National
Institute of Water Sports (NIWS) conducts both on-campus and off-campus
training courses. During the period from 2009-10 till now, such courses have
been conducted at Goa, Maharashtra (Lavasa-Pune), Durshet, Aamby Valley- Pune, Tapola), Andaman &
Nicobar, Madhya Pradesh (Bhopal), J&K (Jammu), Uttaranchal (Nainital), Delhi, Pudicherry,
Darjeeling, Karnataka (Kushal Nagar) and in Kerala
(Calicut & Thiruvananthapuram).
Expenditure incurred on conducting the courses is as
below:
|
Sr. No.
|
Year
|
Expenditure (Rs.)
|
|
1
|
2009-10
|
523055
|
|
2
|
2010-11
|
545457
|
|
3
|
2011-12
|
731216
|
|
4
|
From April 2012
|
230075 (Approx.)
|
Total number
of courses conducted by the Institute (NIWS) and number of persons trained
therein during each of the last three years and the current years as follows:-
|
Sr.
No.
|
Year
|
Number of
courses conducted
|
Number of
trainees
|
|
1.
|
2009-10
|
26
|
636
|
|
2.
|
2010-11
|
38
|
869
|
|
3.
|
2011-12
|
43
|
1026
|
|
4.
|
From April 2012 till now
|
19
|
330
|
Scheduling of out-station courses are done on the basis
of requests received from the sponsoring agency. Specific to Maharashtra,
during May-June 2012, Institute has conducted 04 courses each in Life Saving
Techniques & Powerboat Handling-Tiller at Tapola (Mahabaleshwar). Few more courses are being scheduled on
receding of the Monsoon. The request for few courses at Malwan
region is also being finalized.
This
information was given by the Minister for Tourism, Shri
Subodh Kant Sahai in a written reply to Shri
Suresh Kalmadi
in Lok Sabha today.
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Samir/kd