Participants of 51st edition of Know India Programmes (KIP) met the Union Minister of Textiles, Smriti Zubin Irani, in New Delhi. This edition of KIP has been scheduled from January 5th to 29th January, 2019 in partnership with Gujarat.
About:
Implementing agency: The KIP is a 25-day orientation programme organized by the Ministry of External Affairs in partnership with the states of India.
Objective: To make Indian origin youth (between 18-30 years) aware about India, its cultural heritage, art and to familiarize them with various aspects of contemporary India.
Background: The programme has been in existence since 2003.
Salient features:
In 2016, the scheme was revamped to increase duration from 21 to 25 days, with a 10-day visit to one or two States and preference given to PIOs from Girmitiya countries.
Since 2016, six KIPs are being organised in a year.
A maximum of 40 Indian Diaspora youth are selected for each programme and provided full hospitality in India.
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