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YOUTH HOSTEL ASSOCIATION OF INDIA The Youth Hostel Movement had found its way into India before the partition of the country in 1947. The idea was introduced in the early forties by the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides of India, Punjab Circle, after that the first Youth Hostel was formally opened at Tara Devi near Shimla on June 9, 1945, inaugurated by Sir Bertrand Glancy, Chief Scout and Governor of the Punjab. In 1949, some enthusiasts in Mysore set up a Committee to promote the movement in India. Three years later the Indian Association received the Associate membership of the International Youth Hostel Federation. On October 5, 1970, National Youth Hostel Trust was created through a Resolution passed by the National Council of YHAI, a day earlier. Its emblem has an eccentric circle with a green border, which holds a round cornered equilateral green triangle. The eccentric circle refers to travelling and staying in a hostel. It has its anagram written in a stacked manner. The

PRADHAN MANTRI JAN AROGYA YOJANA “Ensuring good health cover or quality hospital services for the citizens of India, especially the poor and vulnerable section, the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY) is an initiative by the Prime Minister and was launched in 2018, under the guidance of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Also known as the Ayushman Bharat Yojana or the National Health Protection Scheme, the initiative aims at making required interventions in the healthcare systems in the country. The PM-JAY logo shows the expanded form written in Devanagari script at the top. The middle part shows the icon of a human being sitting in an upright position and is preceded by petals of a flower, which symbolizes sound health and wellbeing. This spot also mentions आयुष्मान भारत in Devanagari script, which indicates longevity or long life of human beings. The acronym of the scheme is given at the bottom.”  Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY) - Presen