36 honoured at NSS ‘samman samaroh’

Tribune News Service

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Chandigarh, June 15

Haryana Raj Bhawan organised NSS ‘samman samaroh’ here on Monday.

Governor Prof Kaptan Singh Solanki and Chief Minister Manohar Lal honoured the Indira Gandhi NSS awardees and programme officers for 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17, and Republic Day parade awardees and programme officers for 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18. In all, 36 Indira Gandhi and Republic Day parade awardees and programme officers were honoured on the occasion.

Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said the National Service Scheme (NSS) units would be started in all government and non-government (aided) colleges of the state from the current academic session.

He said 10 NSS volunteers, three programme officers (POs), one NSS programme coordinator of a university and one district-level programme coordinator (for Class XII) would be honoured with state awards on the pattern of national awards for their outstanding contribution in the field of NSS. He said NSS camps would also be organised for student volunteers of up to Class XII level.

Governor Prof Kaptan Singh Solanki said though Haryana was comparatively a small state having only two per cent of the country’s population, yet it was leading the state in many spheres.

He said it was a matter of pride that out of the 200 NSS volunteers that took part in the Republic Day parade-2018 in New Delhi, eight were from Haryana.