**Summary:**
The Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs has announced that over 5 lakh students have participated in its Youth Parliament Programme through various competitions organized for Delhi schools, Kendriya Vidyalayas, Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas, and Universities/Colleges. These competitions are structured according to the organizational framework of the participating institutions rather than on a state-wise basis. To broaden the program's reach, a web portal for the National Youth Parliament Scheme (NYPS) has been launched, enabling educational institutions, groups, and individual citizens nationwide to participate through Institutional, Group, and Individual modalities. Participants can conduct Youth Parliament sittings following guidelines on the portal, upload event materials, and receive digital certificates. The NYPS web portal (www.nyps.mpa.gov.in) also provides e-training resources such as literature, model debates, questions, scripts, and video tutorials. This information was provided by the Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and Information Broadcasting, Dr. L. Murugan, in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha.
Key Entities Referenced
Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs: The government ministry responsible for the Youth Parliament Programme and related initiatives.
Youth Parliament Programme: A program of the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs aimed at engaging students through Youth Parliament competitions and sittings.
Delhi: Location where Youth Parliament Competitions are held for schools.
Kendriya Vidyalayas: A system of central government schools in India.
Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas: A system of schools for talented students predominantly from rural areas in India.
National Youth Parliament Scheme NYPS: A scheme to improve accessibility and impact of the Youth Parliament Programme, utilizing a web portal for participation.
Rajya Sabha: The upper house of the Parliament of India, where a written reply was provided by the Minister of State.
Dr. L. Murugan: Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and Information Broadcasting.
Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
More than 5 lakh students have participated in Youth
Parliament Programme of the Ministry of
Parliamentary Affairs
Posted On: 11 AUG 2025 6:45PM by PIB Delhi
Under the Youth Parliament Programme of the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, various Youth Parliament
Competitions for Delhi schools, Kendriya Vidyalayas, Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas and
Universities/Colleges have been organized in which more than 5 lakh students have participated so far. These
competitions are not organized on a state-wise basis, but according to the organizational structure of the
respective parent stakeholder organizations.
To improve the accessibility and the impact of Youth Parliament Programme of the Ministry to
hitherto untouched sections and corners of the country, a web-portal of National Youth Parliament
Scheme (NYPS) has been made available to all the educational institutions/groups/citizens of the
country to participate in the portal through Institutional Participation and Group Participation for
conducting Youth Parliament Sittings and Individual Participation through quiz, based on the theme
of ‘Bharatiya Democracy in Action’. The educational institutions/groups can organize the Youth
Parliament sittings as per the guidelines available on the portal, upload the video, photos etc. of the
events and get digital certificates from the portal.
The digital material as e-training resources 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 which may be accessed at www.nyps.mpa.gov.in
This information was given by the Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and Information &
Broadcasting Dr. L. Murugan in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
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