New Delhi: Union Minister for Education, Dharmendra Pradhan, launched 41 new books under the PM YUVA 2.0 scheme at World Book Fair 2025 here on 8 February. Governor of Tripura, Indrasena Reddy Nallu, graced the event as Honorable Guest.
While addressing the gathering, Shri Pradhan congratulated the 41 young authors whose books were unveiled. Expressing confidence in their potential, he stated that their writings and creativity would enrich the literary landscape and provide a new direction to intellectual discourse.
The Minister expressed his gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for conceptualizing the PM YUVA Scheme, highlighting its transformation into a national movement.
He emphasized its significant impact on mentoring and nurturing budding authors, fostering proud ambassadors of Indian culture, heritage, history, languages, and literature, and bringing to light the stories of unsung heroes of the freedom struggle.
Shri Pradhan further underscored that promoting books in Indian languages across the country is a national mission. He described initiatives like PM YUVA as groundbreaking steps in this direction.
He also emphasized that the recently announced ‘Bharatiya Bhasha Pustak Scheme’ in this year’s budget would add momentum to this national endeavour.