The Ministry of Education announced the results of the Prime Minister’s Scheme for Mentoring Young Authors (PM-YUVA 3.0), implemented by the National Book Trust, India.
The scheme, aligned with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, encourages young writers to contribute to nation-building through their ideas and writing.
In this edition, officials selected 43 young authors under the age of 30 through an All-India contest. Their book proposals span 22 official Indian languages and English, including Assamese, Bangla, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Maithili, Nepali, Odia, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Santali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu. Moreover, this wide participation strengthens the scheme’s goal of inclusive literary development across India. Of the selected authors, 19 are women, and 24 are men.
The chosen manuscripts will evolve into books under a six-month mentorship program led by eminent scholars. In addition, each author will receive a scholarship of ₹50,000 per month and a lifetime royalty of 10% on their published work.
The themes for PM-YUVA 3.0 include the Contribution of Indian Diaspora in Nation Building, Indian Knowledge System, and Makers of Modern India (1950–2025). Furthermore, the selected non-fiction works reflect India’s past, present, and future through subjects such as history, culture, science, philosophy, governance, social reform, and global engagement.
A National Camp for the selected authors will take place during the New Delhi World Book Fair from January 10–18, 2026. Finally, the first set of books under PM-YUVA 3.0 will be published next year, nurturing a new generation of writers to represent Indian literature and thought both in India and abroad.
