Context: Recently, the Ministry of Education, Department of Higher Education launched YUVA 2.0 – Prime Minister’s Scheme for Mentoring Young Authors.

Key Highlights

• Author Mentorship programme: To train young and budding authors (below 30 years of age) in order to promote reading, writing and book culture in the country.

• YUVA 2.0: It is a part of the India@75

• THEME: ‘Democracy (institutions, events, people, constitutional values – past, present, future)’ in an innovative and creative manner.

Importance

• Develop a stream of writers: who can write on a spectrum of subjects to promote Indian heritage, culture and knowledge system.

• Window to the aspiring youth: To articulate themselves and present a comprehensive outlook of Indian Democratic values on domestic as well as international platforms.

• Implementation: By the National Book Trust, India, under the Ministry of Education