In News: On Friday, Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Thakur launched the themes of the Y20 summit, along with its logo and website in New Delhi.
Y20 summit:
The first ever Y20 (Youth 20) Summit is to be held in India on the sidelines of the G20 Summit.
The Y20 Summit is likely to be held in Guwahati.
It will focus on themes of future of work; climate change and disaster risk reduction; peacebuilding and reconciliation; and youth in democracy.
The Y20 Summit is a unique opportunity to allow the youth to provide constructive policy inputs and to utilise the platform to voice their opinions for the world audience.
Y20 will focus on global youth leadership and partnership.
These priority areas of the summit point to the urgency with which the world has to reconcile with the reality of the changing times in our quest to survive and thrive.
