Lok Sabha Question No. 2617 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-19
Subject: Youth Leadership Training Programme
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Malook Nagar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2617 ANSWERED ON 19/12/2023

## YOUTH LEADERSHIP TRAINING PROGRAMME

## 2617. SHRI MALOOK NAGAR:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether Youth Leadership Training Programme (YLTP) is operational in Bijnor Parliamentary Constituency;
- (b) if so, the number of rural youths who have been trained/are being trained in the said constituency;
- (c) the district and State-wise number of youths benefited and made employable especially in Bijnor since 2014 under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY); and
- (d) the number of youths who got employment after getting trained thereunder so far?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SADHVI NIRANJAN JYOTI)

- (a): Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS), an autonomous organization under the Department of Youth Affairs, Ministry of Youth Affairs  and  Sports,  conducted  Training  on  Youth  Leadership  & Community  Development  Programme  during  the  year  2022-23.  The Programme  was  aimed  at  providing  rural  youth  an  opportunity  to come together, share their experiences, exchange ideas and take up community  welfare  and  nation-building  activities  with  a  mission mode approach.
- (b): During 2022-23, the NYKS trained 28 youth under the Training on Youth  Leadership  &  Community  Development  Programme  in  the Bijnor Parliamentary Constituency.

(c) & (d): The number of youth trained and placed under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) in Bijnor District, since 2014, are  2296 and 659 respectively. The state-wise details of youth trained and placed under DDU-GKY are given in Annexure.

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Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  of  part  (c)  and  (d)  of  Unstarred  Lok  Sabha Question No. 2617 for 19.12.2023.

| Sl. No.   | State             | Total youth trained and placed since 2014 till Nov 2023   | Total youth trained and placed since 2014 till Nov 2023   |
|-----------|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | State             | Trained                                                   | Placed                                                    |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | 117001                                                    | 96704                                                     |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh | 1274                                                      | 469                                                       |
| 3         | Assam             | 75717                                                     | 43778                                                     |
| 4         | Bihar             | 77069                                                     | 41809                                                     |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      | 56681                                                     | 29782                                                     |
| 6         | Gujarat           | 25913                                                     | 15439                                                     |
| 7         | Haryana           | 44425                                                     | 31832                                                     |
| 8         | Himachal Pradesh  | 12512                                                     | 5373                                                      |
| 9 Jammu   | and Kashmir       | 68807                                                     | 43440                                                     |
| 10        | Jharkhand         | 67775                                                     | 32593                                                     |
| 11        | Karnataka         | 52971                                                     | 33113                                                     |
| 12        | Kerala            | 71310                                                     | 40992                                                     |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh    | 81493                                                     | 43041                                                     |
| 14        | Maharashtra       | 53973                                                     | 36745                                                     |
| 15        | Manipur           | 5645                                                      | 2173                                                      |
| 16        | Meghalaya         | 6219                                                      | 3431                                                      |
| 17        | Mizoram           | 1720                                                      | 967                                                       |
| 18        | Nagaland          | 6420                                                      | 3699                                                      |
| 19        | Odisha            | 212519                                                    | 172271                                                    |
| 20        | Punjab            | 37291                                                     | 21464                                                     |
| 21        | Rajasthan         | 72340                                                     | 36924                                                     |
| 22        | Sikkim            | 2655                                                      | 940                                                       |
| 23        | Tamil Nadu        | 67828                                                     | 61135                                                     |
| 24        | Telangana         | 61670                                                     | 47717                                                     |
| 25        | Tripura           | 11216                                                     | 5842                                                      |
| 26        | Uttar Pradesh     | 211762                                                    | 59165                                                     |
| 27        | Uttarakhand       | 19296                                                     | 9687                                                      |
| 28        | West Bengal       | 38962                                                     | 23666                                                     |
| 29        | Puducherry        | 1650                                                      | 582                                                       |
| 30        | A. N Islands      | 493                                                       | 154                                                       |
| Total     | Total             | 1564607                                                   | 944927                                                    |

Source: DDU-GKY Kaushal Bharat Portal