Functioning of NYKs/Youth Clubs

The Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs & Sports Shri Jitendra Singh has said that at present, there is a Kendra of Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS) functioning in 623 districts of the country. The State wise and location wise details of these Kendras is at Annexure-I. NYKS has its Kendra in 623 district of the country. As per the Census of India 2011, 17 new districts have been constituted in which the Kendra of NYKS is yet to be opened.

In a written reply in the Lok Sabha today Shri Jitendra Singh said, a mapping exercise is being conducted by Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS) to quantify the number of youth clubs blocks wise, village wise, district wise, state wise and at the national level.      

He said, the Youth Clubs affiliated with NYKS undertake multifarious activities of their interest and local needs of the society. They also undertake programmes/activities as assigned by NYKS. Youth Clubs submit their periodical progress/performance report to respective District Officer of NYK. The performance of Youth Clubs is closely monitored at village level, district level, state level and also at all India level by NYKS. To motivate the Youth Clubs they are awarded for their performance under various schemes like award to outstanding Youth Clubs, Scheme of Mentor Youth Clubs etc.

            The Minister said, in order to strengthen the network of Youth Clubs, a new scheme of Mentor Youth Club (MYC) has been introduced during 2011-12. 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 provided a one time 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 as to become active partners in village development programme.