<span style="color: #222222;">Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Singh Thakur urged youths to share their experiences and good practices and ideas learned during their seven days stay in Hubballi-Dharwad and motivate others. Speaking at the Valedictory function of 26th National Youth Festival in Dharwad today, Mr Thakur said that they must pick up their backpacks to discover Bharat and spread the message of Viksit Bharat and Swachh Bharat. &nbsp;<br />''<br />''He informed that the sports ministry will compile good ideas coming out of youth talks and present them to the representatives of 43 countries coming to G20 events. The minister highlighted India today is the 5th largest economy in the world, there are 80,000 startups and over 100 among them are Unicorns. Mr Thakur said, from being a major defence equipment importing country, India is today manufacturing 400 components and earned 30,000 crore rupees from its exports. Even in sports, the country won the Thomas Cup and performed well in other international events.<br />''<br />''Governor Thawarchand Gehlot, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and Union Parliamentary Affairs minister Pralhad Joshi addressed the gathering. Over 7500 young delegates had participated in the National Youth Festival from 36 states and Union Territories.</span><br />
News On AIR | January 16, 2023 1:16 PM
26th National Youth Festival: Union Minister Anurag Singh Thakur urges youths to share experiences learned during stay in Hubballi-Dharwad & motivate others