National Service Scheme

National Service Scheme: In the year 1969, the National Service Scheme (NSS) was launched during the Birth Centenary of Mahatma Gandhi as a student youth service programme. The NSS was started with an objective of arousing social consciousness of the youth for their personality development through community service. The undergraduate students are involved on a voluntary basis in various activities of social service and national development in order to make them understand the problems of the community, appreciate them, awaken social consciousness and inculcate in them a sense of dignity of labour.

Following are some of the activities of NSS:

■ Improvement of campuses

■ Tree plantation

■ Constructive work in adopted villages and slums

■ Work in welfare institutions

■ Blood donations

■ Adult and non-formal education

■ Health, nutrition, family welfare, health awareness campaigns

■ Sustainable development with emphasis on wasteland development and wasteland management

■ One of the thrust once is to organize a 10 day duration camp every year in adopted villages/slums on specifictheme.

There is a “NSS Programme Officer” for a team of NSS. This scheme is operational in all the states and unio territories and each state has a Liaison Cell to monitor the NSS programmes in the State. 

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