Union Minister for Law & Justice, Kiren Rijiju; Union Minister for Culture, Tourism and DONER, G. Kishan Reddy; Union Minister for Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports and I&B, Anurag Singh Thakur; Minister of State for Education, Dr. Subhas Sarkar and Minister of State for Education, Dr. Rajkumar Ranjan Singh; and Members of Parliament from the North-Eastern States also attended the event.
Together with Shri @KirenRijiju, Shri @ianuragthakur, Shri @kishanreddybjp, @Drsubhassarkar ji and Dr. @RanjanRajkuma11 launched the portal for #YuvaSangam. This is yet another initiative of Hon. PM @narendramodi ji for cementing the bond between the north-east and rest of India. pic.twitter.com/4s9wuiGALV — Dharmendra Pradhan (@dpradhanbjp) February 6, 2023
Speaking on the occasion, Union Education Minister Pradhan said that this is yet another initiative of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi for cementing the bond between the north-east and rest of India.
Pradhan said in line with the spirit of ‘Ek Bharat, Shrestha Bharat’, Yuva Sangam will strengthen people-to-people bonds, mainstream the vibrant culture of our north-eastern states and bring immense exposure and opportunities for knowledge exchanges, especially for our youth in the north-east.
The Union Minister further said that Yuva Sangam will celebrate India’s diversity, rejuvenate the spirit of oneness and highlight the strength of India’s democracy as envisioned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. A unique initiative, Yuva Sangam will further strengthen the ‘Spirit of India’ in Amrit Kaal, he added.
To strengthen people to people connect and build empathy between youth of the North Eastern States and other States, Ministry of Education, Government of India has conceptualized an initiative of ‘Yuva Sangam’ under Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat in collaboration with various other ministries and departments such as Culture, Tourism, Railways, Information & Broadcasting, Youth Affairs & Sports, Home Affairs, Department for Development of North-East Region (DoNER) and IRCTC.
Around 1000 youth will participate in the pilot of Yuva Sangam.
The Yuva Sangam will focus on conducting exposure tours of the youth comprising of students & off-campus youngsters from North Eastern States to other states & vice versa. It will provide an immersive, multidimensional experience of various facets-under four broad areas of Paryatan (Tourism), Parampara (Traditions), Pragati (Development) and Paraspar Sampark (People-to-people connect).