Draft of “National Youth Policy 2012” released

June 3, 2012

Minister of State Youth Affairs & Sports, Ajay Maken released the draft of the National Youth Policy, 2012.

Objective of the Policy:

To focus on empowering youth via skill development,
Enhancing employability and facilitating entrepreneurship opportunities via convergence with other Ministries and Departments.

Some key highlights:

Special attention to National values, social harmony, national unity, and empowering youth through employable skills, education, health, sports and recreation.
Policy proposes to alter the target age group from the existing 13-35 years to 16-30 years
Youth Development Index (YDI) to be a part of the policy that will serve as baseline and ready-estimator for evaluators and policy makers.