Context
The Government has decided that the books selected under the PM-YUVA Scheme are translated into different Indian languages to ensure the exchange of Indian culture and literature in order to promote `Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat’.
About PM Yuva Yojana
- Pradhan Mantri Mentorships’s Scheme for Young writers (PM-YUVA) was launched by the Ministry of Education in May 2021 for young writers up to the age of 30 years.
- A contest was organised to select 75 young authors.
- The theme of the contest was ‘National Movement of India’ with ‘Unsung Heroes’, “Role of Unknown Places in Freedom Movement’ etc as focus areas.
- Proposals were invited in all 22 scheduled languages and English.
- The selection was made by a committee constituted by National Book Trust (NBT).
- 10% royalty to be paid by NBT on publication and sale of the books.
- Mentors have been assigned to guide and develop the selected proposals into full-fledged books.
- A consolidated scholarship of 50,000 per month for a period of 6 months per author is to be paid under the mentorship scheme.
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Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat
- “Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat” was announced on 31st October, 2015 on the occasion of the 140th birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
- Through this innovative measure, the knowledge of the culture, traditions and practices of different States & UTs would be enhanced understanding and bonding between the States, thereby strengthening the unity and integrity of India.
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Languages in the Indian Constitution
- The Constitutional provisions relating to the Eighth Schedule occur in article 344(1) and 351 of the Constitution.
- The Eighth Schedule to the Constitution consists of the following 22 languages:-
- Assamese, (2) Bengali, (3) Gujarati, (4) Hindi, (5) Kannada, (6) Kashmiri, (7) Konkani, (8) Malayalam, (9) Manipuri, (10) Marathi, (11) Nepali, (12) Oriya, (13) Punjabi, (14) Sanskrit, (15) Sindhi, (16) Tamil, (17) Telugu, (18) Urdu (19) Bodo, (20) Santhali, (21) Maithili and (22) Dogri.
