<span style="color: #222222;">In the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha today called upon the youth to follow Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya's ideals of selfless service to mankind, character building, AtmaNirbharta, and asked them to play their important part in nation building. AIR Jammu Correspondent reports that the LG was speaking at J&K Bharat Scouts & Guides' Rajya Puraskar Award Ceremony at Convention Centre, Jammu where he felicitated the Cadets from various schools with Rajya Puraskar Award Certificates.<br />''<br />'' On the occasion, the LG announced that J&K Bharat Scouts & Guides will get an annual Grant-in-Aid to the tune of Rs 20 lakh from now on, which is double the amount of the previous grants. He directed the concerned Deputy Commissioners to complete the process of identification and allotment of land for establishing two Training Centres of J&K Bharat Scouts & Guides, one each in Jammu and Srinagar, as soon as possible. <br />''<br />''The LG lauded the cadets, trainers, officials and every individual associated with the Scouts and Guides movement for working at the forefront during COVID pandemic; in environment protection programmes, Blood donation, Disaster Management etc. Speaking on the founding principles of Bharat Scouts & Guides, the LG observed that Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, who was a great educationist, reformer and founder of Banaras Hindu University has paved the way for Indian edition of Scouts and Guides in 1918. <br />''<br />''He said we must take inspirations from him, and put our efforts towards the character building of the youth, which is the foundation of Bharat Scouts & Guides.</span><br />