The Ministry of Education has launched “YUVA- Prime Minister’s Scheme for Mentoring Young Authors”.
YUVA is an Author Mentorship programme which will train young and budding authors aged below 30 years to in order to promote reading, writing and book culture in India.
It will also project India and Indian writings worldwide.
YUVA stands for “Young, Upcoming and Versatile Authors”.
The scheme is in line with PM’s vision of encouraging young writers to write about India’s freedom struggle.
The scheme will be implemented by “National Book Trust of India” under the Ministry of Education.