Lok Sabha Question No. 209 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-07-21
Subject: Activities under NPYAD Scheme
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: RAJESHBHAI NARANBHAI CHUDASAMA

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS

DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH AFFAIRS

**LOK SABHA**

UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 209

TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.7.2015

**Activities under NPYAD Scheme**

**209.  SHRI RAJESHBHAI CHUDASAMA:**

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

(a) the number of activities conducted under the National Programme for Youth and Adolescent Development (NPYAD) in various parts of the country including Gujarat during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise;

(b) the details of activities undertaken by the implementing agencies in the country including Gujarat under the said programmes and the funds released to them in the said period;

(c) whether any monitoring and evaluation study was undertaken on the performance of the programme implemented by the agencies; and

(d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

**ANSWER**

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS

**(SHRI SARBANANDA SONOWAL)**

(a & b) Under the Scheme of National Programme for Youth and Adolescent Development (NPYAD), the following are the  five programmes under which various activities are conducted in different  parts of the country including Gujarat through implementing agencies viz-

| **Sl.**   | **Name of the Programmes**                       | **Programme Activities**                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
|-----------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| **(a)**   | **Youth Leadership and Personality Development** | **i.  Youth Leadership and personality**  **Development Training**                                                                                                                                                                               |
| **(b)**   | **Promotion of National Integration**            | **i.    National Integration Camp**  **ii.   Inter-State Youth  Exchange         Programme**  **iii   Multi-Cultural Activities**  **iv.  National Youth Festival**  **v.   State Youth Festival**                                               |
| **(c)**   | **Promotion of Adventure**                       | **i.    Promotion of adventure at basic       and intermediate level in India**  **ii.  Promotion of adventure at advance        level including expeditions in India**  **iii.    Grants to Recognized Institutions**                           |
| **(d)**   | **Development and Empowerment of Adolescents**   | **i.    Life Skills Education**  **ii.   Counseling**  **iii.  Career Guidance**  **iv.   Residential Camps**                                                                                                                                    |
| **(e)**   | **Technical and Resource Development**           | **i.   Environment Building**  **ii.  Research & Studies on youth issues iii  Documentation & Publication**  **iv   Seminars, Conferences, Exhibitions and Workshops on youth or adolescent issues, national integration and adventure** |

Funds released through the implementing agencies in the country including Gujarat during the last three years and the current year is Annexed.

(c & d) The monitoring mechanism is inherent in the scheme of NPYAD, as the grant is released in two installments  and for the release of the second installment the  grantee organization, on completion of programme, is required to submit the details of the activities done under the programme along with performance report, list of participants indicating their age, gender, caste, funds utilization certificate and accounts statement duly signed by a Chartered Accountant, and an Inspection Report signed by either a State Govt. Officer or by an officer of Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS). NYKS has been designated as the Monitoring and Evaluation Institute (MEI) for projects sanctioned under NPYAD Scheme.

*** **Annexure**

**State-wise funds released under NPYAD Scheme**

**during the year 2012-13 to 2015-16.**

(Amount in Rupees)

| **Name of State**           | **2012-13**      | **2013-14**      | **2014-15**      | **2015-16**  **(As on 15.07.15)**   |
|-----------------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh              | -                | -                | 6,90,000         | 4,56,000                            |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | -                | -                | -                | -                                   |
| Arunachal Pradesh           | 1,00,00,000      | -                | -                | -                                   |
| Assam                       | 99,89,160        | 27,51,850        | 6,53,95,725      | 18,35,650                           |
| Bihar                       | -                | 2,28,000         | -                | -                                   |
| Chhattisgarh                | -                | -                | -                | -                                   |
| Chandigarh                  | 10,00,000        | 10,00,000        | 10,00,000        | -                                   |
| Delhi *                     | 15,29,62,337     | 15,38,98,150     | 16,58,08,007     | 4,68,48,011                         |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli      | -                | -                | -                | -                                   |
| Daman and Diu               |                  |                  |                  | -                                   |
| Goa                         | -                | -                | -                | -                                   |
| Gujarat                     | -                | -                | 14,56,000        | -                                   |
| Haryana                     | -                | -                | 7,42,703         | 2,28,000                            |
| Himachal Pradesh            | 4,87,500         | -                | -                | -                                   |
| J&K                         | 1,10,03,405      | 1,44,81,421      | 2,00,19,274      | 42,33,000                           |
| Jharkhand                   | -                | 4,68,750         | -                | -                                   |
| Kerala                      | -                | -                | -                | -                                   |
| Karnataka                   | 23,69,431/-      | -                | 7,04,170         | -                                   |
| Lakshadweep                 | -                | -                | -                | -                                   |
| Madhya Pradesh              | -                | -                | -                | -                                   |
| Maharashtra                 | 3,86,498         | 18,11,528        | 23,38,252        | 2,50,000                            |
| Manipur                     | 10,00,000        | 31,66,000        | 78,27,000        | 23,97,000                           |
| Meghalaya                   | -                | -                | -                | -                                   |
| Mizoram                     | 14,40,000        | -                | 21,21,250        | -                                   |
| Nagaland                    | -                | 15,70,475        | 47,15,850        | -                                   |
| Odisha                      | -                | 1,00,13,389      | 1,21,93,224      | 6,43,187                            |
| Punjab                      | -                | 1,78,36,376      | 1,46,250         | 1,46,250                            |
| Puducherry                  | -                | -                | -                | -                                   |
| Rajasthan                   | 47,18,443        | -                | 19,85,204        | 12,54,000                           |
| Sikkim                      | -                | 1,17,000         | -                | -                                   |
| Tamil Nadu                  | 41,77,922        | -                | -                | -                                   |
| Tripura                     | -                | -                | -                | -                                   |
| Telangana                   | -                | -                | 8,70,244         | 3,36,825                            |
| Uttar Pradesh               | -                | 19,29,225        | 20,23,275        | -                                   |
| Uttarakhand                 | -                | 9,46,475         | 1,96,475         | -                                   |
| West Bengal                 | 1,35,75,997      | 1,45,72,003      | 1,86,02,900      | 44,21,380                           |
| **Total :**                 | **21,31,10,693** | **22,47,90,642** | **31,09,44,329** | **6,30,49,303**                     |

*The grants are not allocated State-wise but are released to implementing agencies for carrying out their activities.  For the above table, the grant to an agency has been shown for the State/U.T., where the headquarters of the agency is situated.  Most of the All India Level Organizations are situated in Delhi, but their activities are carried out in all parts of the country.