Financial Assistance for Promotion of Youth Activities and Training (FAPYAT)

FAPYAT Scheme is a government scheme supporting youth skill-building through financial aid to NGOs for hosting vocational training, leadership, and integration programs targeting youth aged 15-35 years.

Highlights

• Helps youth development and encourages them to promote national integration.
• Supports organizations to run youth skill and awareness programs.
• Provides funding for vocational and leadership training.
• Open to Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs), with required recommendations from relevant local authorities.

What is the FAPYAT Scheme?

• Scheme provides financial aid for youth centric programs in partnership with NGOs
• Scheme aims to encourage youth participation in developmental activities, leadership, vocational and entrepreneurial training

Objectives

• To develop leadership, entrepreneurial, and job-oriented skills among youth 
• To prevent migration from rural to urban areas by making agriculture and rural enterprise attractive.
• To raise youth involvement in nation-building, social integration, and social awareness through targeted activities and training.

Benefits of the FAPYAT Scheme

• Financial Support
  Direct funding for training and activities, covering expenses like materials and trainers.
• Skill Building
  Practical vocational training and entrepreneurship development are provided to youth for increasing employment
• Community Impact
  Supports Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs) that empower youth to address local challenges.
• Official Recognition
  Programs recommended by government or district leaders gain credibility and reach.

Eligibility for the FAPYAT Scheme

You are eligible if:

• You want to train youths aged 15–35 years.
• You represent an NGO focused on youth activities or training.
• Your NGO gets a recommendation from the State, Union Territory Administration, District Collector or relevant youth authority.

You are not eligible if:

• You are not running a registered NGO.
• Your organization lacks the proper recommendations from local authorities.
• Your proposals do not fit the youth training or integration objectives.

Documents Required for FAPYAT Scheme

• Official recommendation letter from District/State/UT administration and Nehru Yuva Kendra, or NSS Regional Centre.
• NGO registration certificate and activity report.
• List of proposed activities, budget estimates, and age details of beneficiary youth

Application Process for FAPYAT Scheme

You can apply:

• Offline by submitting an application to the Deputy Secretary/Director (Training), Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi.

Examples of Where the FAPYAT Scheme Can Be Used

• A rural youth group organizes a two-week entrepreneurship boot camp under FAPYAT, learning business planning and launching two small startups in their district.
• A district NGO receives assistance to hold a coir products exhibition and skills fair, enabling dozens of young artisans to demonstrate their talent and secure new orders
• Tribal youth from a remote region participate in a FAPYAT-supported vocational course on organic farming, returning home to upgrade their community’s agricultural practices