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The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports implements youth centric activities. through its schemes namely (i) National Programme for Youth and Adolescent Development (NPYAD) (ii) National Service Scheme (NSS) and (iii) Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS). The details of activities undertaken during the last 3 years are given in Annexure.
Annexure
1. National Programme for Youth and Adolescent Development (NPYAD)
“Main activities conducted by the Ministry under National Programme for Youth and Adolescent Development (NPYAD) Scheme during last three years:-
| 2016-17 |
2017-18 |
2018-19 |
| (i) Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Awards were conferred upon 6 individuals for adventure in the categories of Land, Water, Air and Life Time Achievements on 29.08.2016.
(ii) The 14th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD), 2017 was organised at Bangalore, Karnataka, during 07-09 January, 2017. Youth PBD was celebrated on 7th January, 2017 to bring focus on young pravasis.
(iii) 21st National Youth Festival was organized at Rohtak, Haryana, during 12- 16 January, 2017. The Theme of the Festival was “Youth for Digital India”. |
(i) Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Awards were conferred upon 4 individuals for adventure in the categories of Land, Water and Life Time Achievements on 29.08.2017.
(ii) 5th North East Youth Festival was organized at Gangtok, Sikkim from 28th October, 2017 to 30th October, 2017 in which around 1800 youth participated. The theme of the festival was ‘Youth for Organic Farming’. (iii) 22nd National Youth Festival was organized at Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, during 12-16 January, 2018. The Theme of the Festival was “Sankalp Se Siddhi”. (iv) National Youth Award 2015-16 was conferred upon 23 individuals and 7 organizations during the opening ceremony of 22nd National Youth Festival. |
(i) Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Awards were conferred upon 10 individuals for adventure in the categories of Land, Water, Air and Life Time Achievements on 25.09.2018.
(ii) 6th North East Youth Festival was organized at Agartala, Tripura from 15th November, 2018 to 18th November, 2018 in which around 1000 youth, officials and volunteers participated. The theme of the festival was ‘Youth for Drug Free North East’.
(iii) PBD 2019 was held from 21st to 23rd January, 2019 at Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. Youth PBD was celebrated on 21st January, 2019. |
2. National Service Scheme (NSS)
The details of main activities/programmes carried out during the last three years are given below:
| S. No. |
Component |
Unit of Measurement |
2016-17 |
2017-18 |
2018-19 |
| No. of participant |
No. of participant |
No. of participant |
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| 1. |
Coverage of NSS: |
|
|||
| ---No. of Universities |
No. of Institutions |
391 |
403 |
446 |
|
| ---No. of +2 Councils |
No. of Institutions |
48 |
48 |
||
| ---No. of Colleges/ Technical Institutions |
No. of Institutions |
16,278 |
17,996 |
17,894 |
|
| ---No of Senior Secondary Schools |
No. of Institutions |
12,483 |
12,827 |
12,072 |
|
| ---No. of NSS Volunteers |
No. of Institutions |
36,58,518 |
41,35,379 |
39,95,700 |
|
| 2. |
Adoption of Villages/ Slums by NSS Units |
No. of Villages/ Slums |
19,205 |
25,032 |
35,626 |
| 3. |
NSS Special Camps |
No. of Camps |
796 |
22,066 |
25,479 |
| 4. |
Plantation of Saplings |
No. of Saplings |
9,45,195 |
18,79,675 |
34,21,818 |
| 5. |
Blood Donation |
No. of Units |
62,062 |
1,91,581 |
3,40,348 |
| 6. |
Pulse Polio Immunization |
No. of Children immunized |
1,10,000 |
3,60,777 |
10,55,565 |
| 7. |
Adventure Activities |
No. of Volunteers |
1,274 |
0* |
1,487 |
| 8. |
Health/ Eye/ Immunisation Camps |
No. of Camps |
1,904 |
9,402 |
16,556 |
| No. of Volunteers |
1,46,906 |
4,64,622 |
8,70,525 |
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| 9. |
Awareness Programmes/ Rallies/ Campaigns |
No. of Programmes |
8,573 |
38,710 |
1,05,742 |
| No. of Volunteers |
7,87,532 |
25,89,058 |
43,60,986 |
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| 10. |
Shramadaan |
No. of Volunteers-Hours |
32,35,942 |
62,50,207 |
1,49,07,592 |
| 11. |
North East NSS Festivals |
No. of Festivals |
1 |
0 |
2 |
| No. of Volunteers |
300 |
0 |
1,172 |
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| 12. |
National Integration Camps |
No. of Camps |
0 |
14 |
|
| No. of Volunteers |
0 |
2,798 |
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| 13. |
Self Defence Training to NSS Volunteers |
No. of Volunteers |
18,460 |
34,728 |
99,659 |
| 14. |
Participation of NSS Contingent in Republic Day Parade |
|
200 |
198 |
200 |
| 15. |
NSS Awards (National level) |
No. of Awards conferred |
41 |
41 |
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| 16. |
National Youth Parliament Festival |
No. of participants |
--- |
--- |
88,000
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3. Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS)
NYKS every year undertakes following set of programmes/youth centric activities for over all development of youth in the country:-
This Information was given by the Minister of State (I/C) for Youth Affairs and Sports, Shri Kiren Rijiju in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
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