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Empowerment of Socially and Economically Disadvantaged Youth in India: the RGNIYD’s Initiatives

Dr. S. Lalitha*
Abstract
The Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development (RGNIYD) is an Institution of national importance dedicated for the development and empowerment of youth in the sub-continent. To further ensure its commitment to the national agenda, inclusive growth and to create a just society the RGNIYD specifically conducting various programmes pertaining to the empowerment of youth of marginalised and disadvantaged section in all parts of the country for which the institution has established a separate department called ‘Department for Socially and Economically Disadvantaged Youth’(DSEDY). This is one of the remarkable initiatives

35/2012 under the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India. It functions as a vital resource centre by offering academic programmes viz., Under Graduate, Post Graduate, Ph.D., and Diploma programmes encompassing various dimensions of youth development, engaging in seminal research in the vital areas of youth development and conducting Training programmes catering to the need of youth across the country. RGNIYD has close cooperation with the state agencies, NSS, NYKS and empanelled organizations in the implementation of training programmes. Being an apex body for youth development the RGNIYD strives to develop into a globally recognised and acclaimed centre of academic excellence in the field of youth development, fully responsive to the national agenda for inclusive growth and the needs and aspirations of young people of the country to realise their potentials to create a just

Major Findings of the study
Table No. 1 Age
Sl. No. Age Frequency Percentage
1 18-21 yrs. 8 20
2 22-25 yrs 32 80 Total 40 100

The table above reveals that the majority of 80% youth fall between the age group 22-25 as they have desire for entrepreneurship and have chosen it as their career. It reveals that the youth in the age group of 22-25 are very much active in venturing into entrepreneurial activities. It alarms that the larger civil society should concentrate on the innovative entrepreneurial activities among these age categories.
Table No. 2 Sex
Sl. No. Age Frequency Percentage
1 Male 20 50
2 Female 20 50 Total 40 100

The above table shows that irrespective of gender the desire for entrepreneurship among male and female is same. Therefore it indicates that entrepreneurial traits are exits in both fame and female youth in Durg District,