The Minister of
State (Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs and Sports Shri Sarbananda Sonowal
has said that the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports is implementing the
following Schemes/Programmes to carry out activities in various parts of the
country for youth development to empower the youth to achieve their full
potential:
Department
of Youth Affairs:
(i)
Nehru
Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS)
(ii)
National
Service Scheme (NSS)
(iii)
Rajiv
Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development (RGNIYD)
(iv)
National
Youth Corps (NYC)
(v)
National
Programme for Youth and Adolescent Development (NPYAD)
(vi)
International
Co-operation (IC)
(vii)
Youth
Hostel (YH)
(viii)
Assistance
to Organisations of Scouts and Guides
(ix)
National
Young Leaders Programme (New Scheme)
Department of Sports:
(x)
Rajiv
Gandhi Khel Abhiyan (RGKA)
(xi)
Urban
Sports Infrastructure Scheme
(xii)
Scheme
of Assistance to National Sports Federations (NSFs)
(xiii)
National
Sports Development Fund (NSDF)
(xiv)
Scheme
of Human Resource Development in Sports
(xv)
Scheme
of Special Cash Awards
(xvi)
Scheme
of Pension to Meritorious Sportspersons
(xvii)
Scheme
of National Sports Awards
(xviii)
National
Welfare Fund for Sportspersons
(xix)
Grant-in-aid to Sports & Games for persons with disabilities
(xx)
Grant-in-aid
to Sports Authority of India
(xxi)
Grant-in-aid
to Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education (LNIPE), Gwalior
(xxii)
Grant-in-aid
to National Dope Testing Laboratory (NDTL)
(xxiii)
Grant-in-aid
to National Anti Doping Agency (NADA)
In a written reply in the Lok Sabha today Shri Sonowal said, the Ministry
of Youth Affairs & Sports has prepared the Schemes/programmes mentioned above
for maximum utilization of youth potential. The State-wise details of population
of youth aged 15-29 years, as defined in the National Youth Policy – 2014, as
per Office of Registrar General & Census Commissioner 2011 data, is given below:
|
Sl.
No.
|
Name of State/U.T.
|
Age Group
|
Population of
Youth
|
|
1.
|
Jammu & Kashmir
|
15-29
|
3484497
|
|
2.
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
15-29
|
1873487
|
|
3.
|
Punjab
|
15-29
|
8058180
|
|
4.
|
Chandigarh
|
15-29
|
335899
|
|
5.
|
Uttarakhand
|
15-29
|
2904362
|
|
6.
|
Haryana
|
15-29
|
7476835
|
|
7.
|
NCT of Delhi
|
15-29
|
5099761
|
|
8.
|
Rajasthan
|
15-29
|
19089008
|
|
9.
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
15-29
|
55198857
|
|
10.
|
Bihar
|
15-29
|
25209135
|
|
11.
|
Sikkim
|
15-29
|
198873
|
|
12.
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
15-29
|
411378
|
|
13.
|
Nagaland
|
15-29
|
610886
|
|
14.
|
Manipur
|
15-29
|
839267
|
|
15.
|
Mizoram
|
15-29
|
324397
|
|
16.
|
Tripura
|
15-29
|
1075155
|
|
17.
|
Meghalaya
|
15-29
|
862481
|
|
18.
|
Assam
|
15-29
|
8793133
|
|
19.
|
West Bengal
|
15-29
|
25814262
|
|
20.
|
Jharkhand
|
15-29
|
8685529
|
|
21.
|
Odisha
|
15-29
|
11282962
|
|
22
|
Chhattisgarh
|
15-29
|
7046639
|
|
23.
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
15-29
|
19961874
|
|
24.
|
Gujarat
|
15-29
|
16925304
|
|
25.
|
Daman & Diu
|
15-29
|
98079
|
|
26.
|
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
|
15-29
|
117290
|
|
27.
|
Maharashtra
|
15-29
|
31865346
|
|
28.
|
Andhra Pradesh & Telangana
|
15-29
|
24024877
|
|
29.
|
Karnataka
|
15-29
|
17651441
|
|
30.
|
Goa
|
15-29
|
377246
|
|
31.
|
Lakshadweep
|
15-29
|
17420
|
|
32.
|
Kerala
|
15-29
|
7880453
|
|
33.
|
Tamil Nadu
|
15-29
|
19329081
|
|
34.
|
Puducherry
|
15-29
|
329379
|
|
35.
|
Andaman & Nicobar Islands
|
15-29
|
111863
|
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