NSS Day Observed on September 24: Jammu Institutions Mark National Service Scheme Anniversary

Key facts

• National Service Scheme (NSS) Day is observed on September 24 to commemorate the establishment of the NSS in 1969.
• The motto of NSS is "Not ME BUT You".
• Educational institutions across the Jammu region celebrated NSS Day on September 24 with cleanliness drives, plantation programmes, blood donation camps and awareness initiatives.
• Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University (BGSBU) marked NSS Day with a plantation drive organized by NSS BGSBU in collaboration with the Forest Department, Rajouri.
• GGM Science College, Jammu, in collaboration with Young Blood Association, organized a blood donation camp on NSS Day in which around 32 units of blood were collected.
• Government Degree College (GDC) Ramnagar organised a Signature Campaign on the eve of NSS Day under the Swachhta Hi Seva Abhiyan.
• Government Degree College Sunderbani held an awareness lecture, quiz and cleanliness drive, where Assistant Director MY Bharat Rajouri Akhil Arya sensitised students and students discussed the Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan.
• GDC RS Pura celebrated NSS Day under the banner of "Swachhata Hi Seva" by organising a cleanliness drive at Sub-District Hospital, RS Pura.
• SPPND GDC Samba celebrated NSS Foundation Day with cultural performances, awareness activities and a Swachhta Pledge under the Swachhta Hi Seva campaign.