SHILLONG, FEB 22: Amid large gathering of youths and community members of Garo hills, chief minister Mukul Sangma launched the National Youth Policy 2014 and Rajiv Gandhi Khel Abhivan at Trikrikila under West Garo hills district on Saturday.
Launching of national Youth Policy 2014 and Rajiv Gandhi Khel Abhivan is a nationwide programme throughout 623 districts of the country.
Addressing the function as chief guest, Sangma apprised the audience about the aim and salient features of National Youth Policy 2014 and Rajiv Gandhi Khel Abhivan that government of India has invest more the Rs 90,000 crore per annum for youth development.
The main thrust of National Youth Policy is to use the full potential of youth to empower India, by creating productive youth force in the sphere of education, health, employment, skill development and sports. Sangma further stress on the need to instilled social valve, community concern and facilitate the youth in participation of politics and governance.
Speaking about the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Abhivan Sangma apprised that throughout the country this scheme envisage over 6500 sports complex in every rural block of the country. Each sport complex at block level will be strengthened at the cost of Rs 1.75 crore to build a permanent infrastructure at block level. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Abhivan involves capital expenditure of over Rs.9000 crore throughout the country.
Sangma expressed that certainly the National Youth Policy 2014 and the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Abhivan scheme will benefit every youth of Meghalaya who are living in the far flung area of the state and in urban area.
Under the new scheme of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Abhiyan, various activities such as development of infrastructures at the block, district and state level , grooming of young sports talent by organizing sports activities in regular basis, convergence of youth development activities at block level youth resource centers etc. will be taking up throughout the state.- By Our Reporter
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