Seven-day National Integration and Goodwill Camp of National Youth Plan

• 27 Oct 2022

Why in News?

• On October 26, 2022, the National Youth Plan (NYP), founded by renowned Gandhian thinker late Dr. S.N. Subbarao (Bhai ji), launched a seven-day National Integration and Goodwill Camp at Durgapura Agricultural Research Centre, Jaipur, Rajasthan.

Key Points

• More than 500 volunteers and well-known Gandhians from all states and union territories of the country are participating in this all-India camp to be held from October 26 to November 1.
• Former Advocate General GS Bapna said that October 27 is the first death anniversary of Subbarao ji. He died in Jaipur on this day last year. Keeping this in mind, this time this camp has been organized in Jaipur.
• Subbarao used to organize camps in every corner of the country throughout his life with the aim of propagating brotherhood, goodwill and love in the country and motivating the youth to fight against communal forces. This camp is being organized to carry forward their work. Volunteers from all the 33 districts of Rajasthan along with all the states of India are participating in it.
• In the memory of late Subbarao, a Rashtriya Ekta Garden will be set up at Durgapura Gaushala, in which all volunteers from all states and union territories of the country will plant one sapling each.
• According to camp convener Hanuman Sahay Sharma, the camp will have lectures by eminent Gandhian thinkers and impart training on personality development. After the all-religion prayer, the youth will be taught the lesson of self-rule.