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Location of Youth Hostels and the number of youth hostel operating in the country

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 2187

ANSWERED ON   11.03.2013

YOUTH HOSTELS

2187 . Shri DEORAJ SINGH PATEL, ARVIND KUMAR SHARMA, PREMCHANDRA GUDDU
Will the Minister of YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS be pleased to state:-

(a) the number of youth hostels operating in the country including Haryana and Madhya Pradesh;
(b) whether the Government has received any proposals from the various State Governments including Haryana and Madhya Pradesh for setting up of new youth hostels in the States; and
(c) if so, the details and time by which the said proposals are likely to be sanctioned ?

ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS (SHRI JITENDRA SINGH)

(a) 81 Youth Hostels have so far been constructed in the country and 3 Youth Hostels are under various stages of construction. Out of 81 Youth Hostels, 69 are functioning under the Department of Youth Affairs and 12 Youth Hostels have been transferred to Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS), Sports Authority of India (SAI) and respective State Governments for optimum uses for Youth and Sports development. A statement showing list of Youth Hostels, State-wise/Location-wise is annexed.

(b) & (c) Proposals to set up youth hostels were received from the State Governments from time to time. However, Planning Commission has advised not to construct any new Youth Hostel but to complete only the ongoing construction of Youth Hostels.

Annexure
Annexure
referred to in reply to part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. +2187
to be answered on 11.03.2013 regarding Youth Hostels by Shri Deoraj Singh
Patel, Shri Premchand (Guddu) and Dr. Arvind Kumar Sharma
S. No.
Name of State/UT
No. of Youth Hostels in the State / Union Territory
Location of Youth Hostel (s)
1.    
A&N Islands
1
Port Blair
2.    
Andhra Pradesh
8
Secunderabad, Vijayawada, Tirupati, Visakhapatnam,
Nagarjunasagar, Warangal, Vizianagaram, Kadapa.
3.    
Bihar
1
Patna
4.    
Goa
2
Panaji, Padam Mapusa,
5.    
Gujarat
1
Gandhinagar
6.    
Haryana
7
Panchkula, Kurukshetra, Bhiwani, Gurgaon, Sirsa, Yamuna
Nagar, Rewari.
7.    
Himachal Pradesh
1
Dalhousie
8.    
Jammu & Kashmir
2
Patintop, Srinagar
9.    
Karnataka
4
Mysore, Hassan, Tirtharameshwar, Sogalu
10.         
Kerala
3
Trivandrum, Ernakulam (Kochi), Calicut (Kozhikode)
11.         
Madhya Pradesh
3
Bhopal, Jabalpur, Khajuraho
12.         
Maharashtra
1
Aurangabad
13.         
Orissa
4
Puri, Joshipur, Gopalpur-on-Sea, Koraput
14.         
Pondicherry
1
Pondicherry
15.         
Punjab
6
Ropar, Amritsar, Sangrur, Patiala, Taran Taran, Jalandhar
16.         
Rajasthan
4
Jaipur, Jodhpur, Ajmer, Udaipur
17.         
Tamil Nadu
5
Chennai, Madurai, Thanjavaur, Trichy, Ooty
18.         
Uttar Pradesh
2
Agra, Lucknow
19.         
Uttarakhand
4
Mussoorie, Uttarkashi, Nainital, Badrinath
20.         
West Bengal
1
Darjeeling
21.         
Assam
2
Guwahati, Tezpur
22.         
Manipur
1
Imphal
23.         
Meghalaya
1
Shillong
24.         
Mizoram
1
Aizwal
25.         
Nagaland
1
Dimapur
26.         
Sikkim
1
Gangtok
27.         
Tripura
1
Agartala
             
Total:      
69
LIST OF YOUTH HOSTELS UNDER CONSTRUCTION
S. No.
Name of State/UT
No. of Youth Hostels
Location of Youth Hostel (s)
1.
Arunachal Pradesh
1
Roing
2.
Manipur
2
Churachandpur & Thoubal
Note: The following Youth Hostels have been transferred to
NYKS/State Govt./ SAI:-
(1)  Bilaspur (HP), (2) Nagrota (J&K), (3)
Buldana (Maharashtra), (4) Burdwan (W.B.),
(5) Churulia (W.B.), (6) Naharlagun (Arunachal Pradesh), (7)
Golaghat (Assam),
(8) Nagaon (Assam), (9) Ukhrul (Manipur), (10) Tura
(Meghalaya),
(11) Mokokchung  (Nagaland) & (12) Namchi (Sikkim).

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