Lok Sabha Question No. 1579 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-09
Subject: Youth Hostels
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: KAMLA DEVI PATLE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1579 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.03.2017

## Youth Hostels

†1579. SHRIMATI KAMLA DEVI PAATLE:

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

- (a) the details of the current schemes being implemented for the welfare of youths affairs and sports in the country;
- (b)  the  number  of  youth  hostels  in  the  country,  State/UT-wise  including Chhattisgarh;
- (c)  the  number of youth hostels set up during the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise;
- (d)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  set  up  new  Youth  Hostels  in  the country; and
- (e)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  location  identified  for  the purpose?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) The details of the current schemes being implemented for the welfare of youth affairs and sport in the country, are as follows:

## Department of Youth Affairs:

|   S. No. | Names of Schemes (Before Restructuring)                       | Names of Schemes (After Restructuring)   |
|----------|---------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan NYKS)                             | Merged into a new                        |
|        2 | National Youth Corps (NYC)                                    | 'umbrella' Scheme                        |
|        3 | National Programme for Youth & Adolescent Development (NPYAD) | called 'Rashtriya Yuva Sashaktikaran     |

|   4. | International Cooperation                                     | Karyakram (RYSK)'.                                            |
|------|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|    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) |

## Department of Sports:

|   Sl. No. | Name of the Scheme                                                                                                                                               |
|-----------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Khelo India Scheme - National Programme for Development of Sports                                                                                                |
|         2 | Himalayan Region Games                                                                                                                                           |
|         3 | Enhancement of Sports Facility at J&K                                                                                                                            |
|         4 | Target Olympic Podium (TOP) Scheme                                                                                                                               |
|         5 | Assistance to National Sports Federations (NSFs)                                                                                                                 |
|         6 | National Welfare Fund for Sportspersons                                                                                                                          |
|         7 | Special Awards to Medal Winners in International Sports Events and their Coaches                                                                                 |
|         8 | Pension to Meritorious sportspersons                                                                                                                             |
|         9 | National Sports Awards (Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awards, Arjuna Awards, Dronacharya Awards, Dhyanchand Awards, Maka Trophy and Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar) |
|        10 | Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education -Scholarship to Students(LNIPE)                                                                              |
|        11 | Scheme for Human Resource Development for specialized studies in sports disciplines.                                                                             |

- (b) There are 83 youth hostels functioning  in  the country  at  present.  No youth hostel has been constructed in the State of Chhattisgarh so far.  The details of Youth Hostels, State/UT-wise is at Annexure.
- (c)    No new youth hostel has been constructed during the last three year and the current year.
- (d) & (e): At present, there is no proposal to set up new youth hostel.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.1579  FOR  09.03.2017  ASKED  BY  SHRIMATI  KAMLA  DEVI  PAATLE REGARDING YOUTH HOSTELS.

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