President Draupadi Murmu confers NSS Awards 2020-21 at Rashtrapati Bhawan

President Droupadi Murmu conferred the National Service Scheme NSS Awards for the year 2020-21 today, September 24 at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

A total of forty-two Awards were given today. Two Universities, ten NSS Units, their Programme Officers, and 30 NSS Volunteers received the awards.

Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Singh Thakur, Union Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports Nisith Pramanik, Youth Affairs Secretary Sanjay Kumar along with other dignitaries were present on this occasion.

The Department of Youth Affairs of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports confers every year the National Service Scheme Award. Awards are conferred to recognise and reward outstanding contributions towards voluntary community service made by the Universities and Colleges, 2 Councils, Senior Secondary, NSS Units, and Programme Officers, and NSS Volunteers, with a view to further promoting NSS in the country.

NSS is a Centrally Sector Scheme that was launched in the year 1969 with the primary objective of developing the personality and character of the student youth through voluntary community service. The ideological orientation of the NSS is inspired by the ideals of Mahatma Gandhi. Very appropriately, the motto of NSS is “NOT ME, BUT YOU ‘स्वयं से पहले आप’.