Friday, March 14, 2014
The Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs & Sports Shri Jitendra Singh has said that with a view to promote adventure activities among student youth, “Rajiv Gandhi Adventure Scheme”, a component under National Service Scheme (NSS) was launched on 26th June, 2009. Under this component, camps are conducted all over the country from Himalayan Region in the North to Kannur and Thekkadi in South India, on a yearly basis for which financial assistance have been provided to regional Centres of National Service Scheme(NSS) by the Ministry. The adventure activities undertaken in these camps include trekking, mountaineering, white water rafting, para-sailing, para-gliding and basic skiing.
