Be the voice of New India- Ministry of Youth Affairs and sports launched “ National Youth Parliament Festival”

New Delhi, Jan 12: PM Narendra Modi’s Clarion call for Youth-led government, today took the shape in the “National Youth Parliament Festival.” Union Minister Rajyavardhan Rathore inaugurates ‘National Youth Parliament Festival’ on the occasion of National Youth Day.

 

The seed idea of this festival was discussed by PM Narendra Modi in “Mann Ki Baat”. He said I propose that a mock parliament be organized..comprising one young person selected from each district who would participate and deliberate on how a new India could be formed in the next five years. How can resolve be transformed into reality?"

The basic idea behind this initiative, to hear the voice of youth between 18 and less than 25 years of age, who allowed to vote but cannot stand as a candidate for election.

 

The objectives of this initiative are to develop and enhance decision-making abilities, to develop in them a respect and tolerance for the views of others, development of understanding that respect for rules is essential for conducting any discussion systematically and effective, obtaining and documentation of youth views for New India 2022, availability of their views to policy makers and implementation of this views.

District Youth Parliament (DYP) will be conducted at the district level. Preliminary rounds of screening will be conducted to select youth for participation in the DYP. The youth will be selected through two screening processes i.e. digital & walk-in from 24th to 28th January 2019

State Youth Parliament (SYP): The youth selected by a Jury from the District Youth Parliament will participate at the State level in SYP from 05th to 7th February 2019.

National Youth Parliament (NYP), The youth selected by a Jury from the State Youth Parliament will participate at the National level in NYP.