Lok Sabha Question No. 2327 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-04
Subject: Youth Hostels
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: LAKHAN LAL SAHU, INNOCENT, PARAYAMPARANBIL KUTTAPPAN BIJU, BANSHILAL MAHTO

# GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

# MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS

# ( DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH AFFAIRS )

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# LOK SABHA

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# UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. +2327

# TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.08.2015

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**Youth Hostels**

+2327. SHRI LAKHAN LAL SAHU:

SHRI INNOCENT:

SHRI P.K. BIJU:

DR. BANSHILAL MAHATO:

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

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1. **the details of youth hostels set up/functioning in various parts of the country, location-wise;**

1. **the details of youth hostels constructed and the funds allocated/released/utilized for the purpose during each of the last three years and the current year, location-wise;**

1. **the number of youth hostels proposed to be constructed in various parts of the country during the current five year plan and the steps being taken by the Government in this regard, location-wise;**

1. **whether the Government proposes to formulate any special scheme for the youth that will help them to choose their career according to their choices; and**

1. **if so, the details thereof and if not, the steps being taken in this regard?**

# ANSWER

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# THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)

# FOR YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS

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(SHRI SARBANANDA SONOWAL)

(a)  Eighty Three (83) Youth Hostels have so far been constructed in the country and one more Youth Hostel is under advanced stage of construction.

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A statement showing list of Youth Hostels, Location-wise is annexed.

(b) & (c) No new youth hostel has been constructed in the country during the last three years and the current year and there is no proposal for construction of any new youth hostel during the current five year plan.

(d) & (e) The Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports has no proposal to formulate any special scheme for the youth that will help them to choose their career according to their choices.

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**Annexure**

**Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. +2327 to be answered on 04.08.2015 regarding youth 
hostels by Shri Lakhan Lal Sahu: Shri Innocent: Shri P. K. Biju: Dr. Banshilal Mahato:**

| **S. No.**   | Name of State/UT   | **No. of Youth Hostels in the State**   | Location of Youth Hostel (s)                                           |
|--------------|--------------------|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|              | Assam              | 4                                       | Guwahati, Tezpur,  Golaghat & Nagaon                                   |
|              | A&N Islands        | 1                                       | Port Blair                                                             |
|              | Andhra Pradesh     | 5                                       | Vijayawada, Tirupati, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram, Kadapa              |
|              | Arunachal Pradesh  | 1                                       | Naharlagun                                                             |
|              | Bihar              | 1                                       | Patna                                                                  |
|              | Goa                | 2                                       | Panaji, Padam Mapusa,                                                  |
|              | Gujarat            | 1                                       | Gandhinagar                                                            |
|              | Haryana            | 7                                       | Panchkula, Kurukshetra, Bhiwani, Gurgaon, Sirsa, Yamuna Nagar, Rewari. |
|              | Himachal Pradesh   | 2                                       | Dalhousie and Bilaspur                                                 |
|              | Jammu & Kashmir    | 3                                       | Patintop, Srinagar and Nagrota                                         |
|              | Karnataka          | 4                                       | Mysore, Hassan, Tirtharameshwar, Sogalu                                |
|              | Kerala             | 3                                       | Trivandrum, Ernakulam (Kochi), Calicut (Kozhikode)                     |
|              | Madhya Pradesh     | 3                                       | Bhopal, Jabalpur, Khajuraho                                            |
|              | Maharashtra        | 2                                       | Aurangabad and Buldana                                                 |
|              | Odisha             | 4                                       | Puri, Joshipur, Gopalpur-on-Sea, Koraput                               |
|              | Pondicherry        | 1                                       | Pondicherry                                                            |
|              | Punjab             | 6                                       | Ropar, Amritsar, Sangrur, Patiala, Tarn Taran, Jalandhar               |
|              | Rajasthan          | 4                                       | Jaipur, Jodhpur, Ajmer, Udaipur                                        |
|              | Tamil Nadu         | 5                                       | Chennai, Madurai, Thanjavaur, Trichy, Ooty                             |
|              | Telangana          | 3                                       | Secunderabad,   Nagarjunasagar, Warangal                               |
|              | Uttar Pradesh      | 2                                       | Agra, Lucknow                                                          |
|              | Uttarakhand        | 4                                       | Mussoorie, Uttarkashi, Nainital, Badrinath                             |
|              | West Bengal        | 3                                       | Darjeeling, Burdwan and Churulia                                       |
|              | Manipur            | 4                                       | Imphal, Thoubal, Churachandpur & Ukhrul                                |
|              | Meghalaya          | 2                                       | Shillong and Tura                                                      |
|              | Mizoram            | 1                                       | Aizwal                                                                 |
|              | Nagaland           | 2                                       | Dimapur and Mokokchung                                                 |
|              | Sikkim             | 2                                       | Gangtok and Namchi                                                     |
|              | Tripura            | 1                                       | Agartala                                                               |
|              | **Total:**         | **83**                                  |                                                                        |

One Youth Hostel at Roing in the State of Arunachal Pradesh  is under construction.