Lok Sabha Question No. 1906 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-01
Subject: Development of Youth Talent
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: Rajeshbhai Naranbhai Chudasama

## Government of India Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1906 TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.08.2023

## Development of Youth Talent

## 1906. SHRI RAJESHBHAI CHUDASAMA:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  any  proposal  for  development  of youth in the country in view of the fact that India is a country of youth who  are  adding  to  its  prestige  on  the  basis  of  their  own  talent  and merit across the world and if so, the details thereof; and
- (b) the  details  and  the  name  of  the  institutions  and  organisations which are working in the country for youth development along with the work done and success achieved in this field during the last five years and the current year, State/UT-wise?

## THE MINISTER OF YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS

## ANSWER (SHRI ANURAG SINGH THAKUR)

(a) With  a  view  to  optimally  tap  the  constructive  and  creative energies  of  the  youth,  and  to  take  full  advantage  of  demographic dividend  of  having  the  largest  youth  population  in  the  world,  the Department of Youth Affairs in the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports has  a  vision  for  holistic  development  of  the  youth  of  the  country. Besides  running  its  own  schemes/programmes,  Department  of  Youth Affairs  acts  as  a  facilitator  and  a  catalytic  agent  for  issues  like Education, Employment & Training, Health and Family Welfare etc. In addition,  the  State  Governments  and  a  number  of  other  stakeholders are also working to support youth development and to enable productive youth participation.

(b) Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS), National Service Scheme (NSS)  and  Rajiv  Gandhi  National  Institute  of  Youth  Development (RGNIYD) are the institutions and organisations under the administrative control of Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports which are working  in  the  country  for  youth  development.  NYKS  and  NSS  have their  presence  across  the  country.    RGNIYD  Institute  is  situated  in Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu and also has regional centre at Chandigarh. Details of achievement during the last five years and the current year, State/UT-wise is given at Annexure.

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## Annexure

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1906 FOR 01.08.2023 ASKED BY SHRI RAJESHBHAI CHUDASAMA REGARDING DEVELOPMENT OF YOUTH TALENT

Number of Programmes organised by NYKS during last 5 Years (2018-19 to 2022-23) and Current Year (2023-24)

| S. No.          | Name of Programme                                                          | Year (No. of programmes)   | Year (No. of programmes)   | Year (No. of programmes)   | Year (No. of programmes)   | Year (No. of programmes)   | Year (No. of programmes)   |
|-----------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
| S. No.          | Name of Programme                                                          | 2018-19                    | 2019-20                    | 2020-21                    | 2021-22                    | 2022- 23                   | 2023-24                    |
| Core Programmes | Core Programmes                                                            |                            |                            |                            |                            |                            |                            |
| 1               | Orientation of youth                                                       |                            | *                          | *                          | 2573                       | ****                       |                            |
| 2               | Personal Contact Program and Facilitation Campaign                         |                            |                            | *                          | 3816                       | *                          |                            |
| 3               | Skill Up-gradation Training Programme (SUTP) /Education in Basic Vocations | 4142                       | 2183                       |                            | 2566                       | 603                        |                            |
| 4               | Digital Felicitation - Prepare a Cadre of Bank Mitras                      |                            | *                          |                            | 5816                       | **** *                     |                            |
| 5               | Career Guidance and Career Counseling                                      |                            |                            |                            | 1201                       |                            |                            |
| 6               | COVID 19 Interventions                                                     |                            |                            | 526                        | 623                        |                            |                            |
| 7               | Youth Club Development Programme                                           | 3255                       | 2228                       | 2638                       | 2640                       | 2033                       |                            |
| 8               | Theme Based Awareness and Education Programme/ Local Theme Based Workshops | 370                        | 2332                       | ** **                      |                            | 588                        |                            |
| 9               | Training on Youth Leadership & Community Development (TYLCD)               | 581                        | 1049                       |                            | *                          | 591                        |                            |
| 10              | Observance of Days of National Importance, National Youth Day& Week        | 15074                      | 14220                      | 14420                      | 15293                      | 15283                      | 22455                      |
| 11              | Promotion of Sports (Sports Material to YouthClubs)                        | 21435                      | 15836                      | **                         | 30833                      | 7144                       |                            |
| 12              | Block level Sports Meets                                                   | 3421                       | 3366                       | 454                        | 3473                       | 3360                       |                            |
| 13              | District Level Sports Meets                                                | 575                        | 500                        | *                          | 596                        | 583                        |                            |
| 14              | District Level Promotion of Art & Culture                                  | 589                        | 527                        | *                          | 599                        |                            | #                          |
| 15              | District Youth Convention                                                  | 593                        | 528                        |                            | 595                        |                            |                            |
| 16              | Training of Youth in Wellness, Positive Life Styleand Fit India            |                            | *                          |                            | 1718                       | **** *                     |                            |
| 17              | Training of Youth on Clean Village - Green Village                         |                            |                            | 694                        | 724                        |                            |                            |
| 18              | Training of Youth on Jal Jagran Abhiyan                                    |                            |                            | **                         | 1325                       |                            |                            |
| 19              | Intensive Volunteer Enrolment Program (No. ofMeetings)                     |                            |                            |                            | *                          | 8435                       |                            |
| 20              | Service &Empowerment through Voluntary Action (SEVA)                       |                            |                            |                            |                            | 593                        |                            |
| 21              | Know Your Constitution - Civic Awareness Program                           |                            |                            |                            |                            | 607                        |                            |
| 22              | Career Guidance Workshops                                                  |                            |                            |                            |                            | 584                        |                            |
| 23              | District Level Yuva Utsav                                                  |                            |                            |                            |                            | 444                        |                            |
| 24              | Revamped Yuva Utsav                                                        |                            |                            |                            |                            | 139                        | 469                        |

| S.                 | Name of Programme                                                  | Year               | Year               | Year               | Year               | Year               | Year               |
|--------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
| No.                | Name of Programme                                                  | 2018- 19           | 2019-20            | 2020-21            | 2021-22            | 2022-23            | 2023-24            |
| 25                 | Mission LiFE (Lifestyle For Environment) (No. of Activities)       |                    |                    |                    |                    | *                  | 2244 4             |
| 26                 | Swachhata Awareness Evam Shramdaan                                 | 592                | 617                | 622                | 621                | 619                |                    |
| 27                 | Swachhata Fortnight                                                | 617                | 616                | **                 | 622                | 622                |                    |
| 28                 | Work Camp                                                          | *                  | 596                |                    | *****              | 573                |                    |
| 29                 | Awards to Outstanding Youth Club at DistrictLevel                  | 300                | 255                | 228                | 286                | 242                |                    |
| 30                 | Awards to Outstanding Youth Club at State Level                    | 13                 | 20                 | 16                 | 16                 | 20                 |                    |
| 31                 | Establishing Disaster Risk Reduction & Preparedness Teams          | *                  | 33                 |                    | **                 | 137                |                    |
| 32                 | Declamation Contest on Patriotism & NationBuilding                 | 4605               | 5023               | **                 | 7041               |                    | #                  |
| Special Programmes | Special Programmes                                                 | Special Programmes | Special Programmes | Special Programmes | Special Programmes | Special Programmes | Special Programmes |
| 33                 | Neighbourhood Youth Parliament                                     | 5498               | 8084               | 1954               | 481                | 672                |                    |
| 34                 | Catch The Rain (No. of Activities)                                 |                    | *                  | 1631464            | 2029288            | 212491             |                    |
| 35                 | Involvement of Youth in Namami Gange Programme (No. of Activities) | *                  | 705                | 470618             | 54519              | 15700 0            |                    |
| 36                 | Investor Education and Awareness Programmes                        | *                  | 2                  | 2                  | 1                  | 150                |                    |
| 37                 | International Yoga Day (No. of Activities)                         | 38356              | 33269              | 163727             | 233363             | 30390              |                    |
| 38                 | Clean India (No. of Activities)                                    |                    |                    | *                  | 426639             | 983705             |                    |
| 39                 | National Youth Parliament Festival (NYPF)                          |                    | *                  | 180                | 180                | 180                |                    |
| 40                 | Tribal Youth Exchange Programme                                    | 10                 | 18                 | **                 | 12                 | 27                 |                    |
| 41                 | Kashmiri Youth Exchange Programme                                  | 10                 | 8                  |                    |                    | ***                |                    |
| 42                 | North East Youth Exchange Programme                                | 5                  | 2                  |                    | **                 | ***                |                    |
| 43                 | National Integration Camp                                          | 1                  | 21                 |                    |                    |                    |                    |
| 44                 | Adventure Camp                                                     | 31                 | 82                 |                    |                    |                    |                    |
| 45                 | Life Skill Education Camp                                          | 154                | 240                |                    |                    |                    |                    |
| 46                 | Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat                                          | 30                 | 12                 | 33                 | ****               | ##                 |                    |

Note: * The Programme were introduced in later years.

**The Programme could not be organised due to covid pandemic

*** The Programme Could not be organised

**** The Programme could not be organised in absence of approval

***** The Programme was not a part of Annual Action Plan

# The Programme is one of the components of District Yuva Utsav

## NYKS is collaborating with Deptt. of Education in respect of EBSB : Yuva Sangam

## State wise details of NYVs as on 14-07-2023

| State                     |   No of NYV |   Male Member |   Female Member |   General |   SC |   ST |   OBC |
|---------------------------|-------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------|------|------|-------|
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands |          23 |             6 |              17 |        11 |    0 |    8 |     4 |
| Andhra Pradesh            |         458 |           314 |             144 |       143 |  100 |   31 |   184 |
| Arunachal Pradesh         |         198 |           112 |              86 |        16 |    1 |  176 |     5 |
| Assam                     |         469 |           295 |             174 |       202 |   49 |   92 |   126 |
| Bihar                     |        1055 |           749 |             306 |       443 |  111 |   19 |   482 |
| Chandigarh                |           4 |             1 |               3 |         2 |    1 |    0 |     1 |
| Chhattisgarh              |         211 |           130 |              81 |        37 |   23 |   57 |    94 |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli      |           4 |             3 |               1 |         1 |    0 |    2 |     1 |
| Daman & Diu               |           7 |             1 |               6 |         4 |    0 |    0 |     3 |
| Delhi                     |         106 |            64 |              42 |        50 |   31 |    1 |    24 |
| Goa                       |          20 |            15 |               5 |        11 |    0 |    4 |     5 |
| Gujarat                   |         429 |           287 |             142 |       170 |   73 |   43 |   143 |
| Haryana                   |         263 |           168 |              95 |       106 |   74 |    0 |    83 |
| Himachal Pradesh          |         146 |            83 |              63 |        77 |   35 |   21 |    13 |
| Jammu, Kashmir & Ladakh   |         498 |           254 |             244 |       327 |   37 |   94 |    40 |
| Jharkhand                 |         508 |           322 |             186 |       124 |   37 |  110 |   237 |
| Karnataka                 |         457 |           311 |             146 |        97 |  122 |   35 |   203 |
| Kerala                    |         223 |           144 |              79 |        90 |   23 |    2 |   108 |
| Lakshadweep               |          18 |            12 |               6 |         0 |    0 |   18 |     0 |
| Madhya Pradesh            |         628 |           446 |             182 |       197 |  101 |   76 |   254 |
| Maharashtra               |         635 |           428 |             207 |       231 |  136 |   42 |   226 |
| Manipur                   |         128 |            80 |              48 |        19 |    4 |   86 |    19 |
| Meghalaya                 |          87 |            48 |              39 |         4 |    0 |   83 |     0 |
| Mizoram                   |          70 |            35 |              35 |        10 |    2 |   58 |     0 |
| Nagaland                  |         166 |           101 |              65 |         2 |    0 |  164 |     0 |
| Odisha                    |         618 |           438 |             180 |       216 |   96 |  105 |   201 |
| Puducherry                |          21 |            13 |               8 |         0 |   12 |    0 |     9 |
| Punjab                    |         301 |           196 |             105 |        94 |  163 |    0 |    44 |
| Rajasthan                 |         672 |           542 |             130 |       235 |   96 |   62 |   279 |
| Sikkim                    |          67 |            37 |              30 |        28 |    2 |   24 |    13 |
| Tamil Nadu                |         658 |           428 |             230 |       119 |  167 |    9 |   363 |
| Telangana                 |         194 |           163 |              31 |        36 |   36 |   23 |    99 |
| Tripura                   |          77 |            54 |              23 |        30 |   15 |   13 |    19 |
| Uttar Pradesh             |        1644 |          1051 |             593 |       757 |  275 |    7 |   605 |
| Uttarakhand               |         167 |            94 |              73 |        96 |   46 |    6 |    19 |
| West Bengal               |         295 |           189 |             106 |       159 |   71 |   13 |    52 |
| Total                     |       11525 |          7614 |            3911 |      4144 | 1939 | 1484 |  3958 |

## Actual figures of NYVs deployment year-wise/ male female/category wise

|   YEAR |   Total NYVs |   SCs |   STs |   Males | Females   |
|--------|--------------|-------|-------|---------|-----------|
|   8294 |         1509 |   986 |  5335 |    2959 | 2018-19   |
|  13206 |         2394 |  1579 |  8930 |    4276 | 2019-20   |
|  12245 |         2222 |  1480 |  8277 |    3968 | 2020-21   |
|  12216 |         2062 |  1545 |  8072 |    4144 | 2021-22   |
|  12154 |         2049 |  1537 |  8039 |    4115 | 2022-23   |

Details of NSS Units & Volunteers enrolment

|   S. No | State/ UT                 |   No of Units |   Allocation |   Actual enrolment in GFU |   Actual enrolment in SFUs |
|---------|---------------------------|---------------|--------------|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|       1 | A&NIslands                |            20 |         2000 |                      1600 |                          0 |
|       2 | Andhra Pradesh            |          2319 |       217300 |                    217300 |                      14600 |
|       3 | Arunachal Pradesh         |           184 |        17800 |                     17800 |                        600 |
|       4 | Assam                     |           649 |        64100 |                     64100 |                        800 |
|       5 | Bihar                     |           720 |        66800 |                     35629 |                       5200 |
|       6 | Chandigarh                |           169 |        14000 |                     18137 |                       2900 |
|       7 | Chhattisgarh              |          1062 |       104200 |                    104298 |                       2000 |
|       8 | D & NHaveli Daman and Diu |            28 |         2800 |                      2700 |                          0 |
|       9 | Delhi                     |           732 |        70200 |                     68365 |                       3000 |
|      10 | Goa                       |           309 |        30900 |                     30900 |                          0 |
|      11 | Gujarat                   |          2028 |       202200 |                    182580 |                        600 |
|      12 | Haryana                   |          1506 |       122400 |                    153600 |                      28200 |
|      13 | Himachal Pradesh          |           971 |        91700 |                     85050 |                       5400 |
|      14 | J&K                       |           420 |        42000 |                     35600 |                          0 |
|      15 | Jharkhand                 |           603 |        56700 |                     32555 |                       3600 |
|      16 | Karnataka                 |          3219 |       321000 |                    321000 |                        900 |
|      17 | Kerala                    |          3513 |       231300 |                    231300 |                     120000 |
|      18 | Lakshadweep               |            17 |         1700 |                      1200 |                          0 |
|      19 | Madhya Pradesh            |          1872 |       156000 |                    159300 |                      31200 |
|      20 | Maharashtra               |          3788 |       356800 |                    356800 |                      22000 |
|      21 | Manipur                   |           210 |        20900 |                     20950 |                        100 |
|      22 | Meghalaya                 |           378 |        37400 |                     37400 |                        400 |
|      23 | Mizoram                   |           361 |        30100 |                     30100 |                       6000 |
|      24 | Nagaland                  |           199 |        17700 |                     17176 |                       2200 |
|      25 | Odisha                    |          1274 |       124100 |                    115464 |                       3300 |
|      26 | Puducherry                |           192 |        18400 |                     16900 |                        800 |
|      27 | Punjab                    |          1935 |       161600 |                    162548 |                      31900 |
|      28 | Rajasthan                 |          2203 |       218900 |                    211800 |                       1400 |
|      29 | Sikkim                    |           164 |        16400 |                     16400 |                          0 |
|      30 | Tamil Nadu                |          4329 |       406700 |                    391496 |                      26200 |
|      31 | Telangana                 |          1600 |       150700 |                    150700 |                       9300 |
|      32 | Tripura                   |           350 |        34300 |                     34300 |                        700 |

| S. No       | State/ UT     |   No of Units |   Allocation |   Actual enrolment in GFU |   Actual enrolment in SFUs |
|-------------|---------------|---------------|--------------|---------------------------|----------------------------|
| 33          | Uttar Pradesh |          3265 |       321000 |                    321000 |                       5500 |
| 34          | Uttarakhand   |           626 |        60600 |                     60600 |                       2000 |
| 35          | West Bengal   |          1174 |       109300 |                    117400 |                       8100 |
| Grand Total | Grand Total   |         42389 |      3900000 |                   3824048 |                     338900 |

## Physical Achievements of NSS for the last 5 years

## Physical Targets & Achievement

| S.   | Component                                | Unit of Measurement       | 2018-19     | 2019-20     | 2020-21     | 2021-22     | 2022-23     |
|------|------------------------------------------|---------------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
| No.  |                                          |                           | Achievement | Achievement | Achievement | Achievement | Achievement |
| 1    | Coverage of NSS                          |                           |             | -           |             |             |             |
| 1    | No. of Universities                      | Number                    | 446         | 479         | 479         | 479         | 657         |
| 1    | No. of +2 Councils                       | Number                    | 48          | 48          | 51          | 51          | 51          |
| 1    | No. of Colleges/ Technical Institutions  | Number                    | 17894       | 17676       | 17676       | 17676       | 20669       |
| 1    | No of Senior Secondary Schools           | Number                    | 12072       | 12087       | 12087       | 12087       | 11988       |
| 1    | No. of NSS Volunteers                    | Number                    | 3995700     | 3949857     | 3954183     | 3660589     | 3824048     |
| 2    | Training of NSS Programme Officers       | No. of Programme Officers | 321         | 3220        | 972         |             | 1679        |
| 3    | Adoption of Villages/ Slums by NSS Units | No. of Villages/ Slums    | 35626       | 33747       | 28775       | 27775       | 35182       |
| 4    | NSS Special Camps                        | No. of Camps              | 25479       | 22424       | 4573        | 4682        | 19081       |
| 5    | Plantation of Saplings                   | No. of Saplings           | 3421818     | 2346252     | 2589052     | 2052053     | 2300239     |
| 6    | Blood Donation                           | No. of Units              | 340348      | 281025      | 132067      | 75524       | 160540      |
| 7    | Pulse Polio Immunisation                 | No. of Children immunised | 1055565     | 376980      | 891887      | 21691       | 19058       |
| 8    | Adventure Activities                     | No. of Volunteers         | 1487        | 25          | 0           | 0           | 1260        |
| 9    | Health/ Eye/ Immunisation Camps          | No. of Camps              | 16556       | 19209       | 2517        | 16618       | 9122        |
| 9    | Health/ Eye/ Immunisation Camps          | No. of Volunteers         | 870525      | 1054500     | 141428      | 585923      | 475368      |
| 10   | Awareness Programmes/ Rallies/ Campaigns | No. of Programmes         | 105742      | 88580       | 235596      | 93419       | 97292       |
| 10   | Awareness Programmes/ Rallies/ Campaigns | No. of Volunteers         | 4360986     | 6103847     | 8185059     | 3759633     | 5678903     |
| 11   | Shramadaan                               | No. of Volunteers- Hours  | 14907592    | 11072799    | 3230273     | 3636737     | 6230652     |
| 12   | North East NSS Festivals                 | No. of Festivals          | 2           | 5           | 0           | 0           | 5           |
| 12   | North East NSS Festivals                 | No. of Volunteers         | 1172        | 1500        | 0           | 0           | 1500        |
| 13   | National Integration Camps               | No. of Camps              | 14          | 10          | 1           | 3           | 15          |
| 13   | National Integration Camps               | No. of Volunteers         | 2798        | 2000        | 200         | 600         | 3000        |

| S.   | Component                                    | Unit of Measurement     | 2018-19     | 2019-20     | 2020-21     | 2021-22     | 2022-23     |
|------|----------------------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
| No.  |                                              |                         | Achievement | Achievement | Achievement | Achievement | Achievement |
| 14   | Participation in International Day of Yoga   | No. of Volunteers       | 2578003     | 2677433     | 1750927     | 2459882     | 2755928     |
| 15   | Participation of NSS Contingent in RD Parade |                         | 200         | 200         | 200         | 147         | 198         |
| 16   | NSS Awards (National level)                  | No. of Awards conferred | 42          | 42          | 42          | Yet to be   | Yet to be   |
| 17   | Participation in National Youth Festival     | No. of Volunteers       | 0           | 850         | 133748      | 1397134     | 946         |

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