Lok Sabha Question No. 4278 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-18
Subject: Construction of New Youth Hostels
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: Hanuman Beniwal, S. Muniswamy, Meenakashi Lekhi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK  SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4278 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.07.2019

Construction of New Youth Hostels

4278.

SHRI HANUMAN BENIWAL:

SHRI S.MUNISWAMY:

SMT. MEENAKASHI LEKHI:

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

- (a) the number of Youth Hostels setup/functional in the country, location-wise;
- the number of Youth Hostels constructed during each of the last
- (b) three years and the current year, location-wise;
- (c) whether the Government has identified the places to construct/start new Youth Hostels in the country including State of Karnataka;
- (d) if so, the criteria  for  selecting  these  areas  and  the  areas identified for the same; and
- (e) the  funds  allocated  and  utilized  for  this  purpose  during  the  last three years and the current year, year- wise?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS {KIREN RIJIJU}

- (a)  The  number  of  Youth  Hostels  set  up  in  the  country  is  84.  The details of their locations are placed as Annexure.
- (b) Construction of two Youth Hostels at Thoubal and Churachandpur in  Manipur  has  been  completed  in  the  years  2016  and  2017 respectively while construction of one Youth Hostel at Roing in

Arunachal Pradesh is likely to be completed in the year 2019. (c)  Further  locations  to  construct/start  new  Youth  Hostels  in  the country including state of Karnataka have not yet been identified.

- (d) & (e) In view of above, question does not arise.

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4278  FOR  18.07.2019  ASKED  BY  SHRI  HANUMAN BENIWAL,  SHRI  S.MUNISWAMY  AND  SMT.  MEENAKASHI  LEKHI  REGARDING CONSTRUCTION OF NEW YOUTH HOSTELS.

The details of Youth Hostels in the country, 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   |                      2 | Naharlagun, Roing                                                      |
| 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:              |                     84 |                                                                        |