*ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to launch ‘National YouthDevelopment Index Survey’ in order to gauge development needs of youth indifferent areas of the country, Radio Pakistan reported.*
The decision was taken at a meeting between Special Assistant to the PrimeMinister on Youth Affairs Muhammad Usman Dar and Minister for PlanningMakhdum Khusro Bakhtyar in Islamabad.
The national youth development index survey would be a first-everdistrict-level national survey to keep a track of the data on youthdevelopment.
The index would not only help in targeted interventions for thesocio-economic development of youth but would also promote a culture ofspending on youth development among the provinces.
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During the meeting, it was also agreed that government would work onscaling up the said program to accommodate more young development fellowsthrough it annually.
