Question : YOUTH LEADERSHIP CAMPS

 

(a)     whether the Government has taken steps/proposes to provide financial assistance for organizing youth leadership training camps for the students and other youths of the country;

(b)      if so, the details thereof; and

(c)      if not, the reasons therefor?  

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

(a) & (b): Yes, Madam, the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, Department of Youth Affairs has a provision for financial assistance for organizing youth leadership training programme/ camp under National Programme for Youth and Adolescent Development Scheme. The said programme is implemented through Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS) and Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development (RGNIYD), both autonomous organizations under the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports.  

(c)  Does not arise.