MERA
YUVA BHARAT – GOVERNMENT SCHEME
News: Centre to launch ‘Mera Yuva Bharat’
platform for young leaders
What's
in the news?
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The Centre has announced the setting up of
a new government platform for youth development.
Key
takeaways:
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Named as ‘Mera Yuva Bharat’ or MY Bharat,
the platform is aimed at developing
leadership skills among youth to make them social innovators and leaders in the
communities.
Mera
Yuva Bharat:
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It will be launched on 31st October, 2023
on National Unity Day.
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Mera Yuva Bharat supported by a technology
platform would help to increase the Youth outreach efforts of the Department of
Youth Affairs.
Features:
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It is an autonomous body that will benefit the youth in the age group of 15-29 years, in line with
the definition of ‘Youth’ in the National Youth Policy.
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In case of programme components
specifically meant for the adolescents,
the beneficiaries will be in the age group of 10-19 years.
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It will help in Setting the focus of the
Government on Youth Led development and to make the Youth “active drivers” of
development and not merely “passive recipients”.
Objectives:
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The primary objective of Mera Yuva Bharat
(MY Bharat) is to make it a whole Government platform for youth development.
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Under the new arrangement, with access to
resources & connection to opportunities, youth would become community
change agents and nation builders allowing them to act as the Yuva Setu between
the Government and the citizens.
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It seeks to harness the immense youth
energy for nation building.
Nodal
Ministry
- Ministry
of Youth Affairs and Sports