Srinagar, May 13 -- The Directorate of Youth Services & Sports J&K on Wednesday hosted the 'AAROHAN 2026 National Youth Festival & Viksit J&K Young Leaders Dialogue' at the Sher-i-Kashmir International Conference Centre (SKICC), spotlighting the Union Territory's flagship Mission YUVA as a model for youth-led economic transformation.

The session on youth empowerment and employment, supervised by Mission Director Harvinder Singh (IAS), featured a detailed presentation by Joint Director Employment Waseem Raja on how Mission YUVA is driving grassroots entrepreneurship across J&K.

Officials said the mission aims to create over 4.25 lakh job opportunities by establishing 1.37 lakh new enterprises, marking a 27 per cent rise in registered uni...