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Ekvand This is to motivate people for donating one percent of their net income for the noble cause of education to the meritorious & needy students. The name Ekvand means one percent [ 1/100th part]. The main emphasis in on honest earning and giving a part which some one can afford, to the deserving [it may be less than one percent]. In doing so, he/she must offer it without hoping for any favour. The concept of Ekvand is derived from Guru Nanak’s [First Sikh Guru] own line: “ghali khai kichhu hathhu dei, Nanak rahu pachhanahi sei—He alone, O Nanak, knoweth the way who eats out of what he earneth by his honest labour and yet shareth part of it with others”(GG, 1245). The individuals are encouraged to keep one percent of their income as a separate fund with them. As and when they come across needy persons [especially the students] they may give it to them according to their own judgment. Ekvand is being promoted as new system of paying respect to god. This is purely voluntary in nature.