Lok Sabha Question No. 1559 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-24
Subject: Youth Hostels
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: FAIZAL P.P. MOHAMMED, RAMDAS CHANDRABHANJI TADAS, LAXMI NARAYAN YADAV

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS (DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH AFFAIRS)

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1559 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.11.2016

Youth Hostels

1559. MOHAMMED FAIZAL: SHRI RAMDAS C. TADAS: SHRI LAXMI NARAYAN YADAV:

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

- (a) the number  of Youth  Hostels functional in the country, State/UT-wise;
- (b) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  set  up  new  Youth Hostels in the country; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof along with the locations identified for the purpose, State/UT-wise including Kerala, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) The number of Youth Hostels in the country, State/UT-wise is at Annexure.
- (b)&(c) There  is  no  proposal  to  set  up  new  Youth  Hostels  in  the country.

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.1559  FOR  24.11.2016  ASKED  BY  MOHAMMED FAIZAL, SHRI RAMDAS  C.  TADAS  and  SHRI  LAXMI  NARAYAN  YADAV REGARDING YOUTH HOSTELS.

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

| S. No.   | Name of State/UT   |   No. of Youth Hostels in the State/UT | 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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