20th National Youth Festival inaugurated at Raipur Chhattisgarh

Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari at Rajyostav Sthal in Naya Raipur, Chhattisgarh to mark the National Youth Day, on 12 January 2016 inaugurated the 20th National Youth Festival.The five day long the Union Government in partnership with a state government on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda celebrates annual festival.For the 20^th National Youth Festival, Chhattisgarh was chosen as the partner state with the theme India Youth for Skill, Development and Harmony.
  Features of 20^th National Youth Festival
         • It is an annual gathering of students being jointly organised by Chhattisgarh Sports and Youth Welfare Department, Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangthan and National Service Scheme.
         • For the first time in the youth festival, para-trooping would be displayed by the Indian Army along with weapons and explosives used during war.
         • It comprises a Youth Parliament where representatives of student unions and Universities would discuss key issues of the country particularly on the theme-India Youth for Skill, Development and Harmony.