THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS(SHRI AJAY MAKEN)
(a) At present, there are 68 functional Youth Hostels in the country.The details are
as under:
S. Name of No. of Location of Youth Hostel (s)
No. State/UT Youth Hostel
1. A&N Islands 1 Port Blair
2. Andhra 7 Nagarjunasagar,Secunderabad, Pradesh Tirupathi,Vijayawada Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram, Warangal
3. Bihar 1 Patna
4. Goa 2 Padam Mapusa, Panaji
5. Gujarat 1 Gandhinagar
6. Haryana 7 Bhiwani, Gurgaon, Kurukshetra, Panchkula, Rewari, Sirsa, Yamuna Nagar
7 Himachal 1 Dalhousie Pradesh
8. J& K 3 Patnitop, Srinagar, Udhampur
9. Karnataka 4 Hassan, Mysore, Sogalu,Tirtharameshwar
10. Kerala 3 Kochi (Ernakulam), Kozhikode (Calicut), Thiruvananthapuram
11. Madhya 3 Bhopal, Jabalpur, Khajuraho Pradesh
12. Maharashtra 1 Aurangabad
13. Orissa 4 Gopalpur-on-Sea, Joshipur, Koraput,Puri
14. Pondicherry 1 Pondicherry
15. Punjab 5 Amritsar, Patiala, Ropar, Sangrur,Tarn Taran
16. Rajasthan 4 Ajmer, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Udaipur
17. Tamil Nadu 5 Chennai, Madurai, Ooty, Thanjavaur,Trichy
18. Uttar 2 Agra, Lucknow Pradesh
19. Uttarakhand 4 Badrinath, Mussoorie, Nainital,Uttarkashi
20. West Bengal 1 Darjeeling
21. Assam 2 Guwahati, Tezpur
22. Manipur 1 Imphal
23. Meghalaya 1 Shillong
24. Mizoram 1 Aizwal
25. Nagaland 1 Dimapur
26. Sikkim 1 Gangtok
27. Tripura 1 Agartala
Total: 68
(b) & (c) Proposals received from State Governments to establish including Youth Hostel
in Bhubaneshwar District of Orissa were considered by the Government and keeping in view of
the observation of Planning Commission and the budget allocated in the 11th Plan, it
was decided the Youth Hostels, where sites have not been finalised and/or where no
expenditure on construction has been incurred, may not be pursued further.
(d) The details of funds earmarked/allocated under the Youth Hostel Scheme during the
last three years and the current year are as follows:
S. Year-wise earmarked/allocated of funds (Rupees in Crore)
No. 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11
1. 2.00 3.50 4.00 5.00
The funds under the Youth Hostel Scheme are allocated to the individual Youth Hostel.
(e) In view of (b) above, question does not arise.
