By OUR STAFF REPORTER
Dehradun, 29 Dec: The Annual General Meeting of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission was held recently, in which Swami Suvirananda, General Secretary of the Math Mission, presented the report of the Steering Committee on various social works of the institution in the year 2023-24.
Swami Dayamurtynanda, Secretary of Ramakrishna Sevashram, Kankhal, Haridwar, informed the gathering that, in this meeting held at Belur Math, the head office of Ramakrishna Mission Math, details of the services rendered for humanitarian causes by the Mission through its 235 Indian branch centres and sub-centres were provided.
According to the report, the Governor of West Bengal conferred the Governor Excellence Award on Ramakrishna Mission for its contribution in the field of social service and the Arunachal Pradesh State Award for the commendable services rendered by the Mission in Arunachal Pradesh.
It is worth mentioning that the students of Vivekananda University received one gold, one silver and one bronze medal in the All India Sanskrit Student Competition Festival organised by Rashtriya Sanskrit University, Tirupati.
Deliberating on the new branch centres started this year across the country, Swami Suvirananda mentioned that 6 new branch centres of Ramakrishna Mission were started in Gurugram in Haryana, Kalyani in West Bengal, Kharupetia in Assam, Sakwar in Maharashtra, Tirumukkudul in Tamil Nadu and Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh.
According to the report, Ramakrishna Mission spent Rs 1292.03 crore on its 235 branch centres, in which Rs 8.56 crores were spent on relief and rehabilitation, Rs 29.07 crores on public welfare, RS 496.70 crores on medical treatment, Rs 712.89 crores on education and Rs 18.31 crores on rural development, and Rs 26.50 crores on literary publications.
Various service works were also done through 100 branch centres and sub-centres of Ramakrishna Math and Mission located in 24 countries outside India, said the report.
