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India Observes National Youth Day as Modi Meets Young Delegates at Viksit Bharat Dialogue

The 2026 theme, Ignite the Self, Impact the World, anchors nationwide programs linking Vivekananda’s ideals to youth engagement.

Overview

  • An official release says Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the final session of the Viksit Bharat Young Leaders Dialogue at Bharat Mandapam around 4:30 pm, engaging roughly 3,000 delegates including diaspora youth as teams present proposals across ten thematic tracks.
  • Educational institutions, youth organisations, NSS and NCC units, and Ramakrishna Mission branches held talks, workshops and cultural programs under ministry-backed National Youth Week.
  • Leaders across parties posted tributes, with messages from the Prime Minister and President Droupadi Murmu and posts by Congress figures including Mallikarjun Kharge, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Rahul Gandhi.
  • States reported large-scale participation, including Odisha’s mass Vande Mataram singing by over 21 lakh students across more than 16,000 institutions, according to an official note.
  • In Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath addressed a youth program and presented Swami Vivekananda Youth Awards to individual achievers and community groups.