YUVA : Young Upcoming and Versatile Authors
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Why in News ?
The Ministry of Education, Department of Higher Education launched YUVA : Young Upcoming and Versatile Authors.
Key Facts
- Prime Minister’s Scheme For Mentoring Young Authors.
- It is an Author Mentorship programme to train young and budding authors below 30 years of age.
- Also aims to promote reading, writing and book culture in the country, and project India and Indian writings globally.
- In the view of PM’s vision to encourage young writers to write about India’s freedom struggle.
- India is going to celebrate celebrate 75 years of Indian Independence.
About YUVA : Young Upcoming and Versatile Authors UPSC perspective
- YUVA is a part of India@75 Project (Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav)
- It has to bring the perspectives of the young generation of writers on themes in an innovative and creative manner for
- Unsung Heroes
- Freedom Fighters
- Unknown and Forgotten Places and their role in National Movement
- Other related themes
- 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.
- Implementing agency : The National Book Trust, India under the Ministry of Education
- It will be executed phase-wise under mentorship.
- The books prepared under this scheme will be published by National Book Trust, India.
- In order to promote Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat the books will be translated into other Indian languages
- It will ensure the exchange of culture and literature, thereby promoting.
Features of the YUVA : Young Upcoming and Versatile Authors Scheme
- A total of 75 authors will be selected through an All India Contest (https://www.mygov.in/).
- Selected young authors will be trained by eminent authors/mentors.
- The published books will be launched on 12 January 2022 on the occasion of National Youth Day (Yuva Diwas).
- A consolidated scholarship of Rs.50,000 per month for a period of six months per author will be paid under the Mentorship Scheme
National Book Trust
- The National Book Trust (NBT) India is an apex body established by the Government of India under the Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development in the year 1957.
- Objectives of the NBT are
- To produce and encourage the production of good literature in English, Hindi and other Indian languages
- To make such literature available at moderate prices to the public
- To bring out book catalogues, arrange book fairs/exhibitions and seminars and take all necessary steps to make the people book minded.
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