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
