THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS
(SHRI AJAY WIAKEM)
(a) As on date, 501 Nehru Yuva Kendras (NYKs) are functioning in different
districts and States including 23 Kendras in the State of Andhra Pradesh as
per the details Annexed. These Kendras established in the States undertake
multifarious activities through a huge network of Youth Clubs/Manila Mandals
and volunteers who work at the grassroots level. The programmes and activities
of NYKs during the 11th Plan Period include Capacity Building of Youth Club members,
Youth Leadership and Development Programme, Skill Upgradation Training Programme
for Women, Work Camps, Sports Promotion Activities at grassroots levels, provision
of Sports Material for Youth Clubs, Involvement of Rural youth for awareness
generation under (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) MGNREGA,
Publicity of message of Development and Peace in Manipur for awareness among youth
about different development schemes of the Government and Entrepreneurship activities
and to sensitize youth about the critical linkages between development and peace,
Nirmal Bihar Total Sanitation Awareness Campaign for creating sanitation awareness
and building strategy for total sanitation in 250 villages of 5 blocks in each of
the 9 districts of Bihar, Awareness campaigns for control of HIV/AIDS through
exhibitions, interactions, sharing knowledge and information. Inter School Sports
Competitions under Panchayat Yuva Krida aur Khel Abhiyaan (PYKKA) for promotion of
sports and games at School level and to harness available and potential sporting talent.
(b) & (c): During the year 2008-09, 2009-10 and 2010-11, funds to the tune of
Rs.101.76 crore, Rs.127.54 crore and Rs.121.50 crore respectively were made available
and during the current year Rs.134.50 crore has been earmarked for these 501 Kendras.
Each Kendra is granted funds to the tune of about Rs.5-7 lakh annually for conduct
of programmes/ activities based on the number of blocks in the district, The funds
allocated/released ft© the Kendras during the 11th Plan period have been fully
utilised for the purpose for which they were aranted and $fo& targets meta
(d) No, Madam.
(e) For bringing awareness among the youth, in addition to the
ongoing programmes, the Government has recently launched a
new Scheme called the `National Youth Corps` for the youth. The
Scheme envisages enrollment of 20,000 volunteers of which
8,000 volunteers are being deployed in Jammu and Kashmir and
12,000 volunteers in other States, The Government of India has
also launched a Pilot project named Youth Employability Skill
(YES) Project with the focus on providing specific employable
skills to unemployed youth in all the States in the North Eastern
Region. A programme has also been launched for creating
awareness and education for the Prevention of Drug Abuse and
Alcoholism in five districts of Punjab and seven districts of
Manipur.
