Lok Sabha Question No. 575 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-04
Subject: Youth Convention Programmes
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: S.R. Parthiban

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 575

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.02.2021

Youth Convention Programmes

## 575.     SHRI PARTHIBAN S.R:

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

- a) the salient features of district youth convention programmes being implemented in the country;
- c) the  budgetary  allocation  for  the  purpose  during  the  said
- b) the  number  of  youth  convention  programmes  organised  by the  Government  across  the  country  during  the  last  three years  and  the  current  year,  State/UT-wise  including  Tamil Nadu;
4. period, State/UT-wise; and
- d) the other steps are taken/being taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI KIREN RIJIJU)

- (a) District Youth Convention Programme is one of the core programs organized by Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS). It is a one day programme in which 100 youth leaders from Youth Clubs  participate.  Issues  of  social  and  national  importance  are highlighted. Resource Persons provide orientation to youth leaders  on  addressing  local  and  contemporary  issues.  Youth leaders also share experience/ best practices. Youth Leaders in turn  disseminate  the  acquired  inputs  among  members  of  their respective youth clubs.
- (b)&(c) Rs. 30,000/- per convention per district per year is allocated to each of the district Nehru Yuva Kendras for conduct of District Youth Convention Programme.  Details of  number of Youth Convention Programmes organized in States/UTs/Districts, including  Tamil  Nadu,  during  the  last  three  years  i.e.  2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20 are at Annexure. District youth Convention could  not  be  organized  during  the  current  year  due  to  Corona pandemic situation.
- (d) This  is  an  ongoing  programme.  Experience  sharing  amongst youth leaders has been included in this program.

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## ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE  REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (B) & (C) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  Q.NO.  575  FOR  04.02.2021  ASKED  BY  SHRI  PARTHIBAN  S.R REGARDING YOUTH CONVENTION PROGRAMMES.

Youth Conventions Organized

| S N   | Name of State/UT                         | Number of Conventions/Districts   | Number of Conventions/Districts   | Number of Conventions/Districts   |
|-------|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| S N   | Name of State/UT                         | 2017-18                           | 2018-19                           | 2019-20                           |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh                           | 14                                | 13                                | 13                                |
| 2     | Arunachal Pradesh                        | 14                                | 14                                | 13                                |
| 3     | Assam                                    | 27                                | 25                                | 27                                |
| 4     | Bihar                                    | 36                                | 37                                | 24                                |
| 5     | Chhattisgarh                             | 16                                | 16                                | 15                                |
| 6     | Delhi                                    | 9                                 | 9                                 | 9                                 |
| 7     | Gujarat, Dadra Nagar Haveli Andaman &Diu | 24                                | 28                                | 22                                |
| 8     | Haryana                                  | 19                                | 19                                | 13                                |
| 9     | Himachal Pradesh                         | 12                                | 12                                | 12                                |
| 10    | Jammu &Kashmir                           | 14                                | 14                                | 12                                |
| 11    | Jharkhand                                | 22                                | 22                                | 22                                |
| 12    | Karnataka                                | 24                                | 27                                | 24                                |
| 13    | Kerala &Lakshadweep                      | 16                                | 16                                | 15                                |
| 14    | Madhya Pradesh                           | 44                                | 42                                | 34                                |
| 15    | Maharashtra and Goa                      | 35                                | 35                                | 36                                |
| 16    | Manipur                                  | 10                                | 10                                | 10                                |
| 17    | Meghalaya                                | 3                                 | 7                                 | 7                                 |
| 18    | Mizoram                                  | 8                                 | 8                                 | 8                                 |
| 19    | Nagaland                                 | 11                                | 11                                | 11                                |
| 20    | Odisha                                   | 30                                | 29                                | 26                                |
| 21    | Punjab &Chandigarh                       | 20                                | 21                                | 16                                |
| 22    | Rajasthan                                | 30                                | 27                                | 25                                |
| 23    | Sikkim                                   | 4                                 | 4                                 | 4                                 |
| 24    | Tamil Nadu &Pondicherry                  | 32                                | 32                                | 25                                |
| 25    | Telangana                                | 9                                 | 9                                 | 8                                 |
| 26    | Tripura                                  | 4                                 | 4                                 | 4                                 |
| 27    | Uttar Pradesh                            | 55                                | 67                                | 51                                |
| 28    | Uttarakhand                              | 9                                 | 6                                 | 13                                |
| 29    | West Bengal&A&N Island                   | 29                                | 29                                | 29                                |
|       | Total                                    | 580                               | 593                               | 528                               |