President Droupadi Murmu conferred the National Service Scheme NSS Awards for the year 2020-21 today, September 24, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports said in a statement.

• The Department of Youth Affairs of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports confers every year the National Service Scheme Award.
• Awards are conferred to recognise and reward outstanding contributions towards voluntary community service with a view to further promoting NSS in the country.
• A total of forty-two awards were given today. Two universities, ten NSS units, their programme officers, and 30 NSS volunteers received the awards.