Lok Sabha Question No. 4070 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-12
Subject: Fund Allocation to Nehru Yuva Kendras
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: Jaswantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor, Parbatbhai Savabhai Patel, Naranbhai Bhikhabhai Kachhadiya, Kirit Premjibhai Solanki, Gitaben Vajesingbhai Rathva, Pradeep Kumar Singh, Shantanu Thakur

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS (DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH AFFAIRS) LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4070

TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.12.2019

Fund Allocation to Nehru Yuva Kendras

4070. SHRI  JASWANT SINGH BHABHOR: SHRI PARBATBHAI SAVABHAI PATEL: SHRI NARANBHAI KACHHADIYA: DR. (PROF.) KIRIT PREMJIBHAI SOLANKI: SHRIMATI RATHVA GITABEN VAJESINGBHAI: SHRI PRADEEP KUMAR SINGH:

SHRI SHANTANU THAKUR:

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

- (a) the  funds  allocated  to  and  utilized  by  Nehru  Yuva  Kendras during the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  introduced  any  scheme  named
- Punarjagaran under auspices of Nehru Yuva Kendra Sanghathan (NYKS) and if so, the details along with salient features thereof;
- (c) the details  of  the  schemes/programmes being  implemented by
- to nurture hidden talent of the youths in the country;
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  addressed  the  issue  of  a  large
- number of vacant posts in NYKS, as identified by the independent evaluation agency in 2014-15 and if so, the details thereof;
- (e) the  details  of  the  current  age-wise  distribution  of  National Youth Volunteers and whether a majority of volunteers are still
- above the age of 40 years, if so, the details thereof;
- (f) whether the Government  proposes to restructure NYKS  and if so, the details thereof; and
- (g) whether  the  NYKS  have  been  successful  in  achieving  their objectives and if not, the details of the remedial steps proposed
- to be taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS (SHRI KIREN RIJIJU)

- (a): Ministry releases Grant-in-Aid to Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS)  which  in  turn  allocates  funds  to  their  State  Offices.  Funds allocated to and utilized by Nehru Yuva Kendras during the last three
- years and the current year, State/UT-wise is at Annexure-I.
- (b): No  Sir,  no  scheme  named  Punarjagaran  has  been  launched. However,  on  2 nd October,  2014,  the  birth  anniversary  of  Mahatma Gandhi  a  year  long  Punarjagaran  Programme  across  India  was launched from the four corner tips of India viz. from Leh (J&K), Okha (Gujarat), Kanyakumari (Tamil Nadu) and Roing (Arunachal Pradesh). The Punarjagaran Yatra culminated at Mathura (UP) on 25 th September, 2015 on the occasion of 100 th  birth anniversary of Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya.
- (c): Nehru  Yuva  Kendra  Sangathan(NYKS)  through  its  623  District
- level Nehru Yuva Kendras(NYKs) undertakes programmes and activities all over the country. Details of programmes and activities being  organized/conducted  under  the  Nehru  Yuva  Kendras  (NYKs) are at Annexure-II.
- (d): 824 posts out of sanctioned strength of 2273 posts were lying vacant  for  many  years  prior  to  2014  and  were  deemed  abolished. With  the  approval  of  Ministry  of  Finance  all  these  824  posts  in different  categories  have  been  revived.  NYKS  is  in  the  process  of filling up these posts. As of now, 453 posts have been filled through an  open  competitive  examination  which  includes  201  posts  of District  Youth  Coordinator  (DYC), 148  posts of Accounts Clerk cum Typist  (ACT)  and  104  posts  of  Multi  Tasking  Staff  (MTS).  Written exam for filling up of other 337 approved posts( which includes 160 posts of DYCs, 58 posts of ACTs, 23 posts of MTS and 96 posts in other categories) has already been conducted. Departmental promotion is also in progress to fill up the promotional posts.

(e): As per the  National Youth  Corps(NYC) scheme  guidelines,  the youth in the age group of 18-29 years only are deployed as National Youth  Volunteers  initially  for  a  period  of  one  year  and  extendable only  for  one  more  year  subject  to  their  performance.  Age  wise distribution of National Youth Volunteers is at Annexure-III. (f): No Sir, there is no proposal of restructuring NYKS at present. (g): NYKS have been successful in achieving its objectives. *****

## Annexure-I

ANNEXURE  -  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (A)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  Q.NO.  4070  FOR  12.12.2019    ASKED  BY  SHRI    JASWANT  SINGH BHABHOR, SHRI PARBATBHAI SAVABHAI PATEL, SHRI NARANBHAI KACHHADIYA,    DR.  (PROF.)  KIRIT  PREMJIBHAI  SOLANKI,  SHRIMATI  RATHVA GITABEN  VAJESINGBHAI,  SHRI  PRADEEP  KUMAR  SINGH,    SHRI  SHANTANU THAKUR REGARDING FUND ALLOCATION TO NEHRU YUVA KENDRAS .

|       | Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan                                           | Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan                                           | Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan                                           |
|-------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|       | Statement of funds allocated and expenditure (2016-17) ( Rs. In lakh) | Statement of funds allocated and expenditure (2016-17) ( Rs. In lakh) | Statement of funds allocated and expenditure (2016-17) ( Rs. In lakh) |
| S. No | Name of State/UT                                                      | Allocation                                                            | Expenditure                                                           |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh                                                        | 585                                                                   | 550                                                                   |
| 2     | Arunachal Pradesh                                                     | 630                                                                   | 581                                                                   |
| 3     | Assam                                                                 | 1,216                                                                 | 1,131                                                                 |
| 4     | Bihar                                                                 | 1,711                                                                 | 1,576                                                                 |
| 5     | Chhattisgarh                                                          | 720                                                                   | 664                                                                   |
| 6     | Goa                                                                   | 90                                                                    | 94                                                                    |
| 7     | Gujarat                                                               | 1,126                                                                 | 1,046                                                                 |
| 8     | Haryana                                                               | 985                                                                   | 859                                                                   |
| 9     | Himachal Pradesh                                                      | 540                                                                   | 509                                                                   |
| 10    | Jammu & Kashmir                                                       | 630                                                                   | 590                                                                   |
| 11    | Jharkhand                                                             | 991                                                                   | 913                                                                   |
| 12    | Karnataka                                                             | 1,216                                                                 | 1,131                                                                 |
| 13    | Kerala                                                                | 630                                                                   | 581                                                                   |
| 14    | Madhya Pradesh                                                        | 2,161                                                                 | 1,998                                                                 |
| 15    | Maharashtra                                                           | 1,531                                                                 | 1,421                                                                 |
| 16    | Manipur                                                               | 450                                                                   | 426                                                                   |
| 17    | Meghalaya                                                             | 315                                                                   | 290                                                                   |
| 18    | Mizoram                                                               | 360                                                                   | 332                                                                   |
| 19    | Nagaland                                                              | 495                                                                   | 456                                                                   |
| 20    | Orissa                                                                | 1,351                                                                 | 1,264                                                                 |
| 21    | Punjab                                                                | 900                                                                   | 840                                                                   |
| 22    | Rajasthan                                                             | 1,441                                                                 | 1,335                                                                 |
| 23    | Sikkim                                                                | 180                                                                   | 166                                                                   |
| 24    | Tamilnadu                                                             | 1,396                                                                 | 1,286                                                                 |
| 25    | Telangana                                                             | 450                                                                   | 415                                                                   |
| 26    | Tripura                                                               | 180                                                                   | 166                                                                   |
| 27    | Uttar Pradesh                                                         | 3,197                                                                 | 2,984                                                                 |
| 28    | Uttarakhand                                                           | 585                                                                   | 549                                                                   |
| 29    | West Bengal                                                           | 1,036                                                                 | 954                                                                   |
|       | Union Territories                                                     | 0                                                                     | 0                                                                     |
| 30    | A&N Island                                                            | 270                                                                   | 249                                                                   |
| 31    | Chandigarh                                                            | 45                                                                    | 41                                                                    |
| 32    | D&NHaveli                                                             | 45                                                                    | 41                                                                    |
| 33    | Daman &Diu                                                            | 90                                                                    | 83                                                                    |
| 34    | Delhi                                                                 | 405                                                                   | 381                                                                   |
| 35    | Lakshadweep                                                           | 45                                                                    | 41                                                                    |
| 36    | Pondicherry                                                           | 180                                                                   | 166                                                                   |
|       | Total                                                                 | 28180                                                                 | 26110                                                                 |

|       | Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan                                           | Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan                                           | Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan                                           |
|-------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|       | Statement of funds allocated and expenditure (2017-18) ( Rs. In lakh) | Statement of funds allocated and expenditure (2017-18) ( Rs. In lakh) | Statement of funds allocated and expenditure (2017-18) ( Rs. In lakh) |
| S. No | Name of State/UT                                                      | Allocation                                                            | Expenditure                                                           |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh                                                        | 720                                                                   | 711                                                                   |
| 2     | Arunachal Pradesh                                                     | 641                                                                   | 641                                                                   |
| 3     | Assam                                                                 | 1331                                                                  | 1324                                                                  |
| 4     | Bihar                                                                 | 1851                                                                  | 1842                                                                  |
| 5     | Chhattisgarh                                                          | 759                                                                   | 751                                                                   |
| 6     | Goa                                                                   | 92                                                                    | 90                                                                    |
| 7     | Gujarat                                                               | 1215                                                                  | 1208                                                                  |
| 8     | Haryana                                                               | 927                                                                   | 918                                                                   |
| 9     | Himachal Pradesh                                                      | 588                                                                   | 582                                                                   |
| 10    | Jammu & Kashmir                                                       | 767                                                                   | 768                                                                   |
| 11    | Jharkhand                                                             | 1074                                                                  | 1065                                                                  |
| 12    | Karnataka                                                             | 1204                                                                  | 1193                                                                  |
| 13    | Kerala                                                                | 686                                                                   | 676                                                                   |
| 14    | Madhya Pradesh                                                        | 2248                                                                  | 2225                                                                  |
| 15    | Maharashtra                                                           | 1702                                                                  | 1691                                                                  |
| 16    | Manipur                                                               | 462                                                                   | 454                                                                   |
| 17    | Meghalaya                                                             | 326                                                                   | 319                                                                   |
| 18    | Mizoram                                                               | 347                                                                   | 347                                                                   |
| 19    | Nagaland                                                              | 509                                                                   | 507                                                                   |
| 20    | Orissa                                                                | 1454                                                                  | 1446                                                                  |
| 21    | Punjab                                                                | 973                                                                   | 965                                                                   |
| 22    | Rajasthan                                                             | 1553                                                                  | 1543                                                                  |
| 23    | Sikkim                                                                | 214                                                                   | 193                                                                   |
| 24    | Tamilnadu                                                             | 1503                                                                  | 1496                                                                  |
| 25    | Telangana                                                             | 449                                                                   | 444                                                                   |
| 26    | Tripura                                                               | 213                                                                   | 202                                                                   |
| 27    | Uttar Pradesh                                                         | 4157                                                                  | 4104                                                                  |
| 28    | Uttarakhand                                                           | 597                                                                   | 591                                                                   |
| 29    | West Bengal                                                           | 1299                                                                  | 1303                                                                  |
|       | Union Territories                                                     | 0                                                                     | 0                                                                     |
| 30    | A&N Island                                                            | 261                                                                   | 260                                                                   |
| 31    | Chandigarh                                                            | 40                                                                    | 40                                                                    |
| 32    | D&NHaveli                                                             | 43                                                                    | 40                                                                    |
| 33    | Daman & Diu                                                           | 82                                                                    | 78                                                                    |
| 34    | Delhi                                                                 | 416                                                                   | 423                                                                   |
| 35    | Lakshadweep                                                           | 46                                                                    | 45                                                                    |
| 36    | Pondicherry                                                           | 172                                                                   | 171                                                                   |
|       | Total                                                                 | 30919                                                                 | 30654                                                                 |

|       | Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan                                           | Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan                                           | Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan                                           |
|-------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|       | Statement of funds allocated and expenditure (2018-19) ( Rs. In lakh) | Statement of funds allocated and expenditure (2018-19) ( Rs. In lakh) | Statement of funds allocated and expenditure (2018-19) ( Rs. In lakh) |
| S. No | Name of State/UT                                                      | Allocation                                                            | Expenditure                                                           |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh                                                        | 782                                                                   | 729                                                                   |
| 2     | Arunanchal Pradesh                                                    | 734                                                                   | 680                                                                   |
| 3     | Assam                                                                 | 1,524                                                                 | 1,425                                                                 |
| 4     | Bihar                                                                 | 2,217                                                                 | 2,077                                                                 |
| 5     | Chattisgarh                                                           | 861                                                                   | 802                                                                   |
| 6     | Goa                                                                   | 99                                                                    | 93                                                                    |
| 7     | Gujarat                                                               | 1,335                                                                 | 1,234                                                                 |
| 8     | Haryana                                                               | 1,023                                                                 | 917                                                                   |
| 9     | Himachal Pradesh                                                      | 630                                                                   | 579                                                                   |
| 10    | Jammu & Kashmir                                                       | 934                                                                   | 801                                                                   |
| 11    | Jharkhand                                                             | 1,206                                                                 | 1,140                                                                 |
| 12    | Karnataka                                                             | 1,365                                                                 | 1,285                                                                 |
| 13    | Kerala                                                                | 726                                                                   | 679                                                                   |
| 14    | Madhya Pradesh                                                        | 2,512                                                                 | 2,365                                                                 |
| 15    | Maharashtra                                                           | 1,817                                                                 | 1,714                                                                 |
| 16    | Manipur                                                               | 514                                                                   | 479                                                                   |
| 17    | Meghalaya                                                             | 388                                                                   | 357                                                                   |
| 18    | Mizoram                                                               | 410                                                                   | 382                                                                   |
| 19    | Nagaland                                                              | 592                                                                   | 555                                                                   |
| 20    | Orissa                                                                | 1,665                                                                 | 1,573                                                                 |
| 21    | Punjab                                                                | 1,068                                                                 | 1,004                                                                 |
| 22    | Rajasthan                                                             | 1,637                                                                 | 1,532                                                                 |
| 23    | Sikkim                                                                | 220                                                                   | 199                                                                   |
| 24    | Tamilnadu                                                             | 1,628                                                                 | 1,523                                                                 |
| 25    | Telangana                                                             | 530                                                                   | 495                                                                   |
| 26    | Tripura                                                               | 250                                                                   | 203                                                                   |
| 27    | Uttar Pradesh                                                         | 3,794                                                                 | 3,584                                                                 |
| 28    | Uttarakhand                                                           | 672                                                                   | 624                                                                   |
| 29    | West Bengal                                                           | 1,414                                                                 | 1,343                                                                 |
|       | Union Territories                                                     | 0                                                                     | 0                                                                     |
| 30    | A&N Island                                                            | 296                                                                   | 278                                                                   |
| 31    | Chandigarh                                                            | 58                                                                    | 55                                                                    |
| 32    | D&NHaveli                                                             | 50                                                                    | 47                                                                    |
| 33    | Daman & Diu                                                           | 105                                                                   | 100                                                                   |
| 34    | Delhi                                                                 | 452                                                                   | 426                                                                   |
| 35    | Lakshadweep                                                           | 54                                                                    | 51                                                                    |
| 36    | Pondicherry                                                           | 208                                                                   | 195                                                                   |
|       | Total                                                                 | 33,769                                                                | 31,524                                                                |

|       | Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan                  | Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan                         | Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan                         |
|-------|----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|       | Statement of funds allocated and expenditure | Statement of funds allocated and expenditure        | ( Rs. In lakh)                                      |
| S. No | Name of State/UT                             | (2019-20) Allocation Expenditure upto November 2019 | (2019-20) Allocation Expenditure upto November 2019 |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh                               | 716 413                                             |                                                     |
| 2     | Arunanchal Pradesh                           | 771                                                 | 445                                                 |
| 3     | Assam                                        | 1,486                                               | 858                                                 |
| 4     | Bihar                                        | 2,092                                               | 1,207                                               |
| 5     | Chattisgarh                                  | 881                                                 | 508                                                 |
| 6     | Goa                                          | 110                                                 | 64                                                  |
| 7     | Gujarat                                      | 1,376                                               | 794                                                 |
| 8     | Haryana                                      | 1,046                                               | 604                                                 |
| 9     | Himachal Pradesh                             | 661                                                 | 381                                                 |
| 10    | Jammu & Kashmir                              | 771                                                 | 445                                                 |
| 11    | Jharkhand                                    | 1,211                                               | 699                                                 |
| 12    | Karnataka                                    | 1,486                                               | 858                                                 |
| 13    | Kerala                                       | 771                                                 | 445                                                 |
| 14    | Madhya Pradesh                               | 2,642                                               | 1,525                                               |
| 15    | Maharashtra                                  | 1,871                                               | 1,080                                               |
| 16    | Manipur                                      | 550                                                 | 318                                                 |
| 17    | Meghalaya                                    | 385                                                 | 222                                                 |
| 18    | Mizoram                                      | 440                                                 | 254                                                 |
| 19    | Nagaland                                     | 605                                                 | 349                                                 |
| 20    | Orissa                                       | 1,651                                               | 953                                                 |
| 21    | Punjab                                       | 1,101                                               | 635                                                 |
| 22    | Rajasthan                                    | 1,761                                               | 1,017                                               |
| 23    | Sikkim                                       | 220                                                 | 127                                                 |
| 24    | Tamilnadu                                    | 1,706                                               | 985                                                 |
| 25    | Telangana                                    | 550                                                 | 318                                                 |
| 26    | Tripura                                      | 220                                                 | 127                                                 |
| 27    | Uttar Pradesh                                | 3,908                                               | 2,256                                               |
| 28    | Uttarakhand                                  | 716                                                 | 413                                                 |
| 29    | West Bengal                                  | 1,266                                               | 731                                                 |
|       | Union Territories                            | 0                                                   | 0                                                   |
| 30    | A&N Island                                   | 330                                                 | 191                                                 |
| 31    | Chandigarh                                   | 55                                                  | 32                                                  |
| 32    | D&NHaveli                                    | 55                                                  | 32                                                  |
| 33    | Daman & Diu                                  | 110                                                 | 64                                                  |
| 34    | Delhi                                        | 495                                                 | 286                                                 |
| 35    | Lakshadweep                                  | 55                                                  | 32                                                  |
| 36    | Pondicherry                                  | 220                                                 | 127                                                 |
|       | Total                                        | 34,292                                              | 19,792                                              |

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## Annexure-II

ANNEXURE  -  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (C)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  Q.NO.  4070  FOR  12.12.2019    ASKED  BY  SHRI    JASWANT  SINGH BHABHOR, SHRI PARBATBHAI SAVABHAI PATEL, SHRI NARANBHAI KACHHADIYA,    DR.  (PROF.)  KIRIT  PREMJIBHAI  SOLANKI,  SHRIMATI  RATHVA GITABEN  VAJESINGBHAI,  SHRI  PRADEEP  KUMAR  SINGH,    SHRI  SHANTANU THAKUR REGARDING FUND ALLOCATION TO NEHRU YUVA KENDRAS .

## Programmes and activities being organized/conducted by the Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS)

## A. 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 Convention at Block level
2. Training on Youth Leadership and Community Development
3. Theme based Awareness and Education Programme
4. Promotion of Sports:
- a. Sports Material to Youth Clubs
- b. Block level Sports Meet
- c. District level Sports Meet
5. Education in Basic vocations
6. Promotion of Folk, Art and Culture
7. Observance of Days of National and International Importance
8. District Youth Convention
9. Celebration of 150 th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi
- a) Swachhata Awareness Evam Shramdaan (Swachhata Action Plan)
- b) Swachhata Pakhwada(Fortnight)
- c) Work Camp
10. Awards to Outstanding Youth Club at District, State and National levels.
11. Theme Based Awareness and Education Programme
12. Observance of  5 th International Day of Yoga on 21 st June 2019
13. Declamation Contest

## B. Schemes of 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 Young Leaders Programme  ( NYLP)
- a) Block Level Neighborhood Youth Parliament

## · National Programme for Youth and Adolescent Development (NPYAD)

1. National Integration Camps
2. Life Skills Education Camps
3. Adventure Camps
4. Inter State Youth Exchange Programme (Ek Bharat Shretha Bharat)

## C. Special Programmes

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 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:

1. Tribal Youth Exchange Programme supported by MHA
2. Kashmiri Youth Exchange Programme supported by MHA
3. North East Youth Exchange Program supported by MHA
4. Namami Gangae supported by Ministry of Jal Shakti
5. Swachh  Bharat  Summer  Internship  Programme  supported  by  Department  of Drinking Water, Ministry of Jal Shakti
6. Poshan Maah supported by Ministry of Women & Child Development
7. Paryatan Parv supported by Ministry of Tourism

## D. Activities in coordination with the support of District level development Departments/agencies

Sapling Plantation, Blood Donation, motivate  & facilitate  immunization of pregnant mothers and children, cataract operations, providing excess of iron tablets to Adolescent Girls, Health Check  up  Camps,    Swachhata  Evam    Shramdaan,  collection  of  polythene  bags,  motivation resulting  into  construction  of  toilets,  eradication  of  weeds,  Water  Conservation,  Cleanliness Drive to clean streets, Public Statues, Common Places, Education Institutions, Hospitals, etc. motivate &  facilitate institutionalized deleverages, linking youth  club  members  with employable skill development trainings, promotion & facilitating villagers to get benefits under National Social & Financial Inclusion schemes, motivated Girls and their parents to postpone marriage till attaining 18 yrs, enrolment of children in schools, facilitating into getting voter ID cards, etc.

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## Annexure-III

ANNEXURE  -  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (E)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  Q.NO.  4070  FOR  12.12.2019    ASKED  BY  SHRI    JASWANT  SINGH BHABHOR, SHRI PARBATBHAI SAVABHAI PATEL, SHRI NARANBHAI KACHHADIYA,    DR.  (PROF.)  KIRIT  PREMJIBHAI  SOLANKI,  SHRIMATI  RATHVA GITABEN  VAJESINGBHAI,  SHRI  PRADEEP  KUMAR  SINGH,    SHRI  SHANTANU THAKUR REGARDING FUND ALLOCATION TO NEHRU YUVA KENDRAS .

## The Details of the Age wise distribution of National Youth Volunteers at present

| S. No.   | Age Group (in years)   | No. of Volunteers   |
|----------|------------------------|---------------------|
| 1        | 18 - 19                | 231                 |
| 2        | 19 - 20                | 1009                |
| 3        | 20 - 21                | 1449                |
| 4        | 21 - 22                | 1517                |
| 5        | 22 - 23                | 1618                |
| 6        | 23 - 24                | 1601                |
| 7        | 24 - 25                | 1455                |
| 8        | 25 - 26                | 1215                |
| 9        | 26 - 27                | 1240                |
| 10       | 27 - 28                | 970                 |
| 11       | 28 - 29                | 901                 |
| TOTAL    | TOTAL                  | 13,206              |

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