Lok Sabha Question No. 93 (STARRED), answered on 2017-12-21
Subject: Youth Hostels
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: NIHAL CHAND CHAUHAN, FAIZAL P.P. MOHAMMED

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS (DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH AFFAIRS)

## LOK  SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 93 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.12.2017

## Youth Hostels

## †*93. SHRI NIHAL CHAND: MOHAMMED FAIZAL:

Will the Minister of YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  youth  hostels  in  the  country,  State  and  locationwise;
- (b) the details of such youth hostels under construction in different parts of the country including Rajasthan, State/UT-wise;
- (c) whether the Government has received any proposals/representations/requests for establishment  of youth hostels  in  various  States  including  Rajasthan,  Chhattisgarh  and UT of Lakshadweep, if so, the details thereof and the action taken thereon, State/UT and location-wise; and
- (d) the  funds  allocated  for  the  construction  of  youth  hostels  during the 12 th  Five year Plan along with the action taken in this regard, State/UT and year-wise?

ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS {COL. RAJYAVARDHAN RATHORE (RETD.)}

- (a) to (d): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a)  TO (d) OF THE  LOK  SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.93  FOR  REPLY  ON 21.12.2017 ASKED BY SHRI NIHAL CHAND, MOHAMMED FAIZAL REGARDING YOUTH HOSTELS

- (a) The details of Youth Hostels in the country, State  and locationwise, is at Annexure.
- (b) Only  one  Youth  Hostel,  at  Roing  in  the  state  of  Arunachal Pradesh, is under construction.
- (c) The Government of India receives proposals/requests from time to time for construction of new Youth Hostels. However, NITI Aayog i.e. erstwhile Planning Commission has suggested that construction  of  new  Youth  Hostels  may  be  taken  up  only  after commissioning  of  on-going  nearly  completion  projects.  Hence funds have not been allocated to the Ministry for construction of new Youth Hostels.
- (d) No  funds  were  allocated  for  the  construction  of  new  Youth Hostels during the 12 th  Five Year Plan.

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA  STARRED QUESTION NO.93 FOR 21.12.2017 ASKED BY SHRI NIHAL CHAND, MOHAMMED FAIZAL REGARDING YOUTH HOSTELS.

The details of Youth Hostels in the country, State and location-wise are as under:

| S. No.   | Name of State/ UT   |   No. of Youth Hostels | Location of Youth Hostel (s)                                            |
|----------|---------------------|------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.       | Assam               |                      4 | Golaghat, Guwahati, Nagaon, Tezpur                                      |
| 2.       | A&N Islands         |                      1 | Port Blair                                                              |
| 3.       | Andhra Pradesh      |                      5 | Kadapa, Tirupati, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram               |
| 4.       | Arunachal Pradesh   |                      1 | Naharlagun                                                              |
| 5.       | Bihar               |                      1 | Patna                                                                   |
| 6.       | Goa                 |                      2 | Panaji, Peddem Mapusa                                                   |
| 7.       | Gujarat             |                      1 | Gandhinagar                                                             |
| 8.       | Haryana             |                      7 | Bhiwani, Gurgaon, Kurukshetra, Panchkula, , Rewari, Sirsa, Yamuna Nagar |
| 9.       | Himachal Pradesh    |                      2 | Bilaspur, Dalhousie                                                     |
| 10.      | Jammu &Kashmir      |                      3 | Nagrota, Patnitop, Srinagar                                             |
| 11.      | Karnataka           |                      4 | Hassan, Mysore, Sogalu, Tirtharameshwar                                 |
| 12.      | Kerala              |                      3 | Calicut (Kozhikode), Ernakulam (Kochi), Trivandrum,                     |
| 13.      | Madhya Pradesh      |                      3 | Bhopal, Jabalpur, Khajuraho                                             |
| 14.      | Maharashtra         |                      2 | Aurangabad, Buldana                                                     |
| 15.      | Manipur             |                      4 | Churachandpur, Imphal, Thoubal, Ukhrul                                  |
| 16.      | Meghalaya           |                      2 | Shillong, Tura                                                          |
| 17.      | Mizoram             |                      1 | Aizwal                                                                  |
| 18.      | Nagaland            |                      2 | Dimapur , Mokokchung                                                    |
| 19.      | Odisha              |                      4 | Gopalpur-on-Sea, Joshipur, Koraput, Puri                                |
| 20.      | Puducherry          |                      1 | Puducherry                                                              |
| 21.      | Punjab              |                      6 | Amritsar, Jalandhar, Patiala, Ropar, Sangrur, Tarn Taran                |
| 22.      | Rajasthan           |                      4 | Ajmer, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Udaipur                                         |
| 23.      | Sikkim              |                      2 | Gangtok, Namchi                                                         |
| 24.      | Tamil Nadu          |                      5 | Chennai, Madurai, Ooty, Thanjavaur, Trichy                              |
| 25.      | Telangana           |                      3 | Nagarjunasagar, Secunderabad, Warangal                                  |
| 26.      | Tripura             |                      1 | Agartala                                                                |
| 27.      | Uttar Pradesh       |                      2 | Agra, Lucknow                                                           |
| 28.      | Uttarakhand         |                      4 | Badrinath, Mussoorie, Nainital, Uttarkashi                              |
| 29.      | West Bengal         |                      3 | Burdwan, Churulia, Darjeeling                                           |
|          | Total:              |                     83 |                                                                         |

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