Prime Minister Narendra Modi thanked Sudha Murty while replying to the Motion of Thanks on the President's Address in the Rajya Sabha during the ongoing Parliament session on Wednesday. Narendra Modi thanked Sudha Murty for bringing up relevant issues in Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. Philanthropist and author Sudha Murty on Tuesday pressed for a government-sponsored vaccination programme to combat cervical cancer.
In her maiden speech in the Rajya Sabha, she also pitched for promoting domestic tourism. The President nominated Sudha Murty to the Upper House on International Women's Day on March 8, 2024. "There is a vaccination which is given to girls, between the age of nine to 14, known as a cervical vaccination.
If the girls take that, it (cancer) can be avoided ...
we should promote vaccination for the benefit of our girls because prevention is better than cure," Sudha Murty said in her speech in Rajya Sabha. Sudha Murty continued by saying that cervical vaccination was created in the West and has been in use for the previous 20 years. "It worked very well.
It is not expensive. Today, it is ₹ 1,400 for people like me who are in the field. If the government intervenes and negotiates, you can bring it to ₹ 700-800.
We have such a large population. It will be beneficial for our girls in the future," she said. In addition to women's health, Sudha Murty proposed for the growth of domestic travel.
She suggested 57 domestic tourist destinations be put forward for nomination as World.
