In a rapidly evolving world with social media, high-velocity communications, new digital opportunities, and emerging technologies, the government has decided to establish an overarching enabling mechanism in the form of a new autonomous body called Mera Yuva Bharat (MY Bharat). This decision is guided by the principles of the “whole of government approach.”
The establishment of an autonomous organization called Mera Yuva Bharat (MY Bharat) has been approved by the Union Cabinet, which is presided over by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. MY Bharat will act as a general enabling mechanism powered by technology for youth development and youth led development as well as provide equitable access to youth to actualize their aspirations and build Viksit Bharat across the entire spectrum of the Government.
The primary objective of Mera Yuva Bharat (MY Bharat) is to make it a whole Government platform for youth development. Under the new arrangement, with access to resources & connection to opportunities, youth would become community change agents and nation builders allowing them to act as the Yuva Setu between the Government and the citizens. It seeks to harness the immense youth energy for nation-building.
Mera Yuva Bharat (MY Bharat), an autonomous body will benefit the youth in the age-group of 15-29 years, in line with the definition of ‘Youth’ in the National Youth Policy. In case of programme components specifically meant for the adolescents, the beneficiaries will be in the age-group of 10-19 years.
The establishment of Mera Yuva Bharat (MY Bharat) would lead to:
- Leadership Development in the Youth:
- Improve the leadership skills through experiential learning by shifting from isolated physical interaction to programmatic skills.
- Investing more in youth to make them social innovators, leaders in the communities.
- Setting the focus of the Government on Youth Led development and to make the Youth “active drivers” of development and not merely “passive recipients”.
- Better alignment between youth aspirations and community needs.
- Enhanced efficiency through Convergence of existing programmes.
- Act as a one stop shop for young people and Ministries.
- Create a centralized youth database.
- Improved two-way communication to connect youth government initiatives and activities of other stakeholders that engage with youth.
- Ensuring accessibility by creating a physical ecosystem.
