Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports status of activities for the Youth

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PIB News Update:Minister of State (I/C) for Youth Affairs and Sports, Shri Kiren Rijiju has informed that 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.
  1. 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
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
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
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
12. National Integration Camps No. of Camps 0 14
No. of Volunteers 0 2,798
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 —
16. National Youth Parliament Festival No. of participants — — 88,000

 
  1. 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:-

  1. Youth Club Development Programme
  2. Training on Youth Leadership and Community Development
  3. Promotion of Sports:-
  1. Providing Sports Material to Youth Clubs
  2. Block level Sports Meet
  3. District level Sports Meet
  1. Education on Basic Vocations
  2. Promotion of  Art and Culture
  3. Observance of Days of National and International Importance
  4. District Youth Convention
  5. Celebration of 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi (for this year): –
  1. Swachhata Awareness Evam Shramdaan (Swachhata Action Plan)
  2. Swachhata Pakhwada ( Fortnight)
  3. Awards to Outstanding Youth Club
  4. Theme Based Awareness and Education Programme
  5. Observance of  International Day of Yoga on 21st  June
  6. Declamation Contest

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