LIVE: PM Modi addresses 2nd National Youth Parliament Festival

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will deal with the valedictory perform of the second National Youth Parliament Festival on January 12 by way of video conferencing.
The chosen candidates within the youth parliaments held at state and district ranges will participate within the nationwide occasion. The first three winners will get the chance to precise their views earlier than the Prime Minister.
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’, amongst others, will even be current on the event.

The goal of the National Youth Parliament Festival (NYPF) is to listen to the voice of youth between 18 and 25 years of age, who’re allowed to vote and can be a part of numerous careers in coming years, together with public companies.
The National Youth Parliament Festival is predicated on the concept given by the Prime Minister in his ‘Mann Ki Baat’ deal with on December 31, 2017.

Taking inspiration from the concept, the primary NYPF was organised from January 12 to February 27, 2019, with the theme “Be the Voice of New India and Find solutions and Contribute to Policy”. A complete of 88,000 youth participated in this system.
The second NYPF was launched on December 23, 2020, via digital mode. 2.34 lakh youth from throughout the nation participated within the first stage. It was adopted by State Youth Parliaments via the digital mode from January 1 to five.
The finals of the second NYPF will likely be held within the Central Hall of the Parliament on January 11.
Twenty-nine nationwide winners will get a chance to talk earlier than the nationwide jury comprising of Rajya Sabha MP Roopa Ganguly, Lok Sabha MP Parvesh Sahib Singh, and journalist Prafulla Ketkar.

The high three winners will get a chance to talk earlier than the Prime Minister within the valedictory perform on January 12.
National Youth Festival, which is being celebrated yearly, will likely be held from January 12 to 16. Due to COVID-19, the twenty fourth National Youth Festival is being held in digital mode. ‘YUVAAH – Utsah Naye Bharat Ka’ is the theme of this yr’s pageant, which suggests, the youth deliver alive the celebration of New India.
The opening ceremony of the twenty fourth National Youth Festival and the closing ceremony of 2nd National Youth Parliament Festival will each happen as we speak on the Central Hall of Parliament.
The closing ceremony of the twenty fourth National Youth Festival will likely be held on the Dr Ambedkar International Centre right here on January 16.