Nehru Yuva Kendra (NYK) Vice-Chairman BD Sharma has said that the NYK has started a change in the use of its huge regional network. In this series, eight youth resource centres are being developed in the country.
While talking to mediapersons on Saturday, Sharma said that India is having the largest group of youths that is marching towards maturity. In Madhya Pradesh, two youth resource centres would be opened, at Bhopal and Morena.
Sharma further said that the centres would have information and facility services, training and capacity building, youth information line and research centre facilities. The NYT would organise month-long national unity camps, exhibitions and cultural activities besides operating help centre in Ujjain during Mahakumbh, he added.
He said that the Youth Programmes and Sports Ministry is going to organise the National Youth Mahotsav in January 2016 that would be held in Raipur – Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh cultural groups would also participate in the event in that NYT would also be partner with the Madhya Pradesh Government.
He said that programme is underway to train youth at village level in disaster management. The NYT is committed in promoting the national flagship programmes, he added.
The NYT national vice president said that new youth mandals and women mandals would be constituted in those villages that are not covered till now. The newly constituted mandals would be connected with the NYT online. The youths connected with the NYT are also socially aware and are towards social development through their personal efforts, he added.