A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY ON THE CURRENT SCHEMA OF ACTIVE PARTICIPATION OF YOUTH IN POLITICAL PARTIES

Democracy has always been the keystone for the formation of the Indian Government, a government that is inclusive and that has been striving to represent the needs of its growing population.With over around 371.4 million of the Indian population being the current youth force, the actual number of young adults actively involved in political scenarios are deploringly low.(Only 51% of the said youth population are active voters and not active participants in candidature nominations).The youth are almost a marginalized minority in the political stratum, insufficiently represented in party membership, leadership and legislature; let alone being inclusive of youth hailing from actually marginalized communities, gender spectrums, sexual orientations and various sections of the society.This descriptive research is aimed at understanding the growing necessity of the participation of youth groups in political organizations, decision making, creation of youth wings, policy formulations, legislative activities and to slowly, yet steadily change the generic perspective that the current youth population hold towards politics and political parties in general.Using primary sources of data like surveys, questionnaires, one-on-one interviews with those involved as "foot-soldiers" in different political parties while majorly implementing an ex-post-facto research design, this study is an effort to recognise areas in youth political participation that need focus whilst recommending ways to design holistic strategies that will further the a. Participation b.