Lok Sabha Question No. 2745 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-15
Subject: Construction of Youth Hostels
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: KINJARAPU RAM MOHAN NAIDU

2745.

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2745 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.12.2015

CONSTRUCTION OF YOUTH HOSTELS

SHRI RAM MOHAN NAIDU KINJARAPU

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

- (a) the total number of youth hostels that have been constructed in  the  country,  State/UT-wise  including  the  State  of  Andhra Pradesh; and
- (b) whether  there  is  a  specific  system  for  allocation  of  youth hostels to each State, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR

YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS (SHRI SARBANANDA SONOWAL)

- (a) A  total  of  83  Youth  Hostels  have  been  constructed  across  the country and one more Youth Hostel at Roing (Arunachal Pradesh) is in advanced stage of construction. List of the Youth Hostels constructed State/UT-wise including the state of Andhra Pradesh is at Annexure.
- (b) There  is  no  specific  system  for  allocation  of  youth  hostels  to each state.

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2745 FOR 15.12.2015 ASKED BY SHRI RAM MOHAN NAIDU KINJARAPU REGARDING CONSTRUCTION OF YOUTH HOSTELS.

The  details  of  Youth  Hostels  constructed  in  the  country,  State/UT-wise  including  the State of Andhra Pradesh are as under:

| S. No.   | Name of State/UT   |   No. of Youth Hostels in the State/UT | Location of Youth Hostel (s)                                          |
|----------|--------------------|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.       | Assam              |                                      2 | Golaghat &Nagaon                                                      |
| 2.       | A&N Islands        |                                      1 | Port Blair                                                            |
| 3.       | Andhra Pradesh     |                                      5 | Vijayawada, Tirupati, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram, Kadapa             |
| 4.       | Arunachal Pradesh  |                                      1 | Naharlagun                                                            |
| 5.       | Bihar              |                                      1 | Patna                                                                 |
| 6.       | Goa                |                                      2 | Panaji, Padam Mapusa                                                  |
| 7.       | Gujarat            |                                      1 | Gandhinagar                                                           |
| 8.       | Haryana            |                                      7 | Panchkula, Kurukshetra, Bhiwani, Gurgaon, Sirsa, Yamuna Nagar, Rewari |
| 9.       | Himachal Pradesh   |                                      2 | Dalhousie and Bilaspur                                                |
| 10.      | Jammu &Kashmir     |                                      3 | Patintop, Srinagar and Nagrota                                        |
| 11.      | Karnataka          |                                      4 | Mysore, Hassan, Tirtharameshwar, Sogalu                               |
| 12.      | Kerala             |                                      3 | Trivandrum, Ernakulam (Kochi), Calicut (Kozhikode)                    |
| 13.      | Madhya Pradesh     |                                      3 | Bhopal, Jabalpur, Khajuraho                                           |
| 14.      | Maharashtra        |                                      2 | Aurangabad and Buldana                                                |
| 15.      | Odisha             |                                      4 | Puri, Joshipur, Gopalpur-on-Sea, Koraput                              |
| 16.      | Pondicherry        |                                      1 | Pondicherry                                                           |
| 17.      | Punjab             |                                      6 | Ropar, Amritsar, Sangrur, Patiala, Tarn Taran, Jalandhar              |
| 18.      | Rajasthan          |                                      4 | Jaipur, Jodhpur, Ajmer, Udaipur                                       |
| 19.      | Tamil Nadu         |                                      5 | Chennai, Madurai, Thanjavaur, Trichy, Ooty                            |
| 20.      | Telangana          |                                      3 | Secunderabad, Nagarjunasagar, Warangal                                |
| 21.      | Uttar Pradesh      |                                      2 | Agra, Lucknow                                                         |
| 22.      | Uttarakhand        |                                      4 | Mussoorie, Uttarkashi, Nainital, Badrinath                            |
| 23.      | West Bengal        |                                      3 | Darjeeling,Burdwan and Churulia                                       |
| 24.      | Assam              |                                      2 | Guwahati, Tezpur                                                      |
| 25.      | Manipur            |                                      4 | Imphal, Ukhrul, Thoubal, Churachandpur                                |
| 26.      | Meghalaya          |                                      2 | Shillong and Tura                                                     |
| 27.      | Mizoram            |                                      1 | Aizwal                                                                |
| 28.      | Nagaland           |                                      2 | Dimapur and Mokokchung                                                |
| 29.      | Sikkim             |                                      2 | Gangtok and Namchi                                                    |
| 30.      | Tripura            |                                      1 | Agartala                                                              |
|          | Total:             |                                     83 |                                                                       |