Kathmandu : The people from 18-35 years of age would now be defined as youths in the context of Nepal.
With the recent endorsement of the National Youth Policy-2082, the people of the 18-35 years age would be defined as youths, said Executive Vice-Chairperson of the National Youth Council, Surendra Basnet.
Earlier, the National Youth Policy-2072 had defined youth as those between 16 and 40 years. The government has formulated a new youth policy.
As per the National Census 2078, the population of people of 16 to 40 years was 42.56 per cent. Executive Vice-Chairperson Basnet said a request has been made to calculate the population of youths as per the new youth policy.
As the Act relating to Children has defined the population up to 18 years as children, the age group of people from 18 to 35 years has been included as youths, he mentioned.
The United Nations has defined youth as individuals between the 15-24 years. Basnet added that the legal age of youths would be 16-40 years until the amendment to National Youth Council Act, 2072.
Though the youth policy should be revised in every five years, it has been amended after 10 years, he argued.
