National Youth Parliament Festival (NYPF) 2023

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• Recently, the 4th edition of National Youth Parliament Festival (NYPF) commenced in the Central Hall of Parliament.

About

• Theme: “Ideas for a Better tomorrow: India for the World”. 
• Participation:
  • More than 2.01 Lakh youth from 748 Districts of all States and UTs participated at 150 venues across the country. 
• Objectives:
  • to hear the voice of the youth.
  • strengthening democracy and enabling the student community to understand the working of Parliament.

National Youth Parliament Festival (NYPF)

• NYPF is based on the idea given by the Prime Minister in his Mann Ki Baat Address.
• Under this District Youth Parliaments are also conducted. 
• These are conducted at three levels:
  • a) District Youth Parliament (DYP): Preliminary rounds of screening is conducted to select youth for participation in the DYP by a Jury.
  • b) State Youth Parliament (SYP): The youth selected by a Jury from the District Youth Parliament participate at the State level in SYP.
  • c) National Youth Parliament (NYP): The youth selected by a Jury from the State Youth Parliament participate at the National level in NYP in New Delhi.

• 1st edition of NYPF 2019 was organised with the theme “Be the Voice of New India and Find solutions and Contribute to Policy” with the participation of 88,000 youth in physical mode. 

Source:PIB