The Prime Minister's Youth Programme or Kamyab Jawan Program (Urdu: کامیاب یوتھ پروگرام), initiative launched by former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in 2013, and it ran from 2019 to 2022.[2] The program aimed to provide quality education and meaningful employment opportunities to the youth through integrated, sustainable initiatives. It offered government-subsidised business loans of up to 25 million rupees, divided into three tiers: the first tier for loans between 10,000 and 1 million rupees, the second tier for 1 million to 10 million, and the third for 10 million to 25 million rupees.[3]
| Prime Minister Youth Programme | |
 | |
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 2013 |
| Type | Youth Affairs |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Pakistan |
| Status | Active |
| Headquarters | Prime Minister's Secretariat |
| Motto | Empower youth, Kamyab Jawan Kamyab Pakistan |
| Employees | 12 |
| Annual budget | 150 billion[1] |
| Minister responsible | |
| Website | pmyp |
In addition to loans, the program supported a skills scholarship initiative, a talent hunt for youth sports, and the establishment of a National Youth Council. However, in July 2022, the State Bank of Pakistan paused disbursements under the Kamyab Jawan Program.[4]
The programme was revived by the Shehbaz Sharif government at the end of the year.[5][6]
History
The Prime Minister's Youth Programme is a special initiative launched by the Pakistani government in 2013 - 2018. The Youth Programme comprised several schemes including Prime Minister's Interest-Free Loan Scheme, Prime Minister's Youth Business Loans, Prime Minister's Youth Training Scheme, Prime Minister's Youth Skills Development Scheme, Prime Minister's Scheme for Provision of Laptops and Prime Minister's Scheme for Reimbursement of Fee of Students from the Less Developed Areas. It was headed by Maryam Nawaz Sharif.[7] The total worth of PKR 20 billion was to be spread over 5 years.[8][9]
On 14 May 2014, the government approved 3.5 billion for interest-free loans up to Rs 50,000 would be provided to 1 million people across the country. Half of the beneficiaries would be women. The loans would be disbursed through Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF) and each federating unit will get its share as per the NFC Award, with a primary focus on rural areas. Proper loan centers and business support centers were to be set up across the country.[10][11][12] The Prime Minister's Programme for the Provision of Laptops to Talented Students (Prime Minister's Laptop Scheme was launched on May 23, 2014.[13][14][15]
The Prime Minister Laptop Scheme and other schemes were later abolished by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (Pakistan Movement for Justice) government as of 2018.[16]
The Prime Minister's Youth Programme was renamed to the Kamyab Jawan Program by the Imran Khan ministry in September 2019[17] and, after a pause in disbursements from July 2022,[4] was renamed back by the Shehbaz Sharif ministry in December 2022.[5][6]
References
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