Condom crunch hits city, thanks to cut in budget

Ahmedabad has been grappling with condom crunch as the distribution is down by 44 per cent, revealed AMC's Aids Control Society (AMCACS) in response to an RTI plea filed by Mirror. The supply has been majorly hit across the country after NDA government slashed its budget for department of AIDS control by 22 per cent. In 2013, about 58,22,800 condoms were distributed that dipped to 32,04,206 in 2014. National Aids Control Organization (NACO) is the agency that distributes free condoms at Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) centres across the state.