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REPORT NO. 255 PARLIAMENT OF INDIA RAJYA SABHA DEPARTMENT-RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT TWO HUNDRED FIFTY FIFTH REPORT Demands for Grants 2013-14 (Demand No. 105) of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (Presented to the Rajya Sabha on 25th April, 2013) (Laid on the Table of Lok Sabha on 26th April, 2013) Rajya Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi May, 2013/Vaisakha, 1935 (Saka) Website:http://rajyasabha.nic.in E-mail:[email protected] Hindi version of this publication is also available PARLIAMENT OF INDIA RAJYA SABHA DEPARTMENT-RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT TWO HUNDRED FIFTY FIFTH REPORT Demands for Grants 2013-14 (Demand No. 105) of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (Presented to the Rajya Sabha on 25th April, 2013) (Laid on the Table of Lok Sabha on 26th April, 2013) Rajya Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi May, 2013/Vaisakha, 1935 (Saka) CONTENTS PAGES 1. COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE ......................................................................................... (i)-(ii) 2. PREFACE .................................................................................................................................. (iii) 3. Abbreviations ......................................................................................................................... (iv) 4. REPORT ................................................................................................................................... 1—31 5. OBSERVATIONS/RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COMMITTEE — AT A GLANCE ........................ 32—37 6. MINUTES ................................................................................................................................. 39—44 COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (Constituted w.e.f. 31st August, 2012) 1. Shri Oscar Fernandes — Chairman RAJYA SABHA 2. Shri Rama Chandra Khuntia 3. Dr. Bhalchandra Mungekar 4. Shri Avinash Rai Khanna 5. Shri Tarun Vijay 6. Shri Derek O’ Brien 7. Chaudhary Munavver Saleem 8. Dr. Janardhan Waghmare 9. Shri Baishnab Parida 10. Shri N. Balaganga LOK SABHA 11. Shri Suresh Angadi 12. Shri P.K. Biju 13. Shri Jeetendra Singh Bundela 14. Shri Sivasami C. 15. Shrimati Helen Davidson *16. Shrimati Deepa Dasmunshi @17. Shri Mahadev Singh Khandela 18. Dr. Charles Dias 19. Shri Kapil Muni Karwariya 20. Shri Virender Kashyap 21. Shri N. Peethambara Kurup 22. Shri Prasanta Kumar Majumdar 23. Shri Raghuvir Singh Meena 24. Capt. Jai Naraian Prasad Nishad 25. Shri Sis Ram Ola 26. Shri M.K. Raghavan 27. Shri K. Chandrashekar Rao 28. Shri M.I. Shanavas 29. Shri Balkrishna K. Shukla 30. Shri Bhoopendra Singh 31. Shri Kunwar Rewati Raman Singh 32. Shri Manicka Tagore * Shrimati Deepa Dasmunshi was elevated to Union Minister of State, Urban Development on 28.10.2012. @ Nominated as a Member of the Committee w.e.f. 09.01.2013. (i) (ii) SECRETARIAT Shrimati Vandana Garg, Additional Secretary Shri N.S. Walia, Director Shri Arun Sharma, Joint Director Shrimati Himanshi Arya, Assistant Director Shrimati Harshita Shankar, Assistant Director PREFACE I, the Chairman of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Human Resource Development, having been authorized by the Committee to present the Report on its behalf, do hereby present this Two Hundred Fifty-fifth Report of the Committee on the Demands for Grants (Demand No.105) of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports for the year 2013-2014. 2. The Committee considered the various documents and relevant papers received from the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports and also heard the Secretaries and other Officials of that Department on the said Demands for Grants in its meeting held on 2nd April, 2013. 3. The Committee considered the Draft Report and adopted the same in its meeting held on 30th April, 2013. OSCAR FERNANDES NEW DELHI; Chairman, April 30, 2013 Department-related Parliamentary Vaisakha 10, 1935 (Saka) Standing Committee on Human Resource Development (iii) ABBREVIATIONS 1 NYKS – Nehru Yuva Kendra 2. NSS – National Service Scheme 3. NSFs – National Sports Federation 4. SAI – Sports Authority of India 5. PYKKA – Panchayat Yuva Krida Khel Abhiyan 6. UC – Utilization Certificate 7. NYC – Nehru Youth Corp 8. SMART – Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology 9. MGNREGA – Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 10. TCS – Tata Consultancy Services 11. CPART – Council for Advancement of People’s Action and Rural Technology 12. DYC – District Tasking Staff 13. MTS – Multi Tasking Staff 14. DYCs – District Youth Coordinator 15. RRs – Recruitment Rules 16. ACT – Account Clerk-cum-Typist 17. LWE – Left Wing Extremist 18. NE – North East 19. APM – Advisor Prime Minister 20. NGOs – Non-Governmental Organizations 21. NSSDS – National Service and Skill Development Scheme 22. CSR – Corporate Social Responsibility 23. BPO – Back Processing Office 24. UGC – University Grant Commission 25. CABE – Central Advisory Board of Education 26. HRD – Human Resource Development 27. RGNIYD – Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development 28. UNICEF – United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund 29. UNESCO – United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization 30. UNFPA – United Nations Population Fund 31. SAARC – South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation 32. CYP – Commonwealth Youth Programme 33. SHGs – Self Help Groups 34. NPYAD – National Programme for Youth and Adolescent Development 35. NFC – Nation Fitness Corp 36. MPLAD – Member of Parliament Local Area Development 37. NSTC – National Sports Talent Competition 38. ABSC – Army Boys Sports Companies 39. SAG – Special Area Games 40. STC – SAI Training Centres 41. COX – Centres of Excellence 42. TEAMS – Training of Elite Athletes and Management Support 43. LTDPS – Long Term Development Plan 44. NADA – National Anti Doping Agency 45. NDTL – National Dope Testing Laboratory 46. WADA – World Anti Doping Agency 47. NIS – National Institute of Sports 48. EFC – Expenditure Finance Committee 49. DPR – Detailed Project Report (iv) 1 REPORT I. INTRODUCTION 1.1 The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports is entrusted with the responsibilities relating to the development of Youth and Adolescents, and the functions of the Central Government with regard to Sports and Physical Education. There are two separate Departments viz. Department of Youth Affairs and Department of Sports. 1.2 The subject “Youth Affairs” is dealt in the Department of Youth Affairs of the Ministry. As per the initial figures of the 2011 Census, the current youth population in the country including adolescents is around 550 million. It is indeed vital to utilize this “demographic dividend” and channelize the youth and their creative energies for nation-building. The Department of Youth Affairs is implementing a large number of schemes for youth and adolescents development which focus on three key thrust areas viz., Personality Development, Preparation for Work Participation/ Employability and Empowerment. The programmes of the Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS) focus towards rural youth and vast network of youth clubs and volunteers who undertake number of activities for youth at the grassroot level. National Service Scheme (NSS) provides a platform for students to enhance their personality through community service. 1.3 The Secretary, Youth Affairs in her presentation before the Committee on the 25th March, 2013 gave an overview of status of plan allocation and utilization thereof during 2012-13. She informed that during the year, the Department, through its available resources and tapping of funds from other Departments, trained youth under various skill development training programmes across the country. At present, about 50 lakh rural youths were associated with Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan and 32 lakh with National Service Scheme. The Committee was given an idea about the initiatives taken by the Department to start the process of skill development so as to scale up these activities during the Twelfth Plan. The Department had been in consultation with the Office of Advisor to Prime Minister on Skill Development on ‘Repositioning NSS’ by introducing ‘Skill Training’ so that the graduating youth could acquire job-related skills through immersive community projects. 1.4 The Secretary drew the attention of the Committee to non-availability of required Plan funds inspite of there being a huge demand for additional hours and additional colleges to be sanctioned under NSS. Target of enrolling 55 million volunteers under NSS during the Eleventh Plan period also remained un-achieved. To fill this gap, self-financing units were being started in institutions which would work as per the existing guidelines of NSS. This initiative had led to setting up of 1100 self-financing units across the country with approximately one lakh volunteers. 1.5 The Committee was also given an idea about the initiatives taken by the Department under the other Flagship Programme of NYKS. Training programmes with various agencies like Tata Consultancy Services, Ministries of Home Affairs, Social Justice and Empowerment, Health & Family Welfare, Women and Child Development, Rural Development and Universities were being undertaken. However, this Scheme was also not giving the targeted results due to shortage of funds. The Secretary also touched upon other schemes being implemented by the Department. 1.6 The Department of Sports in the Ministry deals with “Sports”. With reference to competitive sports and promotion