New books under the PM YUVA 2.0
▪ Union Minister for Education launched 41 new books under the PM YUVA 2.0 scheme at the New Delhi
About PM YUVA 2.0 Scheme
▪ Launched in 2022 by Ministry of Education as part of India@75 Project (Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav).
▪ The Theme of PM-YUVA 2.0 is Democracy (Institutions, Events, People, and Constitutional Values)
▪ It is an Author Mentorship programme to train young and budding authors below 30 years of age.
▪ The National Book Trust, India (under BP Division, Ministry of Education, GOI) as the Implementing Agency
500-crore fund gives autonomy for National Mission on Manuscripts1
▪ The NMM has digitised 3.5 lakh manuscripts that contain 3.5 crore pages.File photo
▪ Steps have been initiated to make the National Mission for Manuscripts (NMM) autonomous
▪ The NMM was established in February 2003 by the Ministry of Tourism and Culture.
▪ The Mission seeks to unearth and preserve the vast manuscript wealth of India
