Scheme for development of leadership skills among youth to be formulated
Updated: Sep 13, 2014 03:01:03pm
New Delhi, Sept 13 (KNN) The Department of Youth Affairs is in the process of formulating a new Scheme called “National Young Leaders Programme” for development of leadership skills among the youth and contributing to nation building activities by voluntary work including Shramdaan.
This was stated by Union Minister of State for Skill Development, Entrepreneurship, Youth Affairs and Sports, Sarbananda Sonowal who today laid the foundation stone of the Youth Training Centre and inaugurated the newly constructed office building of Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS) Delhi Zone. He also addressed a Special Youth Convention.
Mentioning that the Government has recently launched National Youth Policy, 2014 for development and empowerment of youth in an integrated manner, Sonowal said, skills and knowledge are the driving forces of economic growth and social development of any country.
Eminent Sports persons Mary Kom, Arunima Sinha and Vijendra Singh as well as MP Poonam Mahajan were present on the occasion.
About 2000 youth from different districts of Delhi State took part in the Youth Convention.
Speaking on the occasion, the Minister said, NYKS is the largest youth organization of its kind in the world working for development of rural youth with a variety of programmes and schemes. The core strength of NYKS is a network of 2.77 lakh village-level Youth Clubs spread across the country with total membership of about 80 lakh youth.
He said the focus of the Special Youth Convention is to set the ball rolling for the next five years for ensuring active partnership of NYKS in ambitious programmes announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi namely Swacch Bharat Abhiyan and Jan Dhan Yojana.
NYKS volunteers have been in the forefront in organizing relief works in the floods affected areas. Over 200 volunteers have been working round the clock in Assam at Lakhimpur, Dhemaji and Barapeta. In J&K NYKS has been providing community kitchens, shelter management and relief material distribution service at Jammu, Rajuri, Poonch, Udhampur and Kathua. About 700 youth volunteers are working at present in J&K in relief work.
Sonowal said NYKS has been recognized by Ministry of Home Affairs as the nodal agency for providing volunteers for disaster management.
Since its inception in 1987, NYKS has been making significant contribution towards rescue relief and rehabilitation during all disasters like super cyclone of Orissa 1999, Gujarat earth quake 2001, Tsunami of 2004 recent floods in Assam, J&K. He said the organization did a remarkable work in enhancing voters’ participation in the recent Lok Sabha elections, which has been appreciated by Election Commission of India. (KNN/ES)
This was stated by Union Minister of State for Skill Development, Entrepreneurship, Youth Affairs and Sports, Sarbananda Sonowal who today laid the foundation stone of the Youth Training Centre and inaugurated the newly constructed office building of Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS) Delhi Zone. He also addressed a Special Youth Convention.
Mentioning that the Government has recently launched National Youth Policy, 2014 for development and empowerment of youth in an integrated manner, Sonowal said, skills and knowledge are the driving forces of economic growth and social development of any country.
Eminent Sports persons Mary Kom, Arunima Sinha and Vijendra Singh as well as MP Poonam Mahajan were present on the occasion.
About 2000 youth from different districts of Delhi State took part in the Youth Convention.
Speaking on the occasion, the Minister said, NYKS is the largest youth organization of its kind in the world working for development of rural youth with a variety of programmes and schemes. The core strength of NYKS is a network of 2.77 lakh village-level Youth Clubs spread across the country with total membership of about 80 lakh youth.
He said the focus of the Special Youth Convention is to set the ball rolling for the next five years for ensuring active partnership of NYKS in ambitious programmes announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi namely Swacch Bharat Abhiyan and Jan Dhan Yojana.
NYKS volunteers have been in the forefront in organizing relief works in the floods affected areas. Over 200 volunteers have been working round the clock in Assam at Lakhimpur, Dhemaji and Barapeta. In J&K NYKS has been providing community kitchens, shelter management and relief material distribution service at Jammu, Rajuri, Poonch, Udhampur and Kathua. About 700 youth volunteers are working at present in J&K in relief work.
Sonowal said NYKS has been recognized by Ministry of Home Affairs as the nodal agency for providing volunteers for disaster management.
Since its inception in 1987, NYKS has been making significant contribution towards rescue relief and rehabilitation during all disasters like super cyclone of Orissa 1999, Gujarat earth quake 2001, Tsunami of 2004 recent floods in Assam, J&K. He said the organization did a remarkable work in enhancing voters’ participation in the recent Lok Sabha elections, which has been appreciated by Election Commission of India. (KNN/ES)
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