sanitary napkins according to 5 2 (2)!
| 93 lakh 53 thousand approved by the standing committee
Pune – (The Karbhari News Service) – PMC Sanitary Napkins Purchasing) – Sanitary napkins are given to girls in Pune Municipal Schools (PMC Schools). However, this year’s tender process for procurement of napkins was mired in controversy. So the process was cancelled. So according to the Municipal Act 5 2 (2) now the municipality is going to purchase 24 lakh sanitary napkins. It will cost about 94 lakhs. The proposal in this regard has been approved by the Standing Committee (PMC Standing Committee) recently. (Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC)
Sanitary napkins are provided to the students of Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) schools by the municipal corporation. Lakhs of napkins are given every year. A tender process is conducted for this. This tender process was closed since the time of Kovid. was implemented. However, due to complaints about this, the Municipal Corporation canceled this tender process. However, due to this, there was a delay in getting the napkins to the girls. Therefore, the Municipal Corporation took napkins from the CSR fund. Also, some social organizations gave napkins to the municipality. (Pune PMC News)
Meanwhile, after deducting the napkins received from the CSR fund, the remaining 24 lakh napkins will be purchased from Vaidya V&I Infrastructure Pvt Ltd Nagpur as per Municipal Act 5 2 (2). It is priced at Rs 3.90 per piece. The rate of the tender conducted by the Municipal Corporation was Rs 4.85. Therefore, napkins will be taken from the concerned company for two years. In this, 3 lakh 42 thousand 600 napkins will be purchased for the financial year 2023-24. The cost for this is 13 lakh 36 thousand. So for the financial year 2024-25, 20 lakh 55 thousand 600 napkins will be purchased. 80 lakh 17 thousand will be spent for this. A total cost of 93 lakh 52 thousand 980 will be incurred for this process. The proposal in this regard has been approved by the Standing Committee recently.
