Students participate in the rally during the launching of ‘National Youth Policy’ (NYP-2014) and ‘Rajiv Gandhi Khel Abhivan’ (RGKA) in Kohima on February 21. (Morung Photo)
Nagaland joined the nation-wide launching of ‘National Youth Policy’ (NYP-2014) and ‘Rajiv Gandhi Khel Abhivan’ (RGKA) on February 21 at the Indoor Badminton Stadium Kohima. The Nehru Yuva Kendra Kohima (NYK) and the National Service Scheme (NSS) Kohima organized the event with Wennyei Konyak, SDO (Civil) Sadar Kohima as the chief guest. Students from different colleges and schools attended the event.
The event was chaired by John Makhabo, DYC, NYK, Kohima while the keynote speech was addressed by Jackie Ruivah ZD, NYKS, Nagaland and the vote of thanks by C. Theyo, State Liasion Officer, NSS. “In the past, such kinds of policies were never there. We should all be happy these policies for the youth have been introduced. Youth are the future of this world,” said Weinnyei Konyak .
“The National Youth Policy is being introduced for the all-round development and empowerment of the youths. It highlights the key issues faced by the youth and elaborates on how stakeholders can support the youth to ensure that they contribute positively to the development of the society now and in the future,” said Jackie Ruivah who further gave brief introductions to the objectives and provisions of the policies.
After the launching, a rally was held from the Indoor stadium till Khuociezie, Kohima local Ground.
The NYP-2014 and Rajiv Gandhi Khel Abbhiyan is being launch at Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium in National level in 623 NYK districts and 299 NSS Universities of the country at 3:00 pm. The vision of NYP-2014- “To empower youth of the country to achieve their full potential and through them enable India to find its rightful place in the community of nations.”
The RGKA aims to provide infrastructure and facilities for the promotion of sports in the country. The scheme envisages 6500 sports complexes in every rural Block of the country; 11 outdoor and 5 indoor games (including multi gym); Three local Sports Trainers (at least one female); Sports equipment worth Rs.15 lakhs; A youth resource centre; Provision of self-defence training, especially for women
Funds to be provided every year to conduct competition to identify talent: Block level- Rs. 1 lakh; District level- Rs. 4 lakh; State level- Rs. 2 lakh for each district in the state; National level- Rs. 10 lakh per sports discipline.
