The Ministry of Education launched YUVA 2.0 - Prime Minister’s Scheme for Mentoring Young Authors. 

What is YUVA programme?

• It is a 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, and project Indian writings globally.

• YUVA 2.0 (Young, Upcoming and Versatile Authors) is a part of India@75 Project to bring to the fore the perspectives of the young generation of writers on the theme ‘Democracy (institutions, events, people, constitutional values  past, present, future) in an innovative and creative manner. 

• This scheme will thus help to develop a stream of writers who can write on a spectrum of subjects to promote Indian heritage, culture and knowledge system.

• With the purpose of mentoring a new generation of young creative writers, there is an imminent requirement to take initiatives at the highest level, and in this context, YUVA 2.0 will go a long way in laying the foundation of the future leaders of the creative world.

• The National Book Trust (NBT), India, under the ministry of education as the implementing agency will ensure phase-wise execution of the Scheme under well-defined stages of mentorship. 

• The books prepared under this scheme will be published by the NBT and will also be translated into other Indian languages ensuring the exchange of culture and literature, thereby promoting ‘Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat’. 

• A total of 75 authors will be selected through an all India contest. The young authors will be trained by eminent authors/mentors from March 1, 2023 to August 31, 2023. Under the mentorship, the first set of published books will be launched on October 2, 2023.

• The selected young authors will interact with some of the best authors of the world and participate in literary festivals.

• The scheme will help to develop a stream of writers who can write on various facets of democracy in India encompassing the past, present and future. Besides, it will also provide a window to the aspiring youth to articulate themselves and present a comprehensive outlook of Indian democratic values at domestic as well as international platforms. 

• This scheme has been conceptualised on the premise that 21st century India needs to groom a generation of young authors to create ambassadors of Indian literature.

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