The
youth play a crucial role in shaping a country’s destiny. The total youth population (10 to 35 years)
as per 2011 census is 563 million with about 70 percent living in the rural
areas. The main focus of the Ministry of
Youth Affairs and Sports is an all round development of youth by empowering them
with attitudes, skills and competencies so that they can fulfil their legitimate aspirations and engage more
effectively in the process of nation
building. Further, there would be focus
on developing qualities of good citizenship and community service amongst the
youth and inculcating in them the spirit of volunteerism.
Under
the Department of Youth Affairs, major schemes and their achievements for the
year 2012 are given below:
I.
National
Youth Policy, 2012:
Recognizing
that the National Youth Policy 2003 needs to be dynamic so as to cater to the
ever changing scenario in the country, a review was initiated. Large scale
consultations were held with stakeholders form all fields on matters concerning
Youth Development and for coordinating the related activities and programmes of
the Central Government Ministries /Departments, the State Governments and
Community and Youth organizations. Based on the feedback so received, a draft
National Youth Policy – 2012 was conceptualized. This Exposure Draft National
Youth Policy – 2012 envisages to put in place a comprehensive strategy to ensure
the fullest development and realization of the potential of the youth, in the
context of future socio-economic growth. Draft Policy has been circulated to
all MPs of Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha, Representatives of
Youth Wings of all Political Parties recognized by EC, Parliamentary Forum on
Youth and Parliamentary consultative committees on Youth Affairs and comments
are awaited.
II. NEHRU
YUVA KENDRA SANGATHAN:
The Ministry of
Youth Affairs & Sports the nodal Ministry for youth empowerment and
development has been working towards inculcating in the youth an enhanced sense
of volunteerism, community service, personality development and good
citizenship. Towards this end the Nehru Yuva Kendra
Sangathan, one of its flagship implementing arms has
endeavoured to help set up, mentor and nurture rural
youth clubs. Nehru Yuva Kendras were established in the year 1972 with the objective
of providing rural youth avenues to take part in the process of nation building
as well as providing opportunities for the development of their personality and
skills. In the year 1987-88, Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS) was
converted into as an autonomous organization under the Government of India,
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, to oversee working of these Kendras. NYKS is the largest grassroots level voluntary
organization, one of its kind in the world.
Highlights
and Achievements of Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan are as under:
(i) Skill
Up-gradation training programme for
women:
NYKS organised Skill upgradation
training programme for women in 606 district level
Kendras of NYKS across the country by running
different training centres. The training is provided
to improve agriculture practices, sericulture, and floriculture, cutting and
tailoring, shoe making, traditional handicrafts of the area. The training is
also provided in agro-based projects depending upon the local needs. The reputed
institutes/organisations like ATDC, NSDC, NCVT, KVK,
Agricultural Universities are associated for the
training to make it effective and meaningful. Under the programme 34000 women have been trained.
(ii) Skill
Development Training Programme (SDTP) under ATDC & NSDC: The Skill
Training in SMART courses was provided under which 180 youths of Unnao and Barabanki districts of
Uttar Pradesh were trained. Further, action has been initiated to provide
training under ATDC to 540 youth from 06 districts of U.P. viz Pandrauna/Kushinagar, Raibarelli, Sultanpur, Amethi,
Allahabad and Pratapgarh.
(iii) Skill
Development training of NYC Volunteers through KVK: The first phase of training started on 20th
September, 2012 under which 296 Volunteers were provided training in the field
of Animal Husbandry, Sericulture, Soil Testing , Bee- keeping, Nursery
Management, Vegetable Cultivation, Value added courses in agriculture , milk and
milk products organic farming etc.
(iv)
Silver Jubilee of
NYKS and Quami Ekta Diwas on 19th November, 2012: In
order to observe Silver Jubilee Year of the formation of NYKS a programme was
organized at Constitution Club, New Delhi on 19th November, 2012 in
which around 3000 youth participated. On
this occasion, exhibition depicting our journey and achievements during the last
25 years was also installed. A short documentary on NYKS History and Programmes
& Activities was also displayed . Various
dignitaries like Shri Jitendra Singh MOS(I/C),
YA&S, Shri Oscar Fernandes, Hon’ble M.P. and Chairman Parliamentary Standing Committee
on HRD and Dr. S.Y. Quraishi, Former DG, NYKS and
Former Chief Election Commissioner of India were among the Guest of Honour
. Around 3000 youth who participated in
the programme were administered Communal Harmony Pledge.
(v) Awareness
and Education for the Prevention of Drug Abuse & Alcoholism in the States of
Punjab and Manipur: Nehru
Yuva Kendra Sangathan took
up a Project on “Awareness and Education for the Prevention of Drug Abuse &
Alcoholism in the States of Punjab and Manipur”, covering 3000 villages under 75
Blocks of 10 Districts in the State of Punjab and 750 villages under 25 Blocks
in 7 Districts of Manipur. Under the
project 3,00,000 youth
in the State of Punjab and 75,000 youth in the State of Manipur were
contacted. 3000 village Advisory
Committees have been constituted in the State of Punjab and 750 village advisory
Committees have been constituted in the State of Manipur.
(vi) 70
Skill Up-gradation Training Programmes for Women in the State J &
K: The objective of the programme is to enhance the skill level of women so as to
enable them to meet their own requirement / self employment. NYKS conducted 70 Skill Up-gradation Training
Programmes for women in 14 districts of J & K. In each district skill up-gradation training
programmes for 140 women in traditional handicraft of the area, cutting and
tailoring, shoe making, agro based projects viz dairy,
poultry, bee keeping, angora rabbit farming, sheep and
wool rearing, sericulture and floriculture bee keeping, vermiculture, mushroom cultivation, etc. were organised. These
programmes are being run in coordination with reputed institutes like ATDC,
NSDC, KVK, Animal Husbandry Department, Agriculture University Extension
Services, Master Trainers etc. for making the training
effective and gainful.
(vii)
Skill Development and
Vocational Training for Youth: NYKS in collaboration with NSDC has been activity
involved in conduct of various programmes/activities for skill development and
vocational training of Youth under Youth Employability Skill (YES) Project. Under the project, 1283 youth from North
Eastern States and J&K have been trained. Out of them 946 Youth have also
received job offers/placement made. The youth including NYC Volunteers have been
provided Skill Training in various fields like computer applications,
Information Technology, Beauty Parlour, Hotel Management etc. The course
provide secure future employment to the Youth. The phase – II of the YES
Project has also been launched on 16th September, 2012 to provide
Skill Training to the Youth of J&K State.
(viii)
Skill
Development of Volunteers through Tata Motors (NEEV): NYKS in collaboration with Tata Motors Limited
have trained 3700 Youth, out of which 1100 rural youth are now associated in
sales and marketing of motor vehicle in 3 states viz
U.P., Tamil Nadu & Andhra Pradesh. The training programme has been expanded to 4 other states viz Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Rajasthan. Under
the programme the youth is provided training in sales,
marketing skills, product knowledge and process clarity
by Accenture and then work for Tata Motors.
The training gives youth the desired Skill and Confidence to face the
customers which enhances their training potential and help develop leadership
qualities. Average income earned under
the ‘NEEV’ programme varies from Rs. 4,000 to Rs.
15,000 per month.
(ix) World
Environment Day: NYKS observed the World Environment Day on
5th June, 2012 in 501 districts of the country by organizing Green
Pledge Signature Campaign, Tree Plantation, Drawing Competition, Quiz, Slogan
Writing, Cultural Programmes for creating awareness on
environmental issues.
(x) World
Population Day: NYKS observed
the World Population Day on 11th July, 2012 in 501 districts of the
country by organizing family welfare activities, including promoting gender
equality, poverty alleviation, maternal health and human rights discussion on
the educational information sessions, rallies, Poster/slogan writing, cultural
programmes for creating awareness on population issues.
(xi) Mentor Youth
Club: A revised
scheme of
Mentor Youth Club (MYC) has been launched to strengthen the network of youth
clubs. The objective is to build a strong and effective network of youth clubs
in the country. The Mentor Youth Club work to make non functional/ inactive
clubs active, provide support and guidance to youth clubs and develop a
strong& dependable network of self supporting/self reliant youth clubs. Under the scheme, 10,000 Mentor Youth Clubs
are being set up in 5000 blocks of the country. Each of these Mentor Youth Club is being provided a onetime grant of
Rs. 10,000/- for development of infrastructure. 20,000 office bearers of these
10,000 Mentor Clubs are being provided five day long capacity building training
to enhance their understanding about effective planning, management and
administration of Youth Clubs so that they become active partners in village
development programme.
III. NATIONAL SERVICE SCHEME
(NSS):
National
Service Scheme (NSS) is one of the flagship programmes of the Ministry of Youth
Affairs and Sports aimed at developing qualities of good citizenship and spirit
of Volunteerism among youth and to provide them an opportunity to work with the
people in the villages and slum dwellers. The scheme seeks to achieve its
objectives through twin approach i.e. “Campus to Community” and “College to
Village”.
National
Service Scheme was launched during the birth centenary celebration of Mahatma
Gandhi on 24th September 1969 with 40,000 students. Today, NSS has more than
3.2. million student volunteers on its roll spread over
299 Universities.
In
1993-94, during the Silver Jubilee year of NSS, the Indira Gandhi National Service Scheme Awards (IGNSSA) were instituted to give recognition to selfless service
rendered by the NSS volunteers. This
year, 52 IGNSS Awards were given away by the Hon’ble
President of India and the Ceremony was held on 19th November, 2012
at Rashtrapati Bhavan,
including Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Science, Karnataka for exemplary
contribution in the field of Community Health through NSS.
A
new initiative “Youth to the Edge” was launched with
the flagging off of three batches for 3 adventure trails at Tinsukia on 28th February 2012. The adventure
training of the batches commenced at Roing, Hayuliang and Dzuko Valley in
Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland respectively.
The scheme is implemented by the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports,
GOI, under the aegis of Ministry of DONER/ NEC in coordination with the
respective local State Governments and other agencies. An amount of Rs. 2.87 crore will be
incurred in these adventure activities.
IV. National Programme for Youth Adolescent
Development(NPYAD):
17th
National Youth Festival was organized at Mangalore, Karnataka, during
12th to 16th January, 2012 to commemorate the Birth
Anniversary of the Greatest Youth ICON of the country Swami Vivekanand. The festival was inaugurated by the then
Minister of State (Independent Charge), Youth Affairs and Sports Shri Ajay
Maken. The National Youth awards for the year
2010-2011 were conferred on 28 individuals and two organizations by Minister of
State for Youth Affairs & Sports (Independent Charge) during the opening
ceremony of 17th National Youth Festival.
Tenzing
Norgay National Adventure Award, 2011 were conferred on four individual for Land
, Air and Water Adventure and one for Life time achievement during a gliterring ceremony held on 29.8.2012 at Rashtrapati Bhawan.
North
East Youth Festival was also held during 7th to 9th
November,2012 at Arunachal Pradesh, Itnagar. The chief
Guest for the opening ceremony was Shri Ninong erring,
Hon’ble MOS for Minority Affairs, GOI. Whereas the Chief Guest for
the Closing ceremony was Shri Nabam Tuki, Chief Ministry of Arunachal Pradesh. M.C. Mary Kom,
Olympic Bronze Medalist and Youth Icon was the Special
Guiest.
V. RAJIV GANDHI NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF YOUTH
DEVELOPMENT (RGNIYD):
The Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development [RGNIYD] was
started in 1993 in the memory of Shri. Rajiv Gandhi at
Sriperumbudur, the place of his martyrdom.
2. RGNIYD is an apex research and training institute dedicated
to Youth Development in the country. Through its eight divisions the Institute
undertakes various research, training and extension programmes. The Academic
division of the Institute has five Schools and they offer Master of Arts degree
in various youth related issues.
A
Flagship Post Graduate Programme in M A Youth
Development with specializations is proposed to be introduced in the next year.
Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development has been declared as an
Institute of National Importance and, to this effect, the RGNIYD Act has been
notified to commence w.e.f. 19.11.2012.
VI. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
(IC):
Under this programme, Exchange of Youth
Delegations with friendly countries is taken up on reciprocal basis for
promoting exchange of ideas, values, culture amongst
the Youth of different countries. The
following major Youth Exchanges were organized during the current
year.
A 500-member
Chinese Youth Delegation visited India from 25th February to
4th March, 2012. On 27th February, 2012, Chinese
delegates met Hon’ble President of India and President delivered a speech on
Indo-China relationship and importance of youth in both the countries’
development. The delegation was divided in six groups and
visited different parts of the country and interacted with various youth
Organizations.
Under the
Indo-Korean Youth Exchange Programme, a 20 member Korean Youth Delegation
visited India from 21st to 30th June, 2012 and
reciprocally the same number of. Indian Youth Delegation led by Director
General, Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan visited Korea from 8th to
17th August, 2012.
Visit of
20-member Indian Youth Delegation led by Shri Ajay Maken, the then Minister of
State (IC) for Youth Affairs and Sports to Baku, Azerbaijan to participate in
the First International Youth Congress and
Festival “Great Silk Way” from 26-30 June, 2012.
Under the Indo- China Youth Exchange
Programme, a 100 member Indian Youth Delegation visited China from
12th to 21st July 2012 led by Secretary, Youth Affairs and
reciprocally the same number of. Chinese Youth Delegation visited India from
13th to 20th November, 2012.
Under the
Indo-Bangladesh Youth Exchange Programme, a 100 member Bangladeshi Youth
Delegation visited India from 6th – 13th October,
2012. During this, the delegation has
visited Delhi, Agra, Kolkata and Shantiniketan. The delegation has also met His Excellency
President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee on 8th October, 2012 at
Rashtrapati Bhavan, New
Delhi. It is hoped that such a tour
would foster greater goodwill and knowledge about each other’s societies and
contribute to better relations.
VII. YOUTH HOSTEL:
Youth
Hostels are built to promote youth travel and to enable the young people
experience the rich cultural heritage of the country. The construction of the Youth hostels is a
joint venture of the Central and State Governments. While the Central Government bears the cost
of construction, the State Governments provide fully developed land free of cost
with water, electricity and approach roads.
Youth Hostels provide good accommodation for the youth at reasonable
rates. So far 80 Youth Hostels have been
constructed across the country out of which 68 youth hostels are with the
Department and 4 more Youth Hostels are under various stages of construction.
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