My Bharat-National Service Scheme Award (NSS) |ForumIAS

News: Recently, the President of India presented the MY Bharat-National Service Scheme (NSS) Awards for the year 2022-23 at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

About My Bharat-National Service Scheme Award (NSS)

My Bharat-National Service Scheme (NSS) award is to recognise and reward outstanding contributions towards voluntary community service made by the Programme Officers/NSS Units and NSS Volunteers.
Introduced in: 1969
Instituted by: Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports in 1993-94
NSS Awards are conferred every year.
2022-23 Award: MY Bharat-NSS Award for the year 2022-23 is given in two different categories as under:

Categories	No. of Awards	Value of Award
NSS Units and their Programme Officers	10 + 10	Rs.2,00,000/- to each NSS Unit (For NSS Programme Development), along with Trophy Rs. 1,50,000/- to each Programme Officer with a Certificate and a Silver Medal.
NSS Volunteers	30	Rs. 1,00,000/- to each Volunteer, with a Certificate and a Silver Medal.

NSS is a Central Sector Scheme which was launched in 1969.
Objective: To develop 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.
Motto of NSS: “NOT ME, BUT YOU” (‘स्वयं से पहले आप’).
At present, NSS has about 40 lakh volunteers on its rolls across India.
The NSS volunteers work on issues of social relevance, which keep evolving in response to the needs of the community, through regular and special camping activities. Such issues include
- literacy and education
- health, family welfare and nutrition,
- environment conservation,
- social service programmes,
- programmes for empowerment of women,
- programmes connected with economic development activities,
- rescue and relief during calamities,
- Swachhata activities, etc.