Lok Sabha Question No. 1440 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-09
Subject: Schemes for Youth Affairs
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: A.T. (NANA) PATIL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1440 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.03.2017

Schemes for Youth Affairs

1440. SHRI A.T. NANA PATIL:

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

- (a) whether the Government has revised/restructured a number of schemes related to youth affairs into a new comprehensive scheme;
- (b) if so, the details and the objectives thereof; and
- (c)  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  make  the  youth  more  aware  of these schemes particularly in the rural areas of the country?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS (SHRI VIJAY GOEL)

- (a)  to  (c):  Yes,  Sir.  The  Ministry  has  revised/restructured  a  number  of schemes related to youth affairs, with effect from 01.04.2016, as follows:

|   S. No. | Names of Schemes (Before Restructuring) Names of Schemes (After Restructuring)                     |
|----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan NYKS) Merged into a new                                                |
|        2 | 'umbrella' Scheme National Youth Corps (NYC)                                                       |
|        3 | called 'Rashtriya Yuva Sashaktikaran National Programme for Youth & Adolescent Development (NPYAD) |
|        4 | Karyakram (RYSK)'. International Cooperation                                                       |
|        5 | Youth Hostels (YH)                                                                                 |
|        6 | Assistance to Scouting & Guiding Organisations                                                     |
|        7 | National Discipline Scheme (NDS)                                                                   |

|   8. | National Young Leaders Programme (NYLP)                       |                                                               |
|------|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|    9 | National Service Scheme (NSS)                                 | National Service Scheme (NSS)                                 |
|   10 | Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development (RGNIYD) | Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development (RGNIYD) |

Thus, while National Service Scheme (NSS) and Rajiv Gandhi National Institute  of  Youth  Development  (RGNIYD)  have  been  retained  as  separate Schemes  due  to  the  distinctive  nature  of  their  operational  framework,  all other  Schemes  have  been  merged  into  a  new  umbrella  Scheme  called 'Rashtriya Yuva Sashaktikaran Karyakram (RYSK)', a flagship programme of the Department for empowerment of the youth to enable them to realise their potential and in the process, to contribute to the nation-building process.

The merger of 8 schemes into a single umbrella scheme is designed to achieve  better  synergy  in  implementation  of  these  Schemes.  Out  of  these Schemes,  only  the  first  two  schemes,  namely,  NYKS  and  NYC,  have  field level  administrative  set-up  for  implementation  of  Schemes.  Now,  it  will  be possible to leverage the NYKS/  NYC  administrative infrastructure for management  of  all  the  components  of  the  new  umbrella  scheme,  thereby facilitating more effective implementation of these Schemes.

The creation of the new umbrella scheme is primarily an exercise for consolidation of the ongoing schemes. Since all these schemes were already under implementation, the youth all over the country, including in rural areas, were  already  aware  of  these  schemes.  However,  youth  have  been  made aware about the new umbrella scheme through distribution of IEC material and dissemination of information programmes.

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