DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH AFFAIRS: INITIATIVES, ACHIEVEMENTS, POLICIES AND ROADMAP FOR THE FUTURE.

DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH AFFAIRS: INITIATIVES, ACHIEVEMENTS, POLICIES AND ROADMAP FOR THE FUTURE

Initiatives and Achievements

Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS)

Environment Conservation: 42.24 lakh saplings planted by NYKS volunteers.

Blood Donation: 26,656 units of Blood donated by NYKS volunteers in blood donation camps.

Skill Development:

1,161 Skill Upgradation Training Programmes (SUTP) organised for women youth club members, in which 21,177 women were enrolled for training in need-based vocational skills.

34,303 youth were sponsored for undergoing Skill Development Trainings through various Vocational Training Providers.

Youth Leadership and Community Development: 407 Training Programmes organised, involving 16,666 youth.

Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS)

Theme-based Awareness and Education Programmes: 451 Programmes organised on important social issues, involving 44,940 youth.

Promotion of Sports:

Assistance provided to 8,993 youth clubs for purchase of Sports Materials; the amount of assistance increased from Rs.1,000 to Rs.2,000 per club.

Assistance for organisation of Inter Youth Club Sports Meets introduced during current year @Rs.25,000 for District level Events and @Rs.15,000 for Block level Events.

Promotion of Adventure: 82 adventure camps organised, involving 2,138 youth.

Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS)

National Integration Camps: 6 camps organised, involving 800 youth, including camps at Leh (Ladakh) and Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

Development of Adolescents: 113 Life Skill Camps organised, involving 4,757 adolescents,

for developing among them behavioural/ life skills to empower them to make healthy choices.

Adolescent Health and Development Project (jointly with UNFPA): 1,485 Teen Clubs were organised, 7,440 Peer Educators selected (of which 6,880 trained) and extension work started.

Disaster Relief: Proactive role in rescue, relief and rehabilitation during natural

disasters, including recent floods in Assam and J&K.

National Service Scheme (NSS)

Environment Conservation: 7.52 lakh saplings planted by NSS volunteers.

Blood Donation: 40,563 units of Blood donated by NSS volunteers in blood donation camps.

Promotion of Adventure: 11 adventure camps organised, involving 440 NSS volunteers.

North East NSS Youth Festivals: 3 Festivals organised at Manipur, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh, in order to promote the spirit of integration in the North East; 950 youth participated in the Festivals.

National Service Scheme (NSS)

Shramadaan: A pan-India Shramadaan campaign launched with focus on (i)

cleaning of rivers and other water bodies and (ii) removal of parthenium, lantana and water hyacinth.

Disaster Relief: Proactive role in rescue, relief and rehabilitation during natural

disasters, including recent floods in Assam and J&K.

Introduction of NSS as an Elective Subject: Being pursued in order to incentivise NSS for the students; 5 Regional Workshops of University Vice Chancellors

organised through AIU (Association of Indian Universities) for seeking their inputs; curriculum being finalised.

Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development (RGNIYD)

Academic Courses: RGNIYD offers 6 post-graduate courses in youth issues; 2014-16 Session started.

Research: RGNIYD offers doctoral programmes in 4 disciplines; the Institute conducted 3 research studies this year.

Training of Trainers: The programmes are for functionaries working in the field of youth development; 13 programmes were organised, covering 545 master trainers.

Capacity Building: The programmes are for youth and youth functionaries; 20 programmes were organised, covering 2,261 youth and youth functionaries.

Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development (RGNIYD)

Skill Development: 364 youth trained in various skills.

Planning to conduct Skill Trainings and EDPs in collaboration with Vocational Training Providers of DGE&T and NI-MSME; also, plans to commence 3-year B. Voc. (Bachelor of Vocation) Course on UGC pattern from next Session.

Tribal and North East Youth Development: A new Department has been set up to bring focus on Tribal and North East Youth Development.

Youth-led Development: A new outreach initiative launched for conducting RGNIYD programme, preferably in tier-2 and tier-3 cities, through linkage with 250 colleges; target to cover about 25,000 youth initially.

National Programme for Adolescent and Youth Development (NPYAD)

Financial Assistance for Youth Development: Financial Assistance provided to Government/ non-

Government Organisations for youth and adolescent development activities in areas such as Youth Leadership and Personality Development, Promotion of National Integration, Promotion of Adventure, Development and Empowerment of Adolescents etc.

Assistance given to 95 State level Organisations in addition to National level Organisations.

Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Awards: Awards are highest national recognition in the field on

adventure; conferred on 4 individuals by Hon’ble President of India on 29.08.2014.

International Cooperation (IC)

International Youth Exchange: A Delegation of 5 Indian Youth attended Y-20 Summit, 2014 at

Sydney, Australia during July, 2014.

A 20-member Indian Youth Delegation visited South Korea during August, 2014.

100-member Chinese Youth Delegation and 20-member South Korea Youth Delegation have visited India this month.

UNDP/ UNV Project on Youth Volunteering:

A Project has been developed, jointly with UNDP/ UNV, for strengthening NYKS and NSS; to be implemented over the period 2014-17 at estimated cost of Rs.14 crores; Necessary approvals being obtained.

Youth Hostels

Youth Hostels meant to promote youth travel and to enable them to experience rich cultural heritage of India; constructed in collaboration with the States.

82 Youth Hostels constructed so far; another 2 hostels are under construction.

Steps being taken to obtain ISO Certification for youth hostels.

During the year, ISO Certification obtained for Puducherry Youth Hostel and preparatory steps taken to obtain Certification for Agra and Panjim youth hostels.

Policies and Roadmap for Future

National Youth Leader Programme (NYLP)

Introduction NYLP is a new Scheme formulated with the objective of

developing leadership qualities among the youth, motivating the youth to strive for excellence and harnessing the immense youth energy for nation-building; EFC Proposal circulated and being followed up.

Programme Components Neighbourhood Youth Parliament (NYP). Youth for Development Programme (YFDP). National Young Leaders Awards (NYLA). National Youth Advisory Council (NYAC). National Youth Development Fund (NYDF).

Proposed Outlay Rs.582 crores over 5 years (2014-15 to 2018-19).

Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS)

Expansion of Network

Current network of 2.77 lakhs youth clubs to be expanded by adding 50,000 clubs every year, so that eventually, there is a youth club in every village.

Total membership of youth clubs to be increased from current 80 lakhs to 200 lakhs by 2018-19.

Intensifying Youth Mobilisation Efforts

NYKS to play proactive role as ‘enabler’, through youth mobilisation at grass-root level, for effective implementation of all Government programmes including Swatchh Bharat Abhiyan, Jan Dhan Yojana etc.

Focus on Entrepreneurship and Skill Development among the youth, through awareness generation, motivation, counselling, etc.

Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS)

‘Punarjagaran’ (Rejuvenation) A new imitative of NYKS to be implemented over one-year period

from 02.10.2014 to 25.09.2015. A pan-India youth movement to be created

to start from 4 corners of India – Leh in North, Okha in West, Kanya Kumari in South and Anini (Dibang Valley) in North East.

to culminate in Mathura (the birth place of Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay) on 25.09.2015 (birth centenary of Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay)

100 Districts to be covered on the 4 routes. Throughout the year, youth to be engaged in constructive activities

such as Campaigns on social issues, Shramadaan, promoting the spirit of patriotism, peace and universal brotherhood.

The initiative will mobilise 150 million youth and also inspire youth all over the country.

National Service Scheme (NSS)

Expansion of Network

NSS volunteer strength to be increased from current 33 lakhs to at least 100 lakhs by 2018-19.

In addition to Government funding of NSS, the mechanism of Self-financing Units of NSS (with possibility of CSR funding) to be effectively leveraged to achieve faster expansion of NSS.

Improving Effectiveness of NSS

Similar to NYKS, NSS also to play a proactive role as ‘enabler’, for effective implementation of all Government programmes.

Skill Training of NSS volunteers, being undertaken on pilot basis, in collaboration with TISS, to be expanded and other suitable initiatives to be launched, to enable NSS volunteers to pursue a vocational course along with their academic courses.

Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development (RGNIYD)

Upgradation of the Institute RGNIYD has been declared as an “Institute of National

Importance” under RGNIYD Act, 2012; Council of Ministers has approved outlay of 514 crores over 5-years upto 2018-19 for upgradation of the Institute.

Proactive efforts to be made for developing RGNIYD as an Institution of International repute in the field of youth development.

Outreach Initiatives RGNIYD is located in Sriperumbudur (Tamil Nadu); a Regional

Centre has recently been set up at Chandigarh; an outreach initiative called youth-led development has been launched.

Proactive efforts will be made to strengthen outreach initiatives of RGNIYD so that the youth all over the country benefit from the expertise of the Institute.

Other Plans/ Programmes

Expanding International Youth Exchange Currently, regular annual youth exchange (on reciprocal basis)

is only with China and South Korea; in addition, a Bangladeshi Youth Delegation visits India every year. Efforts being made to sign MOUs/ start Youth Exchange

Programmes with other countries, including SAARC Countries, Indonesia, France, Israel, Brazil, Turkey, New Zealand, Argentina, Vietnam, Belarus, Chile, Mozambique, Kuwait and Bahrain and Myanmaar.

Brainstorming Workshop on Youth Issues 2-day Brainstorming Workshop to be organised in Nov. 2014,

involving all stakeholders, to deliberate on youth issues.

Eminent speakers from different fields to address the Workshop.

An Actionable Agenda to be evolved for youth development.

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