This presentation highlights the Role of Youth and also the challenges which need to be overcome.

1. Role of Youth
in Making India
a Superpower
PRESENTED BY:
Japneet Kaur Sandhu,
Namita Trivedi &
Taru Tyagi
M.Ed.
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2. Table of Contents
01 Introduction
02 Definition
03 National Youth
Policy, 2014
04 Objectives
05 Summary
06 References
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3. Introduction
Youth is the age of discovery and dreams have the power
to transform the nation into a better place. We can
indisputably say that today’s young are tomorrow’s
innovators, creators, builders and leaders of the nation.
They fight for an identity in society, equality, justice,
unemployment, exploitation, poverty and also other
social problems like Female Foeticide, Dowry, Human
Rights and Gender issues faced today. Youth have now
more responsibilities towards their own country. We
need to learn from yesterday and live with hope for a
better tomorrow.

4. ★ ‘Youth’ is often indicated as a
person between the age where
he/she leaves compulsory
education, and the age at which
he/she finds his/ her first
employment.
★ United Nations defines ‘youth’
as persons between 15 and 24
years of age.
Definition
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5. Vision
To empower youth of the country to achieve
their full potential, and through them enable
India to find its rightful place in the
community of nations.
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6. Objective
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Priority Future Imperatives
Create a productive
workforce that can
make a sustainable
contribution to
India’s economic
development
Education
Employment and Skill
Development
Entrepreneurship
● Build system capacity and quality
● Promote skill development and
lifelong learning
● Targeted youth outreach and
awareness
● Build linkages across systems and
stakeholders
● Define role of government vis-a-vis
other stakeholders
● Targeted youth outreach programmes
● Scale-up effective programmes to
build capacity
● Create customised programmes for
youth entrepreneurs
● Implement widespread monitoring &
evaluation systems
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7. Objective
2
Priority Future Imperatives
Develop a strong and
healthy generation
equipped to take on
future challenges
Health and Healthy Lifestyle
Sports
● Improve service delivery
● Awareness about health, nutrition and
preventive care
● Targeted disease control programmes
for youth
● Increase access to sports facilities and
training
● Promotion of sports culture among
youth
● Support and development for talented
sports persons

8. Objective
3
Priority Future Imperatives
Instil social values
and promote
community service to
build national
ownership
Promotion of Social Values
Community Engagement
● Formalise values education system
● Strengthen engagement programmes
for youth
● Support NGOs and for-profit
organisations working towards
spreading values and harmony
● Leverage existing community
development organisations
● Promote social entrepreneurship

9. Objective
4
Priority Future Imperatives
Facilitate
participation and
civic engagement at
all levels of
governance
Participation in politics and
governance
Youth engagement
● Engage youth outside of the political
system
● Create governance mechanisms that
youth can leverage
● Promote youth engagement in urban
governance
● Measure and monitor effectiveness of
youth development schemes
● Create a platform for engagement
with youth

10. Objective
5
Priority Future Imperatives
Support youth at risk
and create equitable
opportunity for all
disadvantaged &
marginalised youth
Inclusion
Social Justice
● Enablement & capability building for
disadvantaged youth
● Ensuring economic opportunities for
youth in conflict-affected regions
● Develop a multi-pronged approach to
supporting youth with disability
● Create awareness and opportunities
to prevent youth being put at risk
● Leveraging youth to eliminate unjust
social practices
● Strengthen access to justice at all
levels

11. Summary
➢ At present, about 34% of India’s Gross National Income (GNI) is
contributed by the youth, aged 15-29 years. However, there exists a
huge potential to increase the contribution of this class of the
nation’s citizenry by increasing their labour force participation and
their productivity.
➢ The Government of India (GoI) currently invests more than Rs 90,000
Crores p.a. on youth development programmes or approximately Rs
2,710 per young individual per year, through youth-targeted (higher
education, skill development, healthcare etc.) and non-targeted
(food subsidies, employment etc.) programmes.
➢ The NYP-2014 seeks to define the Vision of the GoI for the Youth of
the Country and identify the key areas in which action is required,
where not enough is being done, to enable youth development and
to provide a framework for action for all stakeholders.

12. ➢ In order to work towards closing the gaps identified in the 11
priority areas of action, the government must increase its
investment in youth in order to capitalise on the opportunity they
present. All government departments must make a determined
effort to ensure youth mainstreaming across sectors and policy
areas.
➢ The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports should publish a Biennial
Report on the status of the youth in order to inform the Nation
about progress against indicators, highlight key achievements and
identify new and unmet challenges. The report shall also serve the
purpose of informing the youth of the country about various
government initiatives for the development of the youth.
➢ However, we also need to develop our education system and way
of teaching and learning so that the necessary job-oriented and
professional skills could be imparted among youth.
Summary (Contd.)

13. Swami Vivekananda
"My hope of the future lies in the
youths of character, intelligent,
renouncing all for the service of others,
and obedient- good to themselves and
the country at large."
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References
● https://www.researchgate.net/publication/338457540_The_role_of_Youth_
An_agent_for_India's_Development
● https://yas.nic.in/sites/default/files/National-Youth-Policy-Document.pdf
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