(a) the salient feature of N.S.V.S. scheme;
(b) the State-wise number of youth benefited under this
scheme during last three years; and
(c) the amount provided by the Government to the
States/Organisations under this scheme during the last three
years?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS (SHRI PON. RADHAKIRISHANAN)
(a) National Service Volunteers Scheme is aimed at providing
opportunities to rural youth who have completed their first
degree (intermediate in case of SC/ST) to enable them to
make contribution to socio-economic progress of the country.
Volunteers are deployed by National Service Scheme, Nehru
Yuva Kendra Sangathan, Bharat Scouts & Guides and State
Governments for a period of one year extendable by another
one year, at a monthly honorarium of Rs. 1000/-. The scheme
encourages youth to involve themselves in nation building
activities. Before deployment in the field, they undergo a
well designed programme of training for 28 days.
(b) State-wise list is at annexure I.
(c) Details are at annexure II.
Annexure-I
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION
NO. 4492 FOR 18.12.2002 REGARDING NATIONAL SERVICE VOLUNTARY SCHEME ASKED BY SH. RAMSHAKAL.
S.No State/UTs 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02
1 A & N Island 26 23 28 2 Arunachal Pradesh 34 30 26 3 Andhra Pradesh 280 307 231 4 Assam 247 248 254 5 Bihar 561 660 463 6 Chandigarh 8 7 7 7 Delhi 16 16 7 8 Daman & Diu 30 30 38 9 D & Nag. Haveli 8 10 14 10 Goa 9 14 479 11 Gujarat 159 154 479 12 Haryana 115 129 134 13 Himachal Pradesh 85 87 66 14 J & K 106 114 113 15 Karnataka 165 170 159 16 Kerala 233 226 236 17 Lakshdweep 8 4 - 18 Madhya Pradesh 454 462 415 19 Maharashtra 369 321 341 20 Manipur 76 82 86 21 Meghalaya 45 41 53 22 Mizoram 27 17 20 23 Nagaland 52 57 56 24 Orissa 211 212 153 25 Punjab 125 139 139 26 Pondicherry 15 20 18 27 Rajasthan 229 227 207 28 Sikkim 46 39 32 29 Tamil Nadu 285 319 287 30 Tripura 48 43 33 31 Uttar Pradesh 855 788 684 32 West Bengal 368 399 301 33 Uttranchal 4 3 4
Total 5299 5398 5563
Sl.No State/Organisation 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02
1. NYKS 5,50,38,340 4,96,30,555 5,38,86,000
2. NSS 21,75,000 22,27,183 61,14,000
3. Bharat Scouts & Guides 11,58,750 20,75,062 -
4. State Govt. of Punjab 1,22,931 - -
5. Govt. of Andhra Pradesh 1,09,969 - -
6. Govt. of Manipur 84,000 54,450 -
7. Kerala Federation of the Blind 48,000 - 11,450
8. Universal Braile & Talking - 12,750 - Book Library Research and Education Institute Kerala
Total 5,87,36,990 5,40,00,000 6,00,11,450