 "Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav in a group photograph with Chairman of Vidhan Parishad Om Prakash Sharma and newly elected members of Legislative Council at Vidhan Sabha in Lucknow")
Uttar Pradesh government has decided to draft UP Youth Policy 2016 to realise full potential of the state's youth and develop their capabilities.
About 41 percent of the state's population is aged below 30 years.
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UP chief secretary Alok Ranjan today issued directions for preparing the draft of the State Youth Policy 2016 at the earliest and obtaining approval from competent authority.
The Planning department has been asked to constitute a coordination committee under the chairmanship of the chief secretary after forming a Youth Cell.
Every department has been instructed to make budgetary provision for the youth out of their total allocated budget. The departments would have to provide detail of actions taken for the progress and development of youth under their schemes.
Under the Policy, youth up to the age of 30 years would be encouraged towards their overall development.
He said a working plan be prepared to develop an empowered young generation in the state, which could face prospective challenges successfully. In this direction, he said a targeted programme be conducted to inform youth about health and preventive methods.
Further, Ranjan has asked to develop sportsman spirit in the youth by making available better sports facilities. Talented youth would get better facilities. The sports departments would conduct a campaign in coordination with other departments to encourage youth to adopt sports, physical education and Yoga.
The Policy would also aim at creating a platform to ensuring contribution of youth in the development schemes. He said equitable economic opportunities be created for the youth belonging to the deprived sections.
A multi-point programme would be prepared for the differently-abled, while cooperation from the youth would be sought towards eradicating social ills.
Now, career counselling and coaching would also be supplemented with consultancy counselling in schools.
The youth would be trained in minimising the loss due to natural and human created calamities as well as disaster management through youth welfare department, disaster management authority, voluntary organisations etc.
