Question : FUNCTIONING OF NYKS



(a) whether the Government is planning to open more Nehru Yuva Kendras ( NYKs) in various States of the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof along with the details of NYKs functioning in the country at present, State-wise including Odisha and Maharashtra along with the financial assistance provided to these centres;

(c) whether a number of posts are lying vacant in NYKs;

(d) if so, the details thereof along with the steps taken by the Government to fill up these posts; and

(e) the other steps taken by the Government to make the working of NYKs efficient?

Answer given by the minister



THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS (SHRI JITENDRA SINGH)

(a) to (e) A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) to ( e) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.97 FOR 12.08.2013 ASKED BY SHRI BHAKTA CHARAN DAS; SHRI ADAGOORU VISHWANATH REGARDING FUNCTIONING OF NYKS.

(a) At present , there is no proposal under consideration to open new Kendra of NYKS in any of the States of the country.

(b) At present, 623 Nehru Yuva Kendras are functioning in the country including 30 Kendras in Orissa and 34 Kendras in Maharashtra. The State wise and district wise details of Kendras are given at Annexure-I. The State wise details of financial assistance provided during the year 2012-13 are given at Annexure-II.

(c &d) The details of vacancy position in NYKs are given at Annexure-III. The Government has constituted a Cadre Review Committee (CRC) to review the structure of the organisation and to suggest remedial measures for carreer progression of various employees of the organisation. The report of the committee has been received. After the acceptance of the recommendations of CRC, the Recruitment Rules (RRs) would be finalised and the vacant posts would be filled up by promoting eligible departmental employees and by direct recruitment/deputation.

(e ) A task force was constituted to study the working of NYKS and to make suitable recommendations to make the working of NYKS more efficient. Based on the acceptance of the recommendation of the task forceinstructions have been issued to revamp the personnel, administration and establishment matters of the organisation.