Youth Hostels

The Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs & Sports Shri Jitendra Singh has said that at present, there are 81 youth hostels in the country and three (3) hostels are under construction. In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today he said, proposals to set up youth hostels are received from the State Governments from time to time. However, on the advice of Planning Commission, a policy decision has been taken to complete the youth hostels under construction only and not to take up construction of new hostels.

Shri Jitendra Singh said, there are three ongoing youth hostels projects located at Roing (Arunachal Pradesh), Churachandpur & Thoubal (Manipur). Full and final installment of grants have already been released and these projects are at the last stage of completion.

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