Source: HPI
NAGPUR, INDIA, November 4, 2009: Sewa Disha, a special journal published by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) front organization released to the media on Tuesday reveals that its service projects all over the country that numbered 15,063 in 1997 have grown into a massive network of 157,776 in 2009. The journal, published once in five years, gives full account of the service work done by the innumerable units of the Sangh parivar, said RSS spokesman Manmohan Vaidya.
The service projects are engaged mainly in four fields– education, healthcare, social work and economic self-reliance. Of the total 150,000 projects, nearly 40% or 59,498 are into imparting education. Similarly, 38,582 health-related units are being currently operated. The number of social projects that do village development to disaster management has now grown to 42,304 and economic activity is being executed through 17,392 projects, according to the journal.