Lok Sabha Question No. 1405 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-31
Subject: Mock Sessions/Youth Parliaments organised under NYPS
Ministry: PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Parbhubhai Nagarbhai Vasava, Shri Mahendra Singh Solanky, Dr. Vinod Kumar Bind, Shri Pratap Chandra Sarangi, Smt. Smita Uday Wagh, Smt. Himadri Singh, Shri Sukanta Kumar Panigrahi

1405.

Smt. Smita Uday Wagh:

Shri Pratap Chandra Sarangi:

Shri Mahendra Singh Solanky:

Shri Parbhubhai Nagarbhai Vasava:

Dr. Vinod Kumar Bind:

Smt. Himadri Singh:

Shri Sukanta Kumar Panigrahi:

Will the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of mock sessions/Youth Parliaments that have been organized under National Youth Parliament Scheme (NYPS) in schools, colleges and Universities with their  coordinators  during  the  last  five  years,  State-wise  including  Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and Uttar Pradesh;
- (b) the number of institutions that have been part of these mock sessions under the said scheme, State-wise; and
- (c) the total number of applicants/participants under this scheme, State-wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE; AND THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS (SHRI ARJUN RAM MEGHWAL)

- (a), (b) and (c): The web portal of National Youth Parliament Scheme (NYPS) was launched on 26 th November, 2019. All recognized educational institutions of the country are eligible to participate through the NYPS portal which can be accessed at https://nyps.mpa.gov.in/.

Till 22 nd July,  2024, 1227 Youth Parliament Sittings have been conducted under National Youth Parliament Scheme (NYPS). The State/UT-wise Youth Parliament Sittings held under the NYPS along with the number of institutions that were part of these Sittings and the total number of applicants (Registrations-including institutions who have conducted more than one Youth Parliament Sitting) are as follows:-

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 1405 TO BE ANSWERED ON 31.07.2024

## Mock Sessions/Youth Parliaments organised under NYPS

| Sl. No .   | State/ UT                            |   Total Youth Parliamen t Sittings conducted in NYPS Scheme in last 5 |   No. of Institution s | No. of Applicants (Registrations )   |
|------------|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------------------|
| 1.         | Andaman &Nicobar Islands *           |                                                                    10 |                      8 | 100                                  |
| 2.         | Andhra Pradesh                       |                                                                    59 |                     50 | 2144                                 |
| 3.         | Arunachal Pradesh                    |                                                                     5 |                      5 | 49                                   |
| 4.         | Assam                                |                                                                    28 |                     27 | 261                                  |
| 5.         | Bihar                                |                                                                    30 |                     27 | 458                                  |
| 6.         | Chandigarh *                         |                                                                    13 |                     10 | 54                                   |
| 7.         | Chhattisgarh                         |                                                                    39 |                     36 | 221                                  |
| 8.         | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu* |                                                                     0 |                      0 | 17                                   |
| 9.         | Delhi *                              |                                                                   115 |                     89 | 626                                  |
| 10.        | Goa                                  |                                                                    16 |                     14 | 215                                  |
| 11.        | Gujarat                              |                                                                    33 |                     27 | 318                                  |
| 12.        | Haryana                              |                                                                    58 |                     48 | 328                                  |
| 13.        | Himachal Pradesh                     |                                                                    40 |                     37 | 459                                  |
| 14.        | Jammu &Kashmir *                     |                                                                    31 |                     27 | 818                                  |
| 15.        | Jharkhand                            |                                                                    27 |                     20 | 179                                  |
| 16.        | Karnataka                            |                                                                    46 |                     40 | 415                                  |
| 17.        | Kerala                               |                                                                    55 |                     49 | 246                                  |
| 18.        | Ladakh *                             |                                                                     1 |                      1 | 11                                   |
| 19.        | Lakshadweep *                        |                                                                     1 |                      1 | 5                                    |
| 20.        | Madhya Pradesh                       |                                                                    71 |                     62 | 424                                  |
| 21.        | Maharashtra                          |                                                                    63 |                     53 | 684                                  |
| 22.        | Manipur                              |                                                                     5 |                      5 | 40                                   |
| 23.        | Meghalaya                            |                                                                     4 |                      4 | 35                                   |
| 24.        | Mizoram                              |                                                                     3 |                      3 | 36                                   |
| 25.        | Nagaland                             |                                                                     8 |                      8 | 54                                   |
| 26.        | Odisha                               |                                                                    24 |                     23 | 239                                  |
| 27.        | Puducherry *                         |                                                                     4 |                      2 | 46                                   |
| 28.        | Punjab                               |                                                                    61 |                     50 | 453                                  |
| 29.        | Rajasthan                            |                                                                    59 |                     46 | 680                                  |
| 30.        | Sikkim                               |                                                                     9 |                      6 | 67                                   |
| 31.        | Tamil Nadu                           |                                                                    91 |                     73 | 1680                                 |
| 32.        | Telangana                            |                                                                    27 |                     23 | 134                                  |
| 33.        | Tripura                              |                                                                     7 |                      6 | 34                                   |
| 34.        | Uttar Pradesh                        |                                                                    79 |                     67 | 694                                  |
| 35.        | Uttarakhand                          |                                                                    28 |                     22 | 259                                  |
| 36.        | West Bengal                          |                                                                    77 |                     57 | 293 12776                            |
|            | Total                                |                                                                  1227 |                   1026 |                                      |

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