ABVP submits memos to three Union Ministries

A delegation of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), led by its National General Secretary Virendra Singh Solanki, on Tuesday met three Union Ministers in New Delhi and submitted memoranda highlighting key national concerns related to women’s safety and empowerment, agricultural reforms and strengthening the sports ecosystem.

The delegation met Union Minister for Women & Child Development Annapurna Devi, Union Minister for Agriculture Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Union Minister for Youth Affairs & Sports Mansukh Mandaviya, presenting policy-focused and solution-oriented recommendations.

In its memorandum to the Ministry of Women & Child Development, the ABVP demanded strict measures to curb cybercrimes against women and regulate AI-generated objectionable content. It also stressed the need to promote STEM education among adolescent girls and young women, conduct nationwide awareness campaigns on cervical and breast cancer, increase the number of fast-track courts for crimes against women, ensure effective functioning of internal complaints committees at workplaces and expand schemes aimed at women’s economic self-reliance.

On agricultural reforms, the ABVP called for the constitution of a national-level Indian agriculture council and establishment of central agricultural universities in every state. The memorandum also sought strict regulation of agricultural education as per ICAR norms, strengthening of state agricultural universities and Krishi Vigyan Kendras, time-bound recruitment to vacant teaching and scientific posts, enhanced funding for agricultural research and student fellowships, expansion of agricultural curricula in Indian languages, integration of agriculture education at the school level under NEP 2020 and promotion of agriculture-based entrepreneurship and innovation.

In its submission to the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, the ABVP demanded the inclusion of physical education as an optional subject in the UPSC Civil Services main examination, implementation of sports quota and mandatory fitness programmes in all educational institutions and formulation of a national sports readiness framework ahead of the 2030 Commonwealth Games. The delegation also highlighted the need to incentivise NCC and NSS cadets and promote traditional Indian sports.

ABVP’s National General Secretary Virendra Singh Solanki said: “Based on the resolutions passed and suggestions received during the Dehradun National Conference, the ABVP submitted memoranda to three Union Ministers to seek concrete and practical solutions to critical national issues. Ensuring a safe and dignified digital environment for women, bringing uniformity and quality in agricultural education through a national council and integrating sports as an integral component of education are essential to the vision of a developed and self-reliant India. The Ministers have shown a positive approach, and we are confident that effective policy decisions will be taken at the earliest.”