Editing National Service Scheme (section)

{{Short description|Indian government-sponsored public service program}}
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{{Infobox project
| abbreviation = NSS
| logo =[[File:National Service Scheme Logo.svg|205px]] 
| country = India
| launched = {{start date and age|1969|09|24|df=y}}
| motto = ''Not me but you ''
| website = https://nss.gov.in
|caption=Logo of National Service Scheme}}
[[File:The National Service Scheme (NSS) Marching Contingent passes through the Rajpath, on the occasion of the 68th Republic Day Parade 2017, in New Delhi on January 26, 2017.jpg|thumb|The National Service Scheme (NSS) Marching Contingent]]
[[File:The President, Shri Ram Nath Kovind with the recipients of the university-level national service scheme awards 2016-17, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi.jpg|thumb|The President, Shri Ram Nath Kovind with the recipients of the university-level national service scheme awards]]
The '''National Service Scheme''' ('''NSS''') is an Indian [[government]] sector [[public service]] program conducted by the Ministry of Youth Affairs<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://yas.nic.in/|title=Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports}}</ref> and Sports of the [[Government of India]]. Popularly known as NSS, the scheme was launched in [[Mahatma Gandhi]]'s centenary year in 1969.{{cn|date=February 2024}}