Lok Sabha Question No. 3992 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-10
Subject: Nehru Yuva Kendra
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: VINOD KUMAR SONKAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS

## (DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH AFFAIRS)

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3992

TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.08.2016

Nehru Yuva Kendra

## 3992. SHRI VINOD KUMAR SONKAR:

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

- (a) the number of Nehru Yuva Kendras functioning in the country, State-wise;
- (b)  the names of the schemes being implemented through these kendras;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  change  the  name  of Nehru Yuva Kendra as Swami Vivekananda Yuva Kendra;
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; and
- (e) whether these kendras are adequately staffed at present and if not, the steps taken by the Government to fill up vacant posts?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR

## YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS

(SHRI VIJAY GOEL)

- (a) There are 623 district Nehru Yuva Kendras functioning in the country. A list of these Kendras is at Annexure-I.
- (b) The  names  of  Schemes/  Programmes  implemented  through these Kendras is given in Annexure-II.

(c) & (d) There is no proposal to change the name of Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan as Swami Vivekananda Yuva Kendra.

(e) No, Madam. Each Kendra has 3 sanctioned posts. There are vacancies  in  the  two  key  posts,  i.e.,  District  Youth  Coordinator (DYC) and Accounts Clerk-cum-Typists (ACTs). In case of DYCs, 377 posts are vacant out of 623 sanctioned posts and in case of ACTs, 218 posts are vacant out of 688 posts.  Most of the posts have  lapsed  since  they  have  remained  vacant  for  over  a  year. Steps  have  been  initiated  for  getting  the  posts  revived  from Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure.

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## ANNEXURE-I

ANNEXURE  -  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  THE  LOK SABHA UNSTARRED Q.NO. 3992 FOR  10.08.2016  ASKED  BY  SHRI VINOD KUMAR SONKAR REGARDING NEHRU YUVA KENDRA.

|   S. No. | Name of the State/ UT   | Name of the Districts covered by NYK                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |   Total No. of NYKs |
|----------|-------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|        1 | A&N Island              | Nicobar, Port Blair, Kamotra, Campbell Bay, Mayabander (Rangat), Diglipur                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |                  06 |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh          | Ananthapur, Vijaywada, Chittoor, Cuddapah, Guntur Kakinada (East Godavari), Kurnool, Srikakulam, Vishakhapatnam, Vizianagaram, Nellore, West Godavari ( Elluru ) and Prakasham ( Ongole ).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |                  13 |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh       | Siang ( Along ), Lower Subansiri ( Ziro ), Upper Subansiri (Daporijo), Lohit ( Tezu ) Tawang, West Kameng, East Kameng, Papum Pare, East Siang, Upper Siang, Dibang Valley, Changlang, Tirap, Karung Kaise, Itanagar                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |                  15 |
|        4 | Assam                   | Dibrugarh, Diphu ( Karbi Anglong ), Dhubri, Kamrup ( Maligaon ), North Lakhimpur, Nogaon, Cachar ( Silchar ), Tezpur ( Sonitpur ), Haflong ( N C Hills ), Karimganj, Barpeta, Kokrajhar, Jorhat, Sibsagar, Nalbari, Goalpara, Dhemaji, Darrang (Mangaldoi), Hailakandi, Golaghat, Morigaon, Bongaigaon, Tinsukia, Chirang Udalgiri, Baksha, Kamrup Metropolition                                                                                  |                  27 |
|        5 | Bihar                   | Araria, Aurangabad, Banka, Begusarai, Bhagalpur, Bhojpur (Arrah), Buxar, Darbhanga, East Champaran (Motihari), Gava, Gopalganj, Jamui, Jehanabad, Kaimoor (Bhabua), Katihar, Khagaria, Kishanganj, Madhepura, Madubani, Munger, Muzaffarpur, Nalanda, Nawada, Patna, Purnia, Rohtas (Sasaram), Saharsa, Samastipur, Saran (Chapra), Sitamarhi, Siwan, Supaul, Vaishali (Hajipur), West Champaran (Bettiah), Sheohar, Lakhisarai, Sheikhpur, Arwal |                  38 |
|        6 | Chhatisgarh             | Bilaspur, Champa, Durg, Kanker (Bastar), Raigarh, Raipur, Rajnandgaon, Sarguja, Koriya, Kawardha, Dhamtari, Dantewada, Korba, Jashpur Nagar,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |                  16 |

|    |           | Mahasamund, Jagdalpur                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |    |
|----|-----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----|
|  7 | Delhi     | Alipur, Mehrauli, Nangloi, North, North East, New Delhi, Central South West, East                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |  9 |
|  8 | Gujarat   | Bharuch, Nadiad (Kheda), Kutch (Bhuj), Godhra, Sabarkantha (Himmat Nagar), Junagarh, Mehsana, Surendra Nagar, Jamnagar, Bhavnagar, Valsad, Surat, Gandhi Nagar, Ahmedabad , Vadodra (Chhota Udaipur), Dangs, Amreli, Palanpur, Rajkot, Patan, Porbandar, Anand, Dahod, Narmada, Navsari                             | 25 |
|  9 | Haryana   | Ambala, Bhiwani, Gurgaon, Karnal, Sirsa, Kurukshetra, Rohtak, Faridabad, Sonepat, Jind, Hissar, Mahendergarh (Narnoul), Rewari, Yamuna Nagar, Kaithal, Panipat, Panchkula, Fatehabad, Jhajjar                                                                                                                       | 19 |
| 10 | H.P       | Bilaspur, Chamba, Dharamsala (Kangra), Hamirpur, Kinnaur, Kullu, Keylong (Lahoul Spiti), Mandi, Nahan (Sirmour), Solan, Shimla, Una                                                                                                                                                                                 | 12 |
| 11 | J&K       | Kathua, Anantnag, Bidgam, Baramulla, Doda, Jammu, Kupwara, Kargil, Leh (Ladakh), Pulwama, Poonch, Rajouri, Sri Nagar, Udhampur                                                                                                                                                                                      | 14 |
| 12 | Jharkhand | Bokaro, Chatra, Deoghar, Dhanbad, Dumka, East Singhbhum (Jamshedpur), Garwah, Giridih, Godda, Gumla, Hazaribagh, Lohardaga, Palamau (Daltonganj), Ranchi, Sahabganj, West Singhbhum (Chaibasa) Kodarma Pakaur, Jantara, Lathar, SaraiKela, Sindega                                                                  | 22 |
| 13 | Karnataka | Bijapur, Belgaum, Bidar, Chikmagalur, Gulbarga, Hassan, Kanwar, Kodagu (Madikeri), Kolar, Mangalore, Mandya, Mysore, Raichur, Tumkur, Dharwad, Chitradurga (Devengere), Bellary, Shimoga, Bangalore (Rural, Bangalore (Urban), Bagalkot, Koppal, Gadag, Haveri, Dakshina Kannada (Devengere), Chamarajanagar, Udipi | 27 |
| 14 | Kerala    | Alleppey, Kannur, Thodupuzha (Iddukki), Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palghat, Pathanamthitaa, Trivandraum, Trichur, Ernakulam, Kottayam, Kasargod, Wynad, Quilon                                                                                                                                                          | 14 |
| 15 | M.P       | Balaghat, Betul, Bhind, Bhopal, Chhatarpur, Chhindwara, Damoh, Datia, Dewas, Dhar, Guna, Gwalior, Harda, Hoshangabad, Indore, Jabalpur, Jhabua, Katni, Khandwa, Khargaon, Mandala, Mandsor, Morena, Narsinghpur, Panna, Raisen, Rajgarh (Bajora), Ratlam, Reewa, Sagar, Satna,                                      | 48 |

|    |             | Sehore, Seoni, Shahdol, Shajapur, Shivpuri, Sidhi, Tikamgarh, Ujjain, Vidisha, Umaria, Neemuch, Sheopur, Barwani, Dindori, Ashoka Nagar, Anoop Pur, Burhanpur                                                                                                                                                                                                   |    |
|----|-------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----|
| 16 | Maharashtra | Aurangabad, Alibag (Rajgad), Bhandara, Kolhapur, Sholapur, Thane, Jalgaon, Nanded, Yavatmal, Amravati, Gadchiroli, Jalna, Buldhana, Nagpur, Mumbai (Kal), Satara, Ahmednagar, Nasik, Parbhani, Osmanabad, Dhule, Ratnagiri, Latur, Pune, Sindhudurg, Akola, Chandrapur, Wardha,                                                                                 | 34 |
| 17 | Manipur     | Churachandpur, Imphal, Senapati (Kongpokpi), Tamenglong, Ukhrul, Thoubal, Chandel, Bishanpur, Senapati - II, Imphal East                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | 10 |
| 18 | Meghalaya   | Jaintia Hills ( Jowai ), West Garo Hills (Tura), East Khasi Hill (Shillong), East Garo Hills (Willim Nagar), West Khasi Hills (Nongstoin), South Garo Hills (Baghmara) Ri Bhoi                                                                                                                                                                                  | 07 |
| 19 | Mizoram     | Aizwal, Lungeli, Ghhimutuipuri (Saiha), Mamit, Kolasib, Champhai, Serchhip Lawngtlai                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | 08 |
| 20 | Nagaland    | Kohima, Mokokchung, Zonheboto, Tuensang, Mon, Wokha, Phek Dimapur, Peren, Kiphire, Longling                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | 11 |
| 21 | Orissa      | Balasore, Balangir, Mayurbhanj (Baripada), Behrampur (Ganjam), Kalahandi (Bhawani Patna), Dhenkanal, Keonjhar, Koraput, Phulbani, Puri, Sambalpur, Sundargarh, Cuttack, Naupada, Khurda (Bhubneshwar), Kendrapara, Bargarh, Jharsuguda, Debagarh, Bhadrak, Jajapur, Angul, Nayagarh, Gajapati, Boudha, Sonapur, Rayagada, Nabarangapur, Malkangiri, Jagsinghpur | 30 |
| 22 | Punjab      | Amritsar, Bhathinda, Faridkot, Ferozepur, Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur, Jalandhar, Kapurthala, Ludhiana, Patiala, Ropar, Sangrur, Mansa, Fatehrgarh Sahib, Tarn Taran, Nawanshahr, Moga, Muktsar, SAS Nagar, Barnala                                                                                                                                                   | 20 |
| 23 | Rajasthan   | Ajmer, Banswar, Barmer, Bharatpur, Bhilwara, Bikaner, Bundi, Chittorgarh, Churu, Dungarpur, Jaipur, Jaisalmer, Jodhpur, Jalore, Swai Madhopur, Sirohi, Tonk, Udaipur, Alwar, Kota, pali, Dhoulpur, Nagaur, Sikar, Jhunjhunu, Jhalawar, Sri Ganganagar, Raisamand, Baran, Dausa, Hanumangarh, Karauli                                                            | 32 |

|   24 | Sikkim      | East Sikkim ( Gangtok ), North Sikkim ( Mangan ), West Sikkim ( Gayzing ), South Sikkim ( Namchi )                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |   04 |
|------|-------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------|
|   25 | Tamilnadu   | Coimbatore, Cuddalore (South Arcot), Dharmapuri, Madurai, Pudukottai, Salem, Sivaganga, Tiruchirappalli, Thanjavur, Tirunelveli, Nilgiri (Udagmandalam) Ooty, Vellore, Kamrajar (Virudunagar), Kanya Kumari (Nagercoil), Chengalpet (M G R), Erode (Periyar), Dindigul (Anna), Ramanathapuram, Chidambamar (Tuticorin), Chennai (Rural), Nagapatnam, Thiruvannamali, Villupuram, Tiruvallur, Theni, Tiruvarur, Namakkal, Karur, Perambulur, Ariyalpur (Krishnagiri)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |   30 |
|   26 | Telangana   | Karim Nagar, Khammam, Mehbubnagar, Nizamabad, Medak (Siddipet ), Adilabad, Warangal, Hyderabad, Nallgonda and Ranga Reddy.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |   10 |
|   27 | Tripura     | Agartala ( West Tripura ), Dharam Nagar ( North Tripura ), Udaipur ( South Tripura ), Dhalai                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |   04 |
|   28 | U.P         | Agra, Aligarh, Allahabad, Azamgarh, Badaun, Bahraich, Ballia, Banda, Barabanki, Bareilly, Basti, Bijjnor, Bulandsahar, Amethi, Deoria, Etah, Etawah, Faizabad, Farukhabad, Fatehpur, Firozabad, Ghaziabad, Ghazipur, Gonda, Gorakhpur, Hamirpur, Hardoi, Jalaun (Orai), Jaunpur, Jhansi, Kanpur Dehat, Kanpur Nagar, Lakhimpur Kheri, Lalitpur, Lucknow, Maharajganj, mainpuri, Mathura, Mau, Meerut, Mirzapur, Moradabad, Muzaffar nagar, Partap garh, Pilibhit, Rai Bareilly, Rampur, Saharanpur, Shahjahanpur, Sidharth Nagar, Sitapur, Sonebhandra, Sultanpur, Unao, Varanasi,,Jyotiba Phule Nagar, Baghpat, Gautam Budh Nagar, Hathras, Kannauj, Mahoba Chitrakoot, Kaushambi, Ambedkar Nagar, Shravasti, Balrampur, Sant Kabir Nagar, Kushingar, Chandauli, Sant Ravidas Nagar, Auraiya |   71 |
|   29 | Uttaranchal | Almora, Chamoli, Dehradun, Haridwa, Nainital, Pauri Garhwal, Pithoragarh, Tehri Garhwal, Uttarkashi, Rudraprayag, Bageshwar Champawat, Udhamsingh Nagar                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |   13 |
|   30 | West Bengal | Barsat ( 24 Parganas North ), Burdwan, Murshidabad, Darjeeling, Baruipur (24 Pargana South), Jalpaiguri, Midnapore, Purulia, Calcutta, Cooch Behar, Uttar Dinajpur, Bankura, Birbhum, Hoogly, Nadia, Howrah, Malda, Durgapur (Burdwan                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |   23 |

|            |                      | - II), Diamond Harbour (24 S Parg), Tamluk Midnapore - II, Calcutta (South), Raghunathpur (Purulia), Dakshin Dinajpur   |     |
|------------|----------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----|
| 31         | Chandigarh           | Chandigarh                                                                                                              |   1 |
| 32         | Goa                  | North Goa, South Goa (Margaon)                                                                                          |   2 |
| 33         | Lakshdweep           | Kavarati                                                                                                                |   1 |
| 34         | Pondicherry          | Karaikal, Pondicherry, Mahe, Yanam                                                                                      |   4 |
| 35         | Dadra Nagar & Haveli | Silvassa                                                                                                                |   1 |
| 36         | Daman & Diu          | Daman, Diu                                                                                                              |   2 |
| TOTAL NYKs | TOTAL NYKs           | TOTAL NYKs                                                                                                              | 623 |

## ANNEXURE-II

ANNEXURE  -  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  THE  LOK SABHA UNSTARRED Q.NO. 3992 FOR  10.08.2016  ASKED  BY  SHRI VINOD KUMAR SONKAR REGARDING NEHRU YUVA KENDRA.

Schemes being implemented through Nehru Yuva Kendras

## a.  Core Programmes:

Funded  by  the  Department  of  Youth  Affairs,  Ministry  of  Youth  Affairs  and  Sports through annual budget. These activities are common to all NYKs in the country. The core programmes of NYKS are as under:

1.  Youth Club Development Programme
2.  Training on Youth Leadership and Community Development
3.  Promotion of Sports
- a.  Sports material to Youth Clubs)
- b.  Block level Sports Meet
- c. District level Sports Meet
4.  Skill Up-gradation Training Programme
5.  District Level Promotion of Folk, Art & Culture and Yuva Kriti
6.  Observance of Days of National Importance  and National Youth Day & Week
7.  District Youth Convention
8.  Mahatma Gandhi Yuva Swachhta Abhiyan evam Sharamdaan Karyakaram
9.  Yuva Adarsh Gram Vikas Karyakaram
10.  Awards to Outstanding Youth Club at District, State and National levels.

## b. Schemes of  the  Department  of  Youth  Affairs  in  the  Ministry  of  Youth Affairs & Sports :

Following Schemes of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Govt. of India are implemented by NYKS:

-  National Youth Corps Scheme
-  National Programme for Youth and Adolescent Development
- a)  National Integration Camps
- b)  Youth Leadership and Personality Development Programme
- c)  Adventure Programmes
- d)  Life Skill Training for Adolescent
-  National Young Leaders Programme
- a)  Neighbourhood Youth Parliament at Block & Village level
- b)  Youth for Development Programme
- c. Projects with the support of various Ministries and Agencies :

The following are the projects which NYKS is implementing:

- a)  Tribal Youth Exchange Programme (with the support of MHA)
- b)  Awareness  and  Education  for  prevention  of  Drug  Abuse  &  Alcoholism  in Punjab (with the support of Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment)
- c)  Adolescent Health and Development  Programme  (with  the  support of UNFPA)

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