National Youth Parliament Scheme (NYPS) 2.0

06.02.2025

National Youth Parliament Scheme (NYPS) 2.0

Why in the news?       

             Recently, the Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs provided information about the National Youth Parliament Scheme 2.0 to the Rajya Sabha.

About National Youth Parliament Scheme (NYPS) 2.0:

• Its key objectives are to strengthen the roots of democracy, inculcate healthy habits of discipline, and tolerance of the views of others and to enable the student community to know about practices and procedures of the Parliament and to enhance their knowledge of the functioning of the Government, Constitutional values and for living their life in a democratic way.
• The web-portal of NYPS 2.0 enables all the citizens of the country to participate in the Youth Parliament programme through 3 different ways:
• Institution Participation: All educational institutions can participate in this category by organizing the Youth Parliament sittings as per the guidelines available on the portal.
• The students from classes VI to XII may be selected for the “Kishore Sabha” sub-category and UnderGraduate and Postgraduate level students may be selected for the “Tarun Sabha” sub-category.
•  Group Participation: A group of citizens can participate in this category by organizing the Youth Parliament sittings as per the guidelines available on the portal.
•  Individual Participation: An individual citizen can participate in this category by attempting a quiz on the theme of ‘Bhartiya Democracy in Action’.
• The e-training material viz. Literature on Youth Parliament, Model Debate, Model Questions, Model List of Business, Model Scripts, Video Tutorials, etc. are available as training resources on the web-portal of NYPS 2.0.

                                                              Source: PIB

Consider the following statements regarding the National Youth Parliament Scheme 2.0:

Statement-I:  It will strengthen the roots of democracy and tolerance of the views of others.

Statement-II: Under this scheme only individuals can participate in the Youth Parliament programme.

Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

A.Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct, and Statement-II is the correct explanation for Statement-I.

B.Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct, and Statement-II is not the correct explanation for Statement-I.

C.Statement-I is correct, but Statement-II is incorrect.

D.Statement-I is incorrect, but Statement-II is correct.

Answer C