national youth policy 2014
2014
NATIONAL
YOUTH
POLICY
TABLE OF CONTENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
03
IMPORTANCE OF YOUTH
09
YOUTH RELATED EFFORTS IN INDIA
13
VISION, OBJECTIVES AND PRIORITY
AREAS OF NYP-2014
19
MONITORING, EVALUATION AND REVIEW
25
25
30
36
41
46
50
54
58
62
66
72
75
RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE WAY FORWARD
81
LIST OF ACRONYMS
86
CURRENT POLICIES AND FUTURE IMPERATIVES
Education
Employment and Skill Development
Entrepreneurship
Health and Healthy Lifestyle
Sports
Promotion of Social Values
Community Engagement
Participation in Politics and Governance
Youth Engagement
Inclusion
Social Justice
6
1
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1. India lies on the cusp of a demographic transition, similar to the one that fuelled the spectacular rise in GDP of the
East Asian Tigers in the second half of the 20th century.
However, in order to capture this demographic dividend, it is essential that the economy has the ability to support the increase in the labour force and the youth have the appropriate education, skills, health awareness and other enablers to productively contribute to the economy.
2. Youth in the age group of 15-29 years comprise 27.5% of the population. 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.
3. The Government of India (GoI) currently1 invests more than Rs 90,000 Crores per annum 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. In addition, the
State Governments and a number of other stakeholders are also working to support youth development and to
enable
NATIONAL
YOUTH
POLICY
TABLE OF CONTENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
03
IMPORTANCE OF YOUTH
09
YOUTH RELATED EFFORTS IN INDIA
13
VISION, OBJECTIVES AND PRIORITY
AREAS OF NYP-2014
19
MONITORING, EVALUATION AND REVIEW
25
25
30
36
41
46
50
54
58
62
66
72
75
RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE WAY FORWARD
81
LIST OF ACRONYMS
86
CURRENT POLICIES AND FUTURE IMPERATIVES
Education
Employment and Skill Development
Entrepreneurship
Health and Healthy Lifestyle
Sports
Promotion of Social Values
Community Engagement
Participation in Politics and Governance
Youth Engagement
Inclusion
Social Justice
6
1
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1. India lies on the cusp of a demographic transition, similar to the one that fuelled the spectacular rise in GDP of the
East Asian Tigers in the second half of the 20th century.
However, in order to capture this demographic dividend, it is essential that the economy has the ability to support the increase in the labour force and the youth have the appropriate education, skills, health awareness and other enablers to productively contribute to the economy.
2. Youth in the age group of 15-29 years comprise 27.5% of the population. 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.
3. The Government of India (GoI) currently1 invests more than Rs 90,000 Crores per annum 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. In addition, the
State Governments and a number of other stakeholders are also working to support youth development and to
enable