Lok Sabha Question No. 1625 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-27
Subject: Youth Festivals
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: NALIN KUMAR KATEEL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1625

TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.07.2016

## YOUTH FESTIVALS

## 1625.  SHRI NALIN KUMAR KATEEL:

- (a)  Whether  the  Government  has  made  any  provision  to  conduct  youth festivals in all the districts of the country to give an opportunity to exhibit their talents;
- (b)  if so, the details thereof ; and
- (c) the number of youth festivals conducted during the last three years, state-wise, year-wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR YOUTH

## AFFAIRS AND SPORTS (SHRI VIJAY GOEL)

(a & b) No Madam, the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has not made any provision to conduct youth festivals in all the districts of  the  country.  Ministry  of  Youth  Affairs  and  Sports  organizes  the National Youth Festival in January every year in one of the states willing and equipped to host it. Youth delegates from each State/UT participate in the National Youth Festival. In addition to the National Youth  Festival,  under  the  National  Service  Scheme  (NSS)  of  the Ministry, North East Youth Festivals are also organized in most of the North  East  States  annually.  Further,  the  Association  of  Indian Universities (AIU) also organizes one Inter University National Youth Festival and five Inter University Zonal Youth Festivals    every year with financial grant from the Ministry.

(c) Number of youth festivals conducted during the last three years, State Wise, Year-wise is attached as Annexure:

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## Annexure referred to in reply to Part (C) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1625 for 27.07.2016 by Shri Nalin Kumar Kateel regarding Youth festivals.

| Year    | State                       | Number of Festivals organized                       |
|---------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
| 2013-14 | Ludhiana, Punjab            | 1 National youth Festival.                          |
|         | Imphal, Manipur             | 1 North East National Service Scheme Youth Festival |
|         | Shillong, Meghalaya         | 1 North East National Service Scheme Youth Festival |
|         | Aizawl, Mizoram             | 1 North East National Service Scheme Youth Festival |
|         | Agartala, Tripura           | 1 North East National Service Scheme Youth Festival |
|         | Kurukshetra, Haryana        | 1 Inter University National Youth Festival          |
|         | Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh      | 1 Inter University Zonal Youth Festival             |
|         | Warangal, Andhra Pradesh    | 1 Inter University Zonal Youth Festival             |
|         | Darbhanga, Bihar            | 1 Inter University Zonal Youth Festival             |
|         | Bangalore, Karnataka        | 1 Inter University Zonal Youth Festival             |
|         | Kolhapur, Maharashtra       | 1 Inter University Zonal Youth Festival             |
| 2014-15 | Guwahati, Assam             | 1 National youth Festival.                          |
|         | Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh | 1 North East National Service Scheme Youth Festival |
|         | Kohima, Nagaland            | 1 North East National Service Scheme Youth Festival |
|         | Imphal, Manipur             | 1 North East National Service Scheme Youth Festival |
|         | Aizawl, Mizoram             | 1 North East National Service Scheme Youth Festival |
|         | Agartala, Tripura           | 1 North East National Service Scheme Youth Festival |
|         | Indore, Madhya Pradesh      | 1 Inter University National Youth Festival          |
|         | Ajmer, Rajasthan            | 1 Inter University Zonal Youth Festival             |

|         | Berhampur, Odisha           | 1 Inter University Zonal Youth Festival             |
|---------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|         | Tumkur, Karnataka           | 1 Inter University Zonal Youth Festival             |
|         | Ranchi, Jharkhand           | 1 Inter University Zonal Youth Festival             |
|         | Jammu & Kashmir             | 1 Inter University Zonal Youth Festival             |
| 2015-16 | Raipur, Chhattisgarh        | 1 National youth Festival                           |
| 2015-16 | Majuli, Assam               | 1 North East youth Festival                         |
| 2015-16 | Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh | 1 North East National Service Scheme Youth Festival |
| 2015-16 | Shillong, Meghalaya         | 1 North East National Service Scheme Youth Festival |
| 2015-16 | Kohima, Nagaland            | 1 North East National Service Scheme Youth Festival |
| 2015-16 | Mysore, Karnataka           | 1 Inter University National Youth Festival          |
| 2015-16 | Bundelkhand, Uttar Pradesh  | 1 Inter University Zonal Youth Festival             |
| 2015-16 | Tezpur, Assam               | 1 Inter University Zonal Youth Festival             |
| 2015-16 | Anand, Gujarat              | 1 Inter University Zonal Youth Festival             |
| 2015-16 | Ludhiana, Punjab            | 1 Inter University Zonal Youth Festival             |
| 2015-16 | Mangalore, Karnataka        | 1 Inter University Zonal Youth Festival             |

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