MY Bharat-National Service Scheme
♦ President Droupadi Murmu presented the MY Bharat-National Service Scheme (NSS) Awards for the year 2022–23 at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 6 October 2025. ♦ The awards recognise and celebrate the exceptional contributions of NSS volunteers, programme officers, and units across India for their commitment to social service, community development, and nation-building. ♦ Instituted by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports in 1993-94, the MY Bharat-NSS Awards are conferred annually to acknowledge outstanding voluntary community service. ♦ For 2022–23, a total of 50 awards were presented – 10 NSS Units, 10 Programme Officers, and 30 NSS Volunteers – for their exemplary service and leadership. ♦ Each winning NSS Unit received Rs.2 lakh and a trophy, Programme Officers received Rs.1.5 lakh, a certificate, and a silver medal, while Volunteers were honoured with ₹1 lakh, a certificate, and a silver medal. ♦ The National Service Scheme (NSS), launched in 1969 during the birth centenary of Mahatma Gandhi, is one of the flagship youth programmes of the Government of India. ♦ It aims to foster the personality and character development of students through voluntary community service, inspired by the Gandhian ideals of selfless service. ♦ The motto of NSS – “Not Me, But You” – reflects its core philosophy of prioritising community welfare above individual interest. ♦ Currently, the NSS has nearly 40 lakh active volunteers across the country. ♦ The MY Bharat–NSS Awards 2022–23 honoured distinguished contributors from across India. ♦ Among the awardees in the Programme Officer/NSS Unit category were Prof. Lokesha Naik (Karnataka), Dr. Suneesh P. U. (Kerala), Dr. Karambir (Haryana), Dr. Ratna Shyamkishore Nashine (Chhattisgarh), Dr. S. Jeyakumari (Tamil Nadu), Shymal Dey (Tripura), Dr. Bhuban Ch. Chutia (Assam), Arjun Pradhan (Sikkim), Manpreet Kaur (Chandigarh), and Ng Mary Saza (Manipur). ♦ In the Volunteer category, 30 youth from various states and Union Territories were recognised, including Priyanus Hazarika (Assam), Mummula Pruthviraj (Andhra Pradesh), Ayushi Sinha (Madhya Pradesh), Yashpal (Haryana), Arunjyoti Panigrahi (Odisha), D. Reddy Jiishnu (Andhra Pradesh), Sanjaykumar Y. Biradar (Karnataka), Lakhnee Sahu (Chhattisgarh), Somit Dubey (Madhya Pradesh), P. Dinesh (Puducherry), Alok Kumar Pandey (Uttarakhand), Ujjawal Aggarwal (Chandigarh), Parul Thakur (Chandigarh), Yogesh Kumar (Haryana), Diksha Kumari (Jharkhand), Vangapally Mani Sai Varma (Telangana), Anup Biswas (West Bengal), Souvik Chatterjee (West Bengal), Pritika (Delhi), Ayush Verma (Uttarakhand), Alka Awasthi (Punjab), Doli Choudhury (Assam), Somya Prakash (Bihar), Mohd Firdoos (Jammu & Kashmir), Diwakar Anand (Jharkhand), Lalit Tiwari (Rajasthan), Anupam Das (Tripura), Debendra Acharya (Odisha), Raja Bosumotary (Arunachal Pradesh), and Ankur Kumar Mishra (Uttar Pradesh).