{"id":60769,"date":"2025-08-26T12:14:37","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T06:44:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=60769"},"modified":"2025-08-26T12:58:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T07:28:24","slug":"national-youth-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/national-youth-award\/","title":{"rendered":"National Youth Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>National Youth Award Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Ministry of Youth Affairs &amp; Sports, Government of India, invited nominations for the National Youth Award (NYA) 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About National Youth Award<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is sponsored by <\/span><b>the Ministry of Youth Affairs.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is for the <\/span><b>Indian youth<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for their tremendous and outstanding <\/span><b>work in social service.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This award is to motivate young persons to achieve excellence in the field of national development or social service<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It aims to motivate <\/span><b>young persons<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (<\/span><b>aged between 15 \u2013 29 years)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to achieve excellence in the field of national development or social service;<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To encourage young people to <\/span><b>develop a sense of responsibility<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the community and thus to improve their own personal potential as good citizens; and<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To give <\/span><b>recognition to the outstanding<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> work done by <\/span><b>voluntary organizations<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> working with the youth for national development and\/or social service.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The National Youth Awards are conferred usually during the National Youth Festival.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The award is <\/span><b>given in two categories:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Individual Category and Organisation Category<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The number of awards given each year would <\/span><b>ordinarily not exceed 20 for individual<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> category and <\/span><b>five for organization category<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It may, however, vary at the discretion of the sanctioning authority in deserving case.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Prize money:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Award to individuals will comprise a medal, a certificate and award money of <\/span><b>\u20b91,00,000\/-. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Award to voluntary <\/span><b>youth organizations<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will comprise a medal, a certificate and award money <\/span><b>of \u20b93,00,000\/-.<\/b><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Eligibility for Award:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Individuals\/organisations who have shown identifiable excellent work for youth in different fields of development activities and social service such as health, research and innovation, culture, promotion of human rights, art and literature, tourism, traditional medicine, active citizenship, community service, sports and academic excellence, and smart learning are encouraged.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2160502\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PIB<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Youth Award is for the Indian youth for their tremendous and outstanding work in social service. 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