‘YUVA- PM Scheme For Mentoring Young Authors’

Current Context: The Department of Higher Education under the Education Ministry launched ‘YUVA- Prime Minister’s Scheme For Mentoring Young Authors’.

• The scheme is an Author Mentorship programme that will train young and budding authors who are below 30 years of age in order to promote reading, writing and book culture in India. It also aims to project India and Indian writings globally.
• The significance of YUVA in the scheme is Young, Upcoming and Versatile Authors.
• The scheme will be implemented by National Book Trust.
• Under the scheme, 75 authors will be selected through an All India Contest which will be held from 1 June – 31 July 2021.
• The selected authors from the contest will be trained by eminent authors/mentors.
• A consolidated scholarship of Rs.50,000 per month for a period of six months per author will be paid under the Mentorship Scheme.
• Static Part: 
• Union Minister of Education: Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank'

Question: 

Q.1 Which organisation to implement ‘YUVA- Prime Minister’s Scheme For Mentoring Young Authors’?
a. National Book Trust
b. Sahitya Akademi
c. NCERT
d. Rupa Publications