| NYP for addressing youth concerns, optimum utilization for Nat'l development | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Sept 19: The proposed draft of National Youth Policy (NYP) has stressed upon the need to ensure that youth needs and concerns are mainstreamed into overall national development policies, underscoring the need for the wholesome development of the young people and optimum utilization of their potential for national development.
Sources said the draft has been prepared by the Ministry of Youth Affairs for all states and union territories including J&K. "Recognizing the need for an integrated and collaborative approach to youth development programmes in the country, it is necessary that a comprehensive and distinct framework is made available to all youth-related ministries, departments, agencies and voluntary organizations to translate their policies into workable action plans", the policy said. Sources added that the policy has emphasized suggested course of action for youth of hilly states like J&K to ensure full and effective implementation of policies, and all key stakeholders, especially Department of Education including state-sponsored youth development agencies, voluntary organizations and the corporate sector. Further, the NYP 2012 stressed upon the need for developing suitable mechanism, criteria and indicators by the Central and State Governments for measuring the progress of the implementation of the policies, especially with regard to the impact of the programmes on the overall development of young people and their contribution to the country, at large. "Youth development programmes should be fully integrated into the mainstream of policies and programmes of all youth-related initiatives of various ministries of Central and State governments. It must be recognized that youth is not a homogeneous group and there are numerous differentials based on their habitat, environment in which they live, socio-economic status of the families they belong to, and their own lifestyle", National Youth Policy maintained.
The proposed draft policy said youth are important resource of the country and should be nurtured to become active partners in the national development processes. At the same time, they should also be the beneficiaries of the programmes and services sponsored by state agencies "Youth development programmes should reach out to all sections of the youth population and be accessible to them. These should be free from all forms of discrimination - based on gender, caste, ethnicity, language, or physical or mental condition - in the spirit of the Constitution of India", the policy added. |
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