Scouting and Guiding in India

Scouting and Guiding in India have a long history.

Scouting and Guiding in India

Organisations
  • The Scouts/Guides Organisation

The Scouts/Guides Organisation is a Pan India Organisation conducting various activities to strategic development of youths in India. https://www.thescouts.ac.in/

  • Scouts/Guides, India Organization (WOIS)

https://www.scoutsguides.in/index.php Guides Organisation is one of the largest Organisation in India, it is running in almost states in India, ScoutsGuides guides is affiliated with WOIS (World Organisation of Independent Scouts). AditiSharma is National Commissioner of Scouts/Guides, and its also appointed as Regional Commissioner for Asia Pacific Region by WOIS(World Organisation of Independent scouts). It was established in August 2017.

The Scout and Guide movement in India is served by:

  • The Bharat Scouts and Guides (BSG), member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts and the World Organization of the Scout Movement. The national headquarters of BSG is recognised by the Government of India.[1]
  • The Global Movement of Green Scouts in New Delhi
  • The Scouts/Guides Organisation is a Pan India Organisation constituted under the various acts of Government of India with strength of 1.5 million Scouts/Guides of the nation since 2004. This Organisation is enlisted by Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, Government of India. and getting grants in aid from State Governments to conduct their activities in respective states. for more details visit-https://www.thescouts.ac.in.
  • The Federation of India for Sports, Scouting and Education Headquartered at New Delhi, member of World Federation of Independent Scouts, headquartered at Germany. This organization is registered with various government bodies and is successfully running since 2018 all across India. Dr. Vinod Bidhuri (Advocate Supreme Court of India ) is National Secretary Cum Commissioner of Hindustan Scouts & Guides.
  • https://www.hindustanscoutsandguidesassociation.com founded in 1928 by Bharat Ratna Mahamana Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya in 1928. As the ideology was against British Government so HSG never gets recognised. Only after BJP led Govt in India at Center HSG received Government Recognisation in 2001 whose national recognition was withdrawn in February 2005 after being heavily opposed by the Bharat Scouts and Guides, But later on 2013 the Recognisation reinstate with its office in Rohini Sector 5 PKT c/5 19 Delhi 110085 and National Chairman Bharat Arora and now extant in Haryana, Himachal pardesh Chattishgarh, Assam, Nagaland, Delhi, Uttarakhand, UP, West Bengal, Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Rajasthan[2][3][4]
  • The All India Boy Scouts Association.
  • Scouts/Guides, India Organization (WOIS)

https://www.scoutsguides.in/index.php Guides Organisation is one of the largest Organisation in India, it’s running in almost states in india, ScoutsGuides guides is affiliated with WOIS (World Organisation of Independent Scouts). AditiSharma is National Commissioner of Scouts/Guides, and its also appointed as Regional Commissioner for Asia Pacific Region by WOIS(World Organisation of Independent scouts). It was established in August 2017. https://www.scoutsguides.in/ https://www.scoutsguides.in/index.php

Indian Scout and Guide Fellowship

The Indian Scout and Guide Fellowship is a voluntary, non-political, social service organisation of adults in India who were once Scouts or Guides in their young days or those who have been leaders in the active movement or those who wish to support the active movement with their resources or spirit of service.

The Fellowship was established in 1959 and is affiliated to the International Scout and Guide Fellowship headquartered in Brussels, Belgium. The Indian Fellowship has state branches, district units and guilds in many states of India.[5]

The Fellowship maintains close links at all levels with the active movement and keeps rapport with the National Headquarters of the Bharat Scouts and Guides and its state and district branches through India. The Fellowship also organises seminars and symposiums on subjects of national importance, organisational excellence and personal development. Members choose to work hand-in-hand with Scouts, Guides and other fellow members and help to organise service activities on special days and occasions. These activities are meant to serve the community as well as young boys and girls.

the Scouts/Guides , India Organisation
Scouts/Guides Organisation
HeadquartersNew Delhi
CountryIndia
National CommissionerAditi Sharma
AffiliationWorld Organization of Independent Scouts
Website
www.scoutsguides.in

Scouts/Guides,India Organisation of India () is a non-political, non-sectarian Scouting association member of the World Organisation of Independent Scouts. It depends largely on public support.

The organization has a pan-Indian presence and coordinates various activities with the support of local authority for the strategic development of youths in more than 15 states.


The organization has been conducting a Scouting/Guiding programme to develop skills, as well as providing physical fitness and proper training of disaster management to students. The organization organizes training programmes, seminar and other activities.

International Scouting units in India

In addition, there is a Cub Scout pack and an older BSA Scout troop [6] via Boy Scouts of America in New Delhi, linked to the Far East Council of the Boy Scouts of America, which supports units around the world.

References
  1. "Promotion of Scouting & Guiding". Department of Youth Affairs, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. Archived from the original on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
  2. "Recognition to new scouting body flayed". The Hindu. The Hindu Group Publications. 28 April 2001. Retrieved 13 January 2007.
  3. "Recognition withdrawn". Deccan Herald. The Printers (Mysore) Pvt. Ltd. 18 February 2005. Archived from the original on 15 February 2006. Retrieved 13 January 2007.
  4. Balaji, C. (9 January 2009). "INDIA 1 January 2009 Parallel scouting movements mark centenary". World News Forecast. NewsAhead. Archived from the original on 11 July 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
  5. "ISGF, National Scout and Guide Fellowships". Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
  6. http://www.bsatroop60.in
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