The week-long competition will be held at Emerald Heights International School in the Indore city of Madhya Pradesh and 24 boys and 24 girls teams from states across India will participate.
Delhi's boys team and Kerala's girls team will look to defend their titles while the hosts Madhya Pradesh will look to build on their boys' second place finish last year.
"The Youth National Championship is aimed at providing the perfect platform for these young boys and girls to showcase their talent and keep them abreast with game strategies and skills required to improve the playing standards of Basketball," Roopam Sharma, CEO of the BFI, said.
During the event, 25 boys and 25 girls will be scouted to participate in the U-16 National Coaching Camp which will be held subsequently to further enhance their training skills.
These 50 players will receive monetary benefits as a part of the BFI's ongoing program namely being the Productivity Linked Incentive Benefits to encourage the talented players.
