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REPORT NO. 315 PARLIAMENT OF INDIA RAJYA SABHA DEPARTMENT-RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTEENTH REPORT Demands for Grants 2020-21 (Demand No. 101) of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (Presented to the Rajya Sabha on 6th March, 2020) (Laid on the Table of Lok Sabha on 6th March, 2020) Rajya Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi March,2020 /Phalguna, 1941 (Saka) Hindi version of this publication is also available PARLIAMENT OF INDIA RAJYA SABHA DEPARTMENT-RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTEENTH REPORT Demands for Grants 2020-21 (Demand No. 101) of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (Presented to the Rajya Sabha on 6th March, 2020) (Laid on the Table of Lok Sabha on 6th March, 2020) Rajya Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi March,2020 /Phalguna, 1941 (Saka) 2 C O N T E N T S PAGES 1. COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE …........................................................... (i)-(ii) 2. INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................ (iii) 3. REPORT…......................................................................................……......................... 5. OBSERVATIONS/RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COMMITTEE - AT A GLANCE … 6. MINUTES…........................................................................................... …............. 3 COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE (Constituted w.e.f. 13th September, 2019) 1. Dr. Satyanarayan Jatiya Chairman RAJYA SABHA 2. Prof. M.V. Rajeev Gowda 3. Shri Ranvijay Singh Judev 4. Shri Vishambhar Prasad Nishad 5. Shri Derek O' Brien 6. Dr. Sasmit Patra 7. Dr. Sasikala Pushpa Ramaswamy 8. Dr. Vinay P. Sahasrabuddhe 9. Shri Gopal Narayan Singh 10. Shri Akhilesh Prasad Singh LOK SABHA [ 11. Shri Rajendra Agrawal 12. Dr. Dhal Singh Bisen 13. Shri Santokh Singh Chaudhary 14. Shri Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu 15. Shri Sangamlal Kadedin Gupta 16. Shri S. Jagathrakshakan 17. Shri Sadashiv Kisan Lokhande 18. Dr. Jaisiddeshwar Shivacharya Mahaswamiji 19. Shri Asit Kumar Mal 20. Ms Chandrani Murmu 21. Shri Balak Nath 22. Dr. T. R. Paarivendhar 23. Shri Chandeshwar Prasad 24. Shri T. N. Prathapan 25. Shri Ratansinh Magansinh Rathod 26. Shri Jagannath Sarkar 27. Dr. Arvind Kumar Sharma 28. Shri Vishnu Dutt Sharma 29. Shri Dharambir Singh 30. Shri S. Venkatesan 31. Shri Ashok Kumar Yadav (i) 4 SECRETARIAT Dr. Shikha Darbari, Joint Secretary and Financial Advisor Shri Rajiva Srivastava, Director Shri Sammer Kapoor, Deputy Secretary Smt. Himanshi Arya, Deputy Secretary Shri K. Sudhir Kumar, Deputy Director Shri Mohit Misra, Committee Officer Smt. Suman Khurana, Committee Officer 5 (ii) INTRODUCTION I, the Chairman of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Human Resource Development, having been authorised by the Committee to present the Report on its behalf, do hereby present this Three Hundred and fifteenth Report of the Committee on the Demands for Grants (Demand No. 100 ) of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports for the year 2020-21. 2. The Committee considered the various documents and relevant papers received from the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports and also heard the Secretary and other Officials of the Department on the said Demands for Grants in its meeting held on 14th February, 2020. Besides, the Committee, while making its observations/recommendations, has also relied upon the following:- (i) Detailed Demands for Grants of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports for the year 2020-21; (ii) Detailed Explanatory Notes on the Demands for Grants (2020-21) received from the Ministry and the agencies/attached offices of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports ; (iii) Annual Report of the ministry for the year 2018-19 and the latest available Annual Reports of the agencies/attached offices of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports ; (iv) Written replies furnished by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports to the Questionnaires sent to it by the Secretariat; and (v) Written clarifications to the points/issues raised by Members in the meetings of the Committee. 3. The Committee wishes to express its thanks to the Secretary and officers of Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports for appearing before the Committee and furnishing the requisite information in connection with the examination of Demands for Grants of the Department. 4. For the facility of reference and convenience, the observations and recommendations of the Committee have been printed in bold letters in the body of the Report. 5. The Committee considered the Draft Report and adopted the same in its meeting held on the 5th March, 2020. NEW DELHI DR. SATYANARAYAN JATIYA 6th March, 2020 Chairman Phalguna 15 , 1941(Saka) Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Human Resource Development (iii) 6 REPORT CHAPTER – I 1. OVERVIEW OF THE MINISTRY AND ASSESSMENT OF THE DEMANDS FOR GRANTS 1.1 The Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports consists of two separate Departments, viz. Department of Youth Affairs and Department of Sports. The specific subjects being dealt by the two Departments, as specified in the Second Schedule of the Government of India (Allocation of Business) Rules, 1961, are as under: A. Department of Youth Affairs 1. Youth Affairs / Youth Policy. 2. Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan. 3. Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development. 4. National Service Scheme. 5. Voluntary Youth Organisation including financial assistance to them (Financial Assistance to Youth Organisation for Youth and Adolescents'Development). 6. National Youth Corps. 7. Commonwealth Youth Programme and United Nations Volunteers. 8. Youth welfare activities, Youth festivals, etc. (National Youth Festival). 9. Boy-scouts and girl-guides. 10 Youth Hostels. 11 National Youth Awards (National Youth Awards and Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Awards). 12 Residual work of the erstwhile National Discipline Scheme. 13 Exchange of Youth Delegation with foreign countries. 1.2 The Department of Youth Affairs has one subordinate office, i.e., the National Service Scheme (NSS) and also two autonomous organizations, namely Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS) and Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development (RGNIYD) at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu. 1.3 The Government of India has made significant investment on programmes for the youth, through various schemes/ programmes covered under different Ministries/ Departments, including, of course, the Department of Youth Affairs. In addition, the State Governments and a host of other stakeholders are also working to support youth development and to enable productive youth participation. B Department of Sports 7 1. Sports Policy. 2. Sports and Games. 3. National Welfare Fund for Sportsmen. 4. Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports. 5. Sports Authority of India. 6. Matters relating to the Indian Olympic Association and national sports federations. 7. Participation of Indian sports teams in tournaments abroad and participation of foreign sports teams in International tournaments in India. 8. National Sports Awards including Arjuna Awards. 9. Sports Scholarships. 10. Exchange of sports persons, experts and teams with foreign countries. 11. Sports infrastructure including financial assistance for creation and development of such infrastructure. 12. Financial assistance for coaching, tournaments, equipment, etc. 13. Sports matters relating to union territories. 14. Physical Education. 1.4 The Department of Sports has following autonomous organizations functioning under its administrative control: (i) Sports Authority of India (SAI); (ii) Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education (LNIPE), Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh; (iii) National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) and; (iv) National Dope Testing Laboratory (NDTL) 1.5 The Department of Sports had started the Umbrella scheme ‘Khelo India’ in 2017-2018 for three years with the objectives of mass participation of young population in sports through annual sports competitions, identification of sporting talent, nurturing of the sporting talent through sports academics, creation of sports infrastructure at block, district and State/UT level etc. The Scheme is ending on 31st March, 2020 and the process for revision is underway. 1.6 The main challenge for India is to take fullest advantage of its inherent strengths like, huge youth population, genetic and geographical diversity; ensure convergence of all stake-holders; and establish a robust sports eco-system. Further, sports is a State subject where there are multiple stakeholders like, Union, States, IOA, Sports Federations, Athletes, NGOs, different Sports Promotion Boards, etc, who have to work in tandem for holistic sports development in national perspective. 1.7 The total budget allocation (BE) for the Ministry for the year 2019-20 was Rs. 2,216,92 crores and revised budget allocation(RE)for 2019-20 was 2,276,92 crores. In the year 2020-21, against the projected demand of Rs. 3586.61 crore the Ministry has been allocated at BE stage Rs. 2,826.92 crores comprising of Rs. 2,770.92 crores for Revenue and Rs. 56.00 crores for Capital. (Taken from Annual Report page 7) 8 (Rs in crores) Years Projected Demand BE RE Expenditure 2017-18 1943.21 1938.16 1727.71 2018-19 2196.35 2002.72 1847.84 2019-20 2216.92 2776.92 2220.75* 2020-21 3586.61 2826.92 *Expenditure till 4th February, 2020. 9 CHAPTER – II DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH AFFAIRS MAJOR INITIATIVES, POLICIES AND SCHEMES 2.1 The Secretary in his presentation before the