Lok Sabha Question No. 2318 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-16
Subject: Nehru Yuva Kendras
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: KAMLA DEVI PATLE, RODMAL NAGAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS

(DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH AFFAIRS)

LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. +2318 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.03.2017

## Nehru Yuva Kendras

## +2318.  SHRIMATI KAMLA DEVI PAATLE: SHRI NAGAR RODMAL:

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

- (a) the details of the programmes and activities organized/ conducted under the Nehru Yuva Kendras (NYKs) in the country;
- (b) whether a  large  number  of  posts  in  NYKs  at  State  and  district level are lying vacant across the country;
- (c) if so, the details thereof, State/District-wise including Chhattisgarh;
- (d) the  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  to  fill  the  said vacant posts; and
- (e) the details of the steps taken/being taken by the Government to make these NYKs more effective?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS) is one of the largest youth organisations  in  the  world,  with  about  8.7  million  youth  enrolled through  about  3.04  lakhs youth  clubs.  In  order  to  mobilize,  motivate and  organize  the  youth  and  enhance  their  capacities  to  develop democratic  institutional  mechanism  in  the  form  of  Youth  Clubs, empower them to become productive and responsible citizens, assume local leadership to act as active partner in the process of community development and nation building activities with the spirit of volunteerism,  following  three  broad  categories  of  programmes  and activities are conducted by NYKS:

## I. Core Programmes:

Funded by the Department of Youth Affairs, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports through annual budget. These activities are common to all NYKs in the country.

NYKS  every  year  undertakes  following  set  of  programmes  for  youth club  development, awareness and education, capacity enhancement, promotion of  spirit  of  sportsmanship,  promoting  folk  art  and  culture, skill up-gradation and programmes for promotion of national unity:

1. Youth Club Development Programme
2. Training on Youth Leadership and Community Development
3. Promotion of Sports
- a. Sports material to Youth Clubs
- b. Block level Sports Meet
- c. District level Sports Meet
4. Skill Up-gradation Training Programme
5. District Level Promotion of Folk, Art & Culture and Yuva Kriti
6. Observance of Days of National Importance  and National Youth Day & Week
7. District Youth Convention
8. Mahatma  Gandhi  Yuva  Swachhta  Abhiyan  evam  Shramadaan Karyakaram
9. Yuva Adarsh Gram Vikas Karyakaram
10.  Awards  to  Outstanding  Youth  Club  at  District,  State  and  National
14. levels.

## II. Schemes of the Department of Youth Affairs:

Following Schemes of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Govt. of India  are  implemented  by  NYKS  for  promoting  national  integration, personality & life skills development, volunteerism, leadership development & enhance capacities to deliberate on local contemporary issues confronting them and evolve probable actions for the solutions.

- ∑ National Youth Corps Scheme
- ∑ National Programme for Youth and Adolescent Development
- a) National Integration Camps
- b) Adventure Programmes
- c) Life Skill Training for Adolescent
- National Young Leaders Programme:
- a) Neighborhood Youth Parliament at Block & Village level
- b) Youth for Development Programme (IEC: Media & Publicity Campaign and Awards to best 02 Youth Clubs at block level for Shramadaan.
- ∑

In order to provide more programmes and activities for the development  and  empowerment  of  youth,  NYKS  has  been  taking  up projects in convergence  with  various Ministries, United Nations organizations and agencies. This in a way is assisting other Ministries and  Departments  to  utilize  the  vast  outreach  of  NYKS  and  offer  an opportunity  to  the  youth  to  participate  and  undertake  development activities.  Following are the projects which NYKS is implementing:

- a) Tribal Youth Exchange Programme with the support of MHA
- b) Namami  Gange  with  the  support  of  National  Mission  for  clean Ganga,  Ministry  of  Water  Resources  and  Ganga  Rejuvenation, Government  of India.

Swachhta  Abhiyan  in  09  Urban  Local  Bodies  with  the  support of Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India.

- (b)& (c):  State-wise/ District-wise details of vacancies in Nehru Yuva Kendras are at Annexure-I.
- (d):   Most of the vacant posts have lapsed, since the vacancies have been there for over one year. In such cases, the matter has been taken up with Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure for revival of the  posts.  In  case  of  vacancies  arising  during  last  one  year,  where vacant  posts  had not  lapsed,  process  for  filling  up  of  the  posts  has been  initiated.  Meanwhile,  the  work  is handled  by  taking  some officers  on  deputation  as  also  through  posting  of  UNV-DYCs  under  a Project  jointly  being  implemented  with  UNV/  UNDP.  It  has  also  been decided to explore the possibility of taking some retired NYKS officers on  re-employment  and  also  to  obtain  the  services  of  officials  on outsourcing basis, till the vacant posts are filled up on regular basis.
- (e): The  Programmes  of  NYKS  are  being  constantly  reviewed  and revised  based  on  feedback  from  field  officials  and  in  tune  with  the changing  circumstances.  There  is  serious  effort  to  see  that  NYKS continues to play an important role in effective implementation of the flagship  programmes of the Government through creating awareness and  youth  mobilisation.  In  this  context,  NYKS  has  been  effective coordinating its activities with various development Ministries/ Departments.  To  make  the  District  Nehru  Yuva  Kendras  IT-savvy, sanction for purchase of Computers and Laptops has been accorded.

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## ANNEXURE- REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) and (c) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  Q.  NO.  2318 FOR  16.03.2017 ASKED  BY  SHRIMATI  KAMLA  DEVI PAATLE AND SHRI NAGAR RODMAL REGARDING NEHRU YUVA KENDRA.

| S.no   | State                   |   No of Kendra |   DYCs in Position |   Vacancy of DYC |   ACTs in Position |   Vacancy of ACT |
|--------|-------------------------|----------------|--------------------|------------------|--------------------|------------------|
| 1      | Andaman &Nicobar Island |              6 |                  6 |                0 |                  6 |                0 |
| 2      | Andhra Pradesh          |             13 |                  4 |                9 |                  9 |                4 |
| 3      | Telangana               |             10 |                  4 |                6 |                  6 |                4 |
| 4      | Arunachal Pradesh       |             15 |                  2 |               13 |                  3 |               11 |
| 5      | Assam                   |             27 |                 12 |               15 |                 20 |                7 |
| 6      | Bihar                   |             38 |                 14 |               24 |                 35 |                4 |
| 7      | Chandigarh              |              1 |                  1 |                0 |                  1 |                0 |
| 8      | Chhatishgarh            |             16 |                  8 |                8 |                  5 |               11 |
| 9      | Dadra &Nagar Haweli     |              1 |                  0 |                1 |                  1 |                0 |
| 10     | Daman &Diu              |              2 |                  0 |                2 |                  0 |                2 |
| 11     | Delhi                   |              9 |                  8 |                1 |                  4 |                5 |
| 12     | Goa                     |              2 |                  1 |                1 |                  1 |                1 |
| 13     | Gujarat                 |             25 |                 14 |               11 |                 16 |                9 |
| 14     | Haryana                 |             19 |                  9 |               10 |                 12 |                7 |
| 15     | Himachal Pradesh        |             12 |                  5 |                7 |                 10 |                2 |
| 16     | Jammu &Kashmir          |             14 |                  9 |                5 |                  9 |                5 |
| 17     | Jharkhand               |             22 |                  9 |               13 |                 12 |               10 |
| 18     | Karnataka               |             27 |                 12 |               15 |                 14 |               13 |
| 19     | Kerala                  |             14 |                  6 |                8 |                 10 |                4 |
| 20     | Lakshwadeep             |              1 |                  0 |                1 |                  0 |                1 |
| 21     | Madhya Pradesh          |             48 |                 26 |               23 |                 36 |               12 |
| 22     | Maharashtra             |             34 |                 19 |               15 |                 26 |                9 |
| 23     | Manipur                 |             10 |                  6 |                4 |                  8 |                2 |
| 24     | Meghalaya               |              7 |                  3 |                4 |                  3 |                4 |
| 25     | Mizoram                 |              8 |                  2 |                6 |                  0 |                8 |
| 26     | Nagaland                |             11 |                  2 |                9 |                  2 |                9 |
| 27     | Odisha                  |             30 |                  9 |               21 |                  9 |               21 |
| 28     | Pondichery              |              4 |                  1 |                3 |                  2 |                2 |
| 29     | Punjab                  |             20 |                 10 |               10 |                 11 |               11 |
| 30     | Rajasthan               |             32 |                 11 |               21 |                 26 |                6 |
| 31     | Sikkim                  |              4 |                  2 |                2 |                  1 |                3 |
| 32     | Tamil Nadu              |             30 |                 13 |               18 |                 28 |                2 |
| 33     | Tripura                 |              4 |                  4 |                0 |                  3 |                1 |
| 34     | Uttar Pradesh           |             71 |                 30 |               42 |                 49 |               22 |
| 35     | Uttarakhand             |             13 |                  4 |                9 |                  6 |                7 |
| 36     | West Bengal             |             23 |                 15 |                8 |                 19 |                4 |
|        | Total                   |            623 |                281 |              345 |                403 |              223 |

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