RAJIV GANDHI NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT

Institute of National Importance by the Act of Parliament No.35/2012

Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, GOI
Sriperumbudur – 602 105, Tamil Nadu

Project Proposal

Project Title: Youth in India 2013

Proposed Financial Year: 2013-2014

Division Proposing: READ

Introduction:

Youth form an integral part of any society and are an essential part of the
development process. India is the youngest country in the world and are the most
vibrant human resource. As per Census of India 2001, the size of the youth population
in the country is 422.3 million, with 219 million males and 203 million females
comprising above 41 percent of the total Indian population. Youth population in the
age group 15-34 years is expected to increase over the coming years as per the
population projections. Between the last and the forthcoming 2011 census, the youth
population is expected to increase by 77 million while during 2011-21 the number
would increase by 34 million.

Youth Development efforts in India need to be strengthened by availability of

adequate information and research base. The National Youth Policy suggests the
establishment of a well-organized Information and Research Network in various areas
of concern to the youth to facilitate the formulation of focused youth development
schemes and programmes. In fulfilment of this need, the RGNIYD functions as the
apex Information and Resource Centre on Youth Development issues by serving as
store house/clearing house of information on youth development and related issues.
Further RGNIYD has the mandate to function as a Resource Agency for youth
programmes, policies and implementation strategies, provide for quality research and
for the advancement and dissemination of knowledge and undertake all such other
activities as may be necessary for the advancement of knowledge.

Generating authentic and comprehensive primary and secondary data on all issues and
matters that impact the life of young people in the country paramount importance.
Towards this direction, the RGNIYD proposes to undertake a Project titled “Youth in
India” and the final report of the project will provide comprehensive data/information
on various issues affecting the youth. The project envisages collecting / compiling
information on Youth Issues by undertaking thorough research on different sections
and a report will be prepared based on the research findings for dissemination.

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Rationale:

Efforts for carving out youth specific data and assembling all the pertinent
information at one place are very rare and sporadic in the country. As RGNIYD
serves as a National Level Documentation and Dissemination Centre, undertaking
tasks related to compilation of Youth Database is of crucial significance. The
RGNIYD proposes to undertake a flagship Project titled “Youth in India” and the
final report of the project will provide comprehensive data/information on various
youth related issues such as Structure, Growth and Distribution of Youth
Population, Youth Situation in India, Employment, Education, Unemployment,
Brain Drain etc, Youth Rights and Responsibilities, Youth Service Schemes of the
Governments, Youth Service Organizations, Health, Recreation and Family Life of
Youth, Weaker Sections of the Youth, Young Women, Crime by Youth, Youth
Power, Youth Policy, Research on Youth and Problems of Youth etc.

The report will interpret statistical data, besides extensively studying the public and
private reports, published books etc. The work will be based on the recently published
data by the Census 2011 and other data that lie scattered from various sources such as
NSSO, Census Organisation, NFHS, NCRB, Annual Reports of various Ministries
and Institutions and it is an earnest attempt to assimilate at one place all the youth
pertinent data for use by the Policy Makers, Researchers and Youth Development
Administrators and Workers.

Background of the Study:

The study aims to present a comprehensive view of the present situation of the youth
in India. It is mainly a fact-finding effort keeping the earlier work “Youth in India”
published by the Department of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India and
the Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi in 1988 and a flagship
publication brought out by the Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development
titled “Indian Youth in the New Millennium” first published in 2008 and re printed in
2012 which was edited by Dr. S. Saraswathi, Former Director (Publications), ICSSR.
The aforesaid publication brought out by RGNIYD is based on the 2001 Census.

Realizing the need and importance of bringing out such a status report on the youth of
India to coincide with every Census, the present project is being initiated for
ascertaining the current situation of the Youth in India.

Coverage:

The present study will attempt to capture the trend in the past two decades, include
fresh developments and issues and analyse the data in the context of current national
scenario. Coverage is given below and minor additions and alterations will be made as
required during the course of the study.

1. Youth Population of India: Total and State-wise, proportion and distribution

of youth population according to age-group, sex, religion, and rural-urban
residence; sex ratio and marital status showing significant variations from the

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 average; migration of various kinds; demographic trends in the past two
decades; projection by experts.
2. Education and Employment of Youth: Literacy rates for total and state-wise
population by age-group, sex, religion, and rural-urban residence with districts
identified for low and high literacy; enrolment in formal schools at various
stages and dropout rates; the goal of education for all”; types of schools;
student strength in colleges ; education through open universities and distance
education; main and marginal workers by age-group, sex, and rural-urban
residence; work participation rates; shifts in employment trends; magnitude of
unemployment; child labour, growth of self-employment avenues and self-
help groups, migrations to foreign countries of persons with and without high
educational qualifications and persons with no education.
3. Health and Family Life: Birth rate and mortality rate; maternal and child
health care; health status and diseases; AIDS/STI control; causes of death;
health care laws and services; National Population Policy; Policy of “Health
for All”; children and adolescent care; disabled population and care of the
persons with disabilities; generation gap.
4. Youth Rights and Responsibilities: Youth rights adopted by the United
Nations and UN agencies and their ratification in India; provisions for youth
under the Indian Constitution; central laws for youth and significant state laws;
youth under the Indian Penal Code and Criminal Procedure Code; rights of
students and their limitations; rights of Children.
5. Youth Service Schemes of Governments: Organisational structure of the
department/ministry in charge of youth affairs and functions of the
organisations set up by the Governments; Youth service schemes of the union
and state governments taken up by different departments; targets and major
achievements; Changes made in the past two decades.
6. Non-governmental Youth Organisations: Major youth organisations in the
country-their aims, objects and activities, participation in decision-making and
implementation of government schemes.
7. Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe and Other Backward Class Youth:
Total and state-wise size, proportion and distribution of the population of SC
and ST and estimate of OBC Population; literacy rate, enrolment at various
levels of education and employment; the policy of social justice; special legal
provisions and government schemes for uplift of these classes; poverty
alleviation schemes; overall impact of these schemes.
8. Young Women of India: Total and state-wise population, size and
distribution by age-group and rural-urban residence; marital status; literacy
and educational levels; employment and work participation rates, migrations,
trends in the past two decades; cases of atrocities against women in the
national policy for women; efforts for empowerment of women.
9. Deviance, Crime and Protests by Youth: Laws on juvenile crime; crime
statistics; suicides and accidents; student agitation; terrorism and youth

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 10. Youth in Politics: Youth and student wings of political parties – constitution
and activities; youth members in political bodies; protest and militant
movements.
11. Youth Policy: Concept of Youth policy, National Youth Policy of India;
comparison with the policies of some other countries; other national policies
like the policy for children, women, tribal welfare, etc;. that have relevance for
youth.
12. Youth in India: Emerging Issues and Problems: Inequalities in education,
reservation and admission policies in educational institutions; fight against
social discriminations; empowerments; social change and youth culture;
summary of the findings of the study.

Sources for Data: The study will be based on the reports and statistics available with
various ministries and departments of union and state governments including National
Sample Survey Organisation, Census of India, NCRB etc; reports to be collected from
various private organisations; available research findings of scholars; and press
reports of events.

Phases of the Project:

1. Initiation of the project and study of publications related to subject matter

2. Collection of data
3. Analysis of data and interpretation
4. Preparation of Draft Report
5. Finalization of the Report in consultation with Youth Development Experts
6. Editing the Report
7. Pagination / Designing and Printing

Expected Outcome:

Through the proposed project, a flagship publication (similar to the Indian Youth in
the New Millennium, 2008) which will be of immense use to Makers, Researchers
and Youth Development Administrators and Workers to understand the present
situation of youth in the country. Further, the proposed publication offers researchers,
practitioners, counsellors and administrators a blueprint for changing traditional
settings and creating a new environment that is conducive to youth development and
wellbeing. It will help teachers and youth workers guide today's young people through
the minefields of adolescence and help youth to better cope with situations involving
emotional issues, abuse, addictions, family issues, disorders, sexual issues. This
publication will serve as a useful reference for scholars, policy makers, and program
development specialists.

PERT Chart

Sl. Description of the Activity Time

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 No. Required
1 Initiation of the project (including a consultation with 1 Month
experts from various fields)

2 Collection of data 4 Months

3 Analysis of data and interpretation 2 Months

4 Preparation of Draft Report 2 Months

5 Finalization of the Report in consultation with Youth 1 Month

Development Experts

6 Editing the Report 1 Month

7 Pagination / Designing and Printing 1 Month

Total Duration of the Project – 12 Months from the date of approval

Budget:

Sl.
Description Amount
No.
1 Purchase of publications/reports related to subject 50,000.00
matter

Subscription to Indiastat.com (Institutional 67416.00

Membership) – Single user Institutional Plus Plan
2 Purchase of CD/ Statistical Information Kits from 25000.00
NSSO, Census etc

3 Hiring the services of a Research Associate for 1,80,000.00

Data Collection / Compilation and rendering
research assistance @ Rs.15,000/- per month for
12 months
4 Purchase of stationary material (Papers, printer 20,000.00
cartridges etc.), photocopying
5 Charges for Professional Editing the Report 45,000.00
6 Pagination / Designing 75,000.00
7 Printing 3,00,000/-

8 Holding consultation with Youth Development 1,20,000/-

Experts (2 Consultations)
9 Travel expenses for data collection 25,000.00
10 Miscellaneous Expenses 20,000.00
Total 9,27,416.00

Total: Rupees nine lakh twenty seven thousand four hundred and sixteen

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  Data Bank
Data downloaded from Internet on:
 Education
 Training and Employment
 Health and Family Welfare
 Environment, Ecology and Wildlife
 Arts and Culture
 Science and Technology
 Citizenship
 Sports and recreation

 Success Stories in Youth Development

A list of success stories in Youth Development scanned from Journals and
browsing internet.

 Youth Development Experts in India

- Provides the information profiles of experts working in Rural
Development sector in India from different Universities,
Institutions, Government and NGOs.

 Youth Development Programmes

- A list of programmes of Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.

 Youth Development Programmes- State wise

- A list of Youth Development programmes implemented by
respective state governments.

 Who is Who in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports

- A list of names, Designations, Divisions, Cadre, E-mails of the
personnel of Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, GOI.

 Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs)

- List of NGOs affiliated to the United Nations with links to the
websites.

 Funding Agencies
- List of Funding Agencies in India

 Youth Development Institutions in India

- This section includes address, phone number, fax, email of
youth development institutions of the country

 List of State Institutions of Youth Development

- A complete list of State Institutions of Youth Development with contact
address, phone number, fax, email.

 National and International Institutions

- Links to various Research Institutions of National and
International institutions

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 Youth Development Websites

 Universities in India

 List of websites of various colleges in India.

 Ready Reference
- Based on faculty profile documents downloaded from internet.

 United Nations Special programmes.

- List of important days, weeks, years, and decades observed by
the United Nations.

 Websites to State Governments and Union Territories

 State Secretaries

- A complete list of State Secretaries of Youth Development with

Name, Designation Address, Phone number, Fax, email.

 Journals subscribed by RGNIYD Library

A complete classified list of Journals subscribed by RGNIYD

 List of Video Cassettes

A complete classified list of videocassettes available

 List of CDs
A complete classified list of CDs available

 Annual Reports of various institutions

 READ Alerts
Select articles of Journals received each month, titles of books and other
materials received in the library in a month

 READ Abstracts
Abstracts of important articles/book notes

 Newspaper clippings on

 Youth Development
 Development
 List of newspaper clippings collected from various newspapers based
on specific keywords.

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 Status Report on the Youth Database

S.
Description Source/Agency URL Link/Contact Organisation
No
1 Interactive maps on Pan Asia Networking (PAN): http://www.idrc.ca/mapasia/map_eng_11.swf.
ICT Market Structure, www.idrc.ca/panasia at IDRC (International
regulatory functions Development Research Centre –
and the national www.idrc.ca)
regulatory agency for
countries in Asia
2 List of indicators - do - http://www.idrc.ca/mapasia/cone_mapasia.swf.
(including population,
GDP per capita, main
telephone lines, mobile
cellular subscribers,
radios, televisions and
internet users) in Asia
since 2001.
Comparison possible
on an indicator with up
to three countries.
Includes animated
instruction guide for
the map.
3 Prevalent organisations International Youth Programmes:
of interest to rural 1. commonwealth Youth Programme
youth programmes 2. MIJARC: International Movement of Catholic Agricultural
around the world and Rural Youth

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International Rural Youth Events:
1. Internatinal Workshop for Rural Youth Leaders (Germany)

Regional Youth Programmes and Networks

 Organización Iberoamericana de Juventud (OIJ)
 The European Commission Youth Programme
 Youth Directorate of the Council of Europe
 European Committee for Young Farmers' and 4-h Clubs
 Red Latinoamericana de Juventudes Rurales

United Nations Youth Programmes and Activities

 UN Youth Unit
 ESCAP
 UNICEF - Voices of Youth
 UNEP
 ILO Youth Employment Site

International Aid and Development Organizations

 Banco Interamericano De Desarrollo (BID) Programa
De Desarrollo Y alcance Juvenil
 Save the Children - USA
 CANADIAN International Development Agency
(CIDA) Youth Action

National Youth Programmes

 Federación Nacional De Organizaciones Campesinas,
Indígenas Y Negras (FENOCIN) (Secretaría De
Juventud) De ECUADOR

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  Federación Rural De Jóvenes Del URUGUAY
 Facultad latinoamericana de ciencias sociales (FLASCO
- ARGENTINA) Área: juventud
 National 4-H Council
 USDA National 4-H Headquarters
 National Federation of Young Farmers' Clubs,
ENGLAND
 CANADIAN 4-H Council
 Young Farmers' Clubs of Ulster, NORTHERN
IRELAND
 SCOTTISH Association of Young Farmers
 WALES Young Farmers' Clubs

Youth Development Organizations

 Institute for Youth Development
 Center for 4-H Youth Development (University of
Minnesota)
 KOREAN Institute for Youth Development
 National Youth Development Information Center

Rural Youth Research Projects

Rural Youth Livelihoods (The Reading University)

Youth at Risk
A World of Prevention

Life Skills Development

Iowa State University 4-H Youth Development

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 Youth Employment
Youth Employment Summit

Publications and Supplies

National 4-H Supply Service

Adolescent Reproductive Health

The World Bank
4 Creating a Quality Creator: National Institute on Out-of-School http://www.niost.org/publications/cns_6.pdf
Program Time (NIOST)

Notes: Pages 1–22 of

this document cover all
elements of program
planning, including
templates for activity
plans and weekly
schedules.
5 Day One in the Life Creator: Northwest Regional Educational http://www.nwrel.org/learns/resources/startup/dayone.html
of a Program Laboratory (NWREL)
Coordinator

Notes: The mission of

NWREL is “to
improve educational
results for children,
youth, and adults by
providing research and

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 development
assistance in delivering
equitable, high quality
educational programs.”
This section of the site
contains program
planning suggestions
for new tutoring
program coordinators,
such as “How to
Assess What You
Know and What You
Have,” “How to
Define the Program,”
“Tips on Setting
Program Goals and
Objectives,” “Meeting
with Stakeholders” and
“Some First Steps
Toward Recruiting
Volunteers.”
6 National Youth Creator: The National Youth Development http://nydic.org/
Development Information Center (NYDIC)
Information Center

Notes: NYDIC is a
project of the National
Assembly through its
affinity group, the

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 National Collaboration
for Youth, a
consortium of youth-
related organizations.
NYDIC “provides
practice-related
information about
youth development to
national and local
youth-serving
organizations at low
cost or no cost.” This
site contains links to
information about
research, evaluation
and funding for youth
development
organizations.

7 Out-of-School Time Creator: National Institute on Out-of-School http://www.niost.org/publications/cns_5.pdf

Programs for Youth Time (NIOST)
Ages 10–14

Notes: Pages 17–20 of

this document
specifically address the
needs of older children
and describe how to
shape your after-school

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 program so that it
provides the best
environment for them.
8 Starting an Effective Creator: National Institute on Out-of-School http://www.niost.org/publications/cns_5.pdf
Out-of-School Time (NIOST)
Program

Notes: Pages 2–5 of

this document offer
basic guidelines for
starting or expanding
an out-of-school time
program. Included are
tips on how to assess
the needs of the
community, connect
with others, decide on
a program’s goals, and
develop an action
9 Youth & Development (General)
It connects people and
ideas to create change. www.theinnovationcenter.org
It promotes community
and youth development
by developing
expertise at local
level.

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 Provides tools, insights www.youthbuild.org ( USA)
and skills for youth
This is an important http://developmentgateway org
website for those
seeking info on
development issues.
Youth for development
is a part of this website
along with many
topics. An electronic
magazine ‘ youth
infonet’ is issued by
this website which is
very informative. You
may like to subscribe
to this which is free.
10 Statistics
This site gives country www.worldbank.org/data/countrydata/ict
data of each country on
different topics.
This site available to www.indiastat.com/India
subscribers only. I
strongly advise that it
may be subscribed for
a year for the present,
and see what type of
data are made
available pertaining to
youth.

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 Official site for India www.censusindia.net
census and online data
pertaining to 1991
census. Locally
published data may be
purchased.
Recommend may be
made to the Director,
to give consultancy to
the Census
department for the
data not available
through the above
website.
Its statistics are late by www.unicef.org/infobycountry/india
several years and gives
UNICEF priorities,
basic indicators and a
write up on India is
available. That way all
UN organizations’
websites give statistics.
But all of them are late
for obvious reasons.
11 Training & Employment
Nehru Yuva Kendra http://youth.nic.in
Sanghtan ( NYKS) and
youth informatics,
National Yuva

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Cooperative for
creation of
employment
Free tutorial on 500 www.tutorialised.com
categories of topics
available for self
training.
This site gives open www.gnacademy.org
source tools that
promote distance
learning and online
universities.

This is a useful site for www.petersons.com

those seeking
admission in USA
universities with
valuable info.
Youth employment www.yesweb.org
summit, a global civil
society initiative to
fulfill Millennium
Development Goals
(MDGs) for youth.
There are themes and
resources on which
info is given
A joint initiative of 7 www.itrainonline.org
organisations for

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 computer and Internet
training. Several
materials, annotated
links to high quality
resources in English
are available for civil
society to increase
their impact using
these resources.
Provides a networking www.scip.org
newsletter, job
vacancies, events
diary, training on
various topics with
access to a variety of
competitive
intelligence resources
It is a free online www.vts.rdn.ac.uk
tutorial website for
improving Internet
literacy and IT skills.
An exclusive www.vacanciesforyou.com
electronic news paper
for employment
opportunities in India.
12 Education
Sarvasiksha Abhiyan http://ssa.nic.in
It gives management
structure of ssa,

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documents, databank,
online forms etc.
It is a website by Intel www.educationinindia.net
Corp. Learning Links
Foundation is a
nonprofit trust. In India
it is working as
regional training
academy for Intel’s ‘
Teach to the Future’
programme.
‘Real Education and http://realyouth.org
Literacy’ ( REAL ) is a
nonprofit youth
organization working
to achieve literacy
among underprivileged
in India.
FAO’s Rural Youth www.fao.org/ruralyouth/education.html
Development wing has
several resources, links
to other country
programmes, research
projects for
information.
Gives a list of www.education.nic.in
Universities, deemed
Universities, all India
directory of colleges

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 and links to distance
education institutions,
Fake Universities etc,.
342 Universities, 18
central universities,
211 state universities
95 deemed universities
are listed. It is huge
task for you to write to
all these institutes to
get their youth
programmes if any,
there by the experts
directory. I strongly
recommend to take up
this activity with two
additional hands to
build up the database.
Government and NGO http://educationsupport.nic.in
scholarships,
fellowships, and other
educational support to
Indian students.
An education tool for www.think.com
primary/secondary
school children.
13 Health
Youthnet is a global www.fhi.org/en/youth/youthnet/index.htm
programme to improve

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reproductive health
and preventive spread
of HIV/AIDS among
10-24 year old.
Family Health
International runs a
‘youthinfonet’, an
electronic source, for
new publications on
reproductive health
and HIV.
Center for www.cedpa.org/keyissues
Development and
Population Activities,
Washington presents
key issues on
population.
Children, youth and www.cyh.com
women’s health
service. Under ‘
young adult health’
info on health issues,
lifestyle choices and
healthy relationships
are presented.
An outfit of Public www.canadian-health-network.ca
health agency, Canada.
Its youth section has
info on mental,

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 physical, and sexual
health, sports, social
life etc.
An Ireland website www.youthhealthinfo.com
giving info on
sexuality, drugs, safe
sex, together with
resources and links.
Jiva Ayurveda, an www.ayurvedic.org
authentic sorce of
ayurveda system of
medicine.
The South and South www.asiasrc.org
East Asia resource
centre on sexuality.
Hosts a range of issues
related to sexuality like
reproductive rights,
HIV/AIDS and also
violence against
women etc.
14 Environment
The Centre for www.ceeindia.org
Environment education
is a national institution

under Ministry of
Environment &
Forestry, aiming to

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increase awareness
among the public
about the environment
and sustainable
development.
World development http://devdata.worldbank.org
indicators about
environment, people,
economy, states,
markets and global
links.

South Asia Youth www.sayen.org

environment Network

is a youth network,
supported by UNEP
Regional resource
Center for Asia and
Pacific. India’s
national focal point is
Nehru Foundation for

Development, Taltez
tekda, Ahmedabad-
380054

Centre for www.ceeindia.org

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 Environment
Education hosts the
secretariat of SAYEN
for supporting the
youth network.

15 Science & Technology

Planetary Society of www.youthplanetary.org
Youth, is a scientific
organization of USA.
It believes that space
science can inspire and
motivate youth in
pursuing skilled
professions in the
development of
technologies.

A Satyam computers http://sify.com/youth

venture with several
features interesting to
youth.

Village computing www.villagecomputing.org

Consortium is a
multisector
international
association of experts

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 in ICT for
development working
to catalyse village
computing globally by
identifying trends,
insights for developers
and providers.

16 Art and Culture

Aiming to develop http://wsisindia.yedo.net
youth friendly
information societies
for encouraging rural
youth participation in
societal activities and
for development.

A nonprofit www.glocalforum.org
organization of US to
encourage role of
youth in local decision
making.

International platform www.aiesec.org

for young people to
discover and develop
their potential. The

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 world’s largest student

organization present in
over 800 universities
in 89 countries.

South Asian www.ektaonline.org

progressive network of

USA, providing a
platform for social
change through art,
dialogue and education
services. It supports
charitable projects in
south Asia.

17 NGOs
A private agency www.indianngos.com
covering 24 areas
(most of them of
interest to RGNIYD),
profile of over 400
NGOs, database of
over 20,000 NGOs,
200 Indian and
international funding

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 agencies. With data on
government schemes
available for NGOs
and with other data,
info and research
climes to be a
comprehensive portal.
Its data is available
only on membership.

An NGO serving the www.advocacynet.org

needs of civil society
for peace and human
rights. It has resourses
for the use of NGOs,
photo archive,
publications etc.
A huge database of http://planningcommission.nic.in/data/ngo/ngof.htm
NGOs under each
state, funded by the
name of the ministry
etc. A very authentic ,
useful with brief
profile of each NGO.

18 General web sites of interest

A one point source to http://goidirectory.nic.in

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know about Indian
government websites
at all levels from all
sectors. All state
government websites
are covered. Under
each state, the
government
departments,
corporations,
commissions, councils,
societies, banks, coops,
educational and
training institutions,
health centres,
scientific R&D
establishments etc., are
given

A web site directory on www.dinesh.com/india

various subjects

Full text of policies on www.policies.gov.in

various sectors

of different ministries
available at one place.

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 But National Youth
policy is missing!

The style guide given www.economist.com/research/styleguide

to all journalists of
Economist. Offers
advise on writing
practices. Tips to avoid

common errors and

online quiz to test
one’s writing skills.

19 India
A national portal of www.indiaimage.nic.in
India and a single

window access to all

that is Indian. A very
informative site.

An Indian government www.india.gov.in

portal with a single
window access to
information and
services of all
government
departments.

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 Information about
citizenship, business,
government, acts,

different sectoral info,

telephone numbers,
telephone directories
of all important

cities, NGO database

etc.

A news portal on www.indiatogether.org

agriculture, economy,
education, health,
poverty, women,
environment, media,
laws, etc., which are
of importance to
RGNIYD.

20 States
Basic facilities for http://gov.bih.nic.in
training under the
Directorate of youth
welfare and sports for
the overall

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development of youth

The sports, youth, and http://sycd.gov.in

cultural activities
department of
Government of
Gujarat. However the
info is in Gujarati.

Online data and the The Director of Census Operations,

CDs are all of 1991 Tamil Nadu
census and 2001
‘E’ Wing, 3rd Floor
census.
Rajaji Bhawan, Besant Nagar
Chennai - 600090
Phone: 91-044-4902696
E-Mail: [email protected]

Youth Development ydiBabyJacob_YouthdevelopmentinIndia www.un.org/youth

Indicators (see attachment in the e-mail)

Youth Development www.un.org/youth

Indicators

Statistics of UNICEF www.unicef.infobycountry/india

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National/State level www.indiastat.com
data with 3268 tables
on sectors like Sector Specific Sites:
Administrative setup, IndiaAgristat.com
Agriculture, banks and
financial institutions, IndiaIndustrystat.com
institutions, civil IndiaEconomystat.com
supplies and consumer
affairs, companies, IndiaWelfarestat.com
cooperatives, crime
IndiaTourismstat.com
and law, development,
economy, education, IndiaDemographics.com
electoral data,
IndiaRuralstat.com
environment and
pollution, foreign IndiaHealthstat.com
trade, geographical
IndiaCrimestat.com
data, health, housing,
industries, labour and IndiaUrbanstat.com
work force, Media,
Market forecast, IndiaChildrenstat.com
percapita availability, IndiaEnvoronstat.com
petroleum, power,
social and welfare IndiaEducationstat.com
schemes, sports, States IndiaWomenstat.com
and Union Territories,
telecommunications,

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tourism, transport, IndiaInfrastat.com
urban areas, villages
IndiaEnergystat.com

IndiaLabourstat.com

IndiaHousingstat.com

IndiaSCSTstat.com

State-specific Sites:
AndhraPradeshstat.com

Keralastat.com

Madhyapradeshstat.com

Delhistat.com

UttarPradeshstat.com

Punjabstat.com

Jharkhandstat.com

Biharstat.com

Karnatakastat.com

Rajasthanstat.com

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 Goastat.com

Haryanastat.com

Tamilnadustat.com

Gujaratstat.com

Maharashtrastat.com

HimachalPradeshstat.com

Orissastat.com

NortheasternIndiastat.com

Westbengalstat.com

Uttaranchalstat.com

Information on Youth www.un.org/youth

Indicators and details
of Expert Group
Meeting held at New
York during December
2005.

Country-wise statistics www.unicef.infobycountry/india

Tamil Script http://www.hpl.hp.com/india/research/aad-gkb.html

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 Youth Infonet a UNFPI site www.fhi.org subscriptions could be made at
containing a lot of subscription@[email protected]
resources on youth.

Directory of National Informatics Centre (NIC) www.india.gov.in

Universities,
Institutions and even
some schools

Indian Government Government of India http://goidirectory.nic.in

websites of all States
and Union Territories.

Statistics pertaining to United States of America www.ciecdata.com

youth
The local representative at New Delhi could be contacted at
[email protected] or 011-23354456/57

GENDER DEVELOPMENT INDEX, 2002

1. Gender-related development index

Gender-related development index (GDI) Rank 103

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Gender-related development index (GDI) Value 0.572

Life expectancy at birth (years), female, 2002 64.4

Life expectancy at birth (years), male, 2002 63.1

Adult literacy, male rate (% age 15 and above), 2002 69.0m

Adult literacy, female rate (% age 15 and above), 2002 46.4m

Combined gross enrolment ratio for primary, secondary and tertiary level 62g
schools, male (%), 2001/02

Combined gross enrolment ratio for primary, secondary and tertiary level 48g
schools, female (%), 2001/02

Estimated earned income (PPP US$), female, 2002 1442

Estimated earned income (PPP US$), male, 2002 3820

HDI rank minus GDI rank -1

2. Gender empowerment measure

Female legislators, senior officials and managers(% of total) ..

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MDG Seats in parliament held by women(% of total) 9.3

Gender empowerment measure (GEM) Value ..

Gender empowerment measure (GEM) Rank ..

Ratio of estimated female to male earned income 0.38

Female professional and technical workers (% of total) ..

3. Gender inequality in education

MDG Net primary enrolment, female ratio (%), 2000/01 76f

MDG Youth literacy, female rate (% ages 15-24), 2002 ..

MDG Youth literacy, female rate as % of male rate, 2002 ..

MDG Net primary enrolment, female ratio as % of male ratio, 2000/01 0.83f

MDG Net secondary enrolment, female ratio (%), 2000/01 ..

MDG Gross tertiary enrolment, female ratio (%), 2000/01 9f

Adult literacy, female rate (% ages 15 and above), 2002 ..

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MDG Gross tertiary enrolment, ratio of female to male 2000/01 0.68 f

Adult literacy, female rate as % of male rate, 2002 ..

MDG Net secondary enrolment, ratio of female to male , 2000/01 ..

4. Gender inequality in economic activity

Female employment by economic activity (%): agriculture, Total, 1995-2002 ..

Female employment by economic activity (%): agriculture, as % of male rate,

..
1995-2002

Contributing family workers (%), Women, 1995-2002 ..

Contributing family workers (%), Men, 1995-2002 ..

Female employment by economic activity (%): services Total, 1995-2002 ..

Female employment by economic activity (%): services, as % of male rate,

..
1995-2002

Female employment by economic activity (%): industry Total, 1995-2002 ..

Female employment by economic activity (%): industry, as % of male ..

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rate,1995-2002

Female economic activity (ages 15 and above): as % of male rate, 2002 50

Female economic activity (ages 15 and above): index (1990=100), 2002 105

Female economic activity (ages 15 and above): rate (%), 2002 42.4

5. Women's political participation

MDG Seats in parliament held by women (% of total)c3: upper house or 10.3

senate 2004

MDG Seats in parliament held by women (% of total)c3 lower house or single 8.8
house 2004

Year women received right to vote 1950

Year women received right to stand for election 1950

Women in government at ministerial level (% of total) 2001 10.1

Year first woman elected (E) or appointed (A) to parliament 1952 E

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Note : a: Data refer to estimates predicted by UNESCO Institute for Statistics in July
2002, unless otherwise specified.

a1: Data are as of 1st March 2004. Where there are lower and upper
houses, data refer to the weighted average of women’s shares of seats
in both houses.

a2: Data refer to the most recent year available during the period
specified.

a3: Data refer to the year in which right to vote or stand for election on
a universal and equal basis was recognized. Where two years are
shown, the first refers to the first partial recognition of the right to vote
or stand for election.

b: Data refer to the 2001/02 school year.

b1:Data refer to the most recent years available during the period 1992-
2001

b2:The net enrolment ratio is the ratio of enrolled children of the

official age for the education level indicated to the total population at
that age. Net enrolment ratio exceeding 100% reflect discrepancies
between these two data sets.

b3: Data were provided by states based on their definition of National

Executive and may therefore include women serving as ministers and
vice-ministers and those holding other ministerial positions, including
parliamentary secretaries.

c: Because of the lack of gender-disaggregated income data, female

and male earned income are crudely estimated on the basis of data on
the ratio of the female non-agricultural wage to the male non-
agricultural wage, the female and male shares of the economically
active population, the total female and male population and GDP per
capita (PPP US$)

c1: Calculated on the basis of data in col.9 and 10 in table 24.

Estimates are based on data for the most recent years available during
the period 1991-2001.

c2: Data refer to 2001/02 school years

c3: Data are as of 1st March 2004. The percentage was calculated using
as a reference the number of total seats currently filled in parliament.

d: The HDI ranks used in the column are those recalculated for the
144 countries with a GDI value. A positive figure indicates that the
GDI rank is higher than the HDI ran, a negative the opposite.

d1:Tertiary enrolment is generally calculated as a gross ratio.

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e: Calculated as ratio of the female enrolment ratio to the male
enrolment ratio

E: refers to the year women were elected to the current parliamentary

system.

f: Data refer to the 2000/01 school year.

g: Data refer to the 2000/01 school year.

m: Census data

Source:United Nations Development Programme (2004).

Human Development Report 2004. New Delhi: Oxford
University Press. P. 219-220,223-224,227-228,231-
232,236-237

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 MONITORING

YOUTH PROGRAMMES IN INDIA

INDIA

• Size : sub continental

• Population : more than 1000 Million

• Languages : 17 Official languages

• HDI : 127 in a total of 177 countries

• HPI : 58 among 103 developing countries

• GDI : 98 out of 140 countries

Synchronous Decennial Census

• Synchronous Census is conducted every 10 years.

• Collects and presents data separately by gender on various socio-cultural and demographic
aspects.

• Provides basic counts of single years

• Lays emphasis on individual characteristics.

• 1991 Census definition worker amplified to include unpaid work by women on family
farms or family enterprises.

Youth Programmes in India

1. National Service Scheme for students - (NSS)

2. Nehru Yuvak Kendra for non-student youth (NYK)

3. United Nations Volunteers

National Institutions Gathering Statistics

1. Synchronous Decennial Census

2. Central Statistical Organization (CSO) reported

22 youth indicators in 1998.

3. National Sample Survey Organization (NSS)

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4. National Family Health Survey

5. National Nutrition Monitoring Bureau

6. National Crimes Record Bureau (NCRB)

Youth in Power & Decision Making

INDICATOR

SOURCE

Youth’s representation in:

 Parliament and State Legislatures

 Youth contestants in elections
 Parliamentary Affairs/Lok Sabha Secretariat
 Youth representatives in PRIs Ministry of Panchayati Raj
 Youth in All India, Central and State Services
 Department of Personnel & Training

Indicators available for WPAY Priority Areas

WPAY Priority Area Available Indicators Source of Indicator

1. Education Enrolment ratio at primary, secondary, and tertiary level education.

Literacy rate among to 13-35

Ratio of girls to boys, Pupil, teacher ratio

All India Educational Survey

Decennial Census of India

2. Employment Youth Labour Force

Participation

Youth employment population ratio

Ratio of youth – Adult unemployment rate

Unemployment rate among 13-35

Directorate General of

Employment and Training,

Ministry of Labour

Decennial Census of India

3. Hunger and Poverty

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Number of persons holding Below Poverty

Line (BPL) Cards

Local Self- Government Institutions

4. Health Age Specific Fertility Rate

Mortality and morbidity rates

Family Health Survey

5. Environment

6. Drugs Juvenile convicted and admitted to prison (National Bureau of Crime Records)

7. Juvenile

Delinquency

8. Gender

9. Participation

10.Globalization

11. ICT

12. HIV/AIDS

13. Armed Conflict

14. Inter

Generational Relations

Administrative Monitoring of Youth Programmes

Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports

Secretary

Joint.Secretary

Programme Advisor

Training and Orientation Centre

TORC

NSS Regional Centres

(DPA/APA/YO)

State Government

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Cell

Universities/CHSE

+3 +2

College Cell

Unit