Working Groups for the Eleventh Five Year Plan (2007-2012)

Adolescents' Development and Sports and Youth Affairs

Dated 13th October 2006

Reference is invited to Planning Commission Order of even no. dated 19th June, 2006 and M-12015/3/2006-Edn. Dated 27th June, 2006 regarding constitution of Working Groups on Adolescents Development and Sports and Youth Affairs respectively in the context of formulation of 11th Five Year Plan 2007-2012.

In view of the decision taken in the meeting of the Steering Committee held under the Chairmanship of Dr. Bhalchandra Mungekar, Member, Planning Commission, it has been decided to reconstitute the Working Groups as (a) Working Group on Sports and (b) Working Group on Youth Affairs and Adolescents' Development.

The composition of the Working Group on Youth Affairs and Adolescents' Development is given below:

1.

Shri Madhukar Gupta, Secretary, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi

Chairman

2.

Secretary, Ministry of Women and Child Development, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi

Member

3.

Secretary, Department of Elementary Education and Literacy, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi

Member

4.

Secretary, Department of Sec. and Hr. Education, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi

Member

5.

Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Nirman Bhavan, New Delhi

Member

6.

Adviser (Youth Affairs and Sports), Planning Commission, Yojana Bhawan, New Delhi.

Member

7.

Secretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Sardar Patel Bhawan, Sansad Marg, New Delhi.

Member

8.

A representative from National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO), M/o Health and F.W. 9 th Foor, Chandralok Building, K.G. Marg, NEW DELHI.

Member

9.

Director General, Employment and Training, (DGE and T) Ministry of Labour, Shram Shakti Bhawan

Member

10.

Secretary, Ministry of Information Technology CGO Complex, Lodi Road, New Delhi.

Member

11

Shri Anil Bordia, Chairman, Foundation for Education and Development, C-l 13, Shivaji Marg, Tilak Nagar, Jaipur 302 004

Member

12

Shri S.N.Subba Rao, Director, National Youth Project, C/o Gandhi Peace Foundation Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Marg, New Delhi 110 003

Member

13

Shri M.MJha, Secretary HRD, Government of Bihar, Sachivalaya, Patna

Member

14.

Dr. Raj an Velukar Vice Chancellor, Y.B.Chawan Open University Nasik, Maharashtra

Member

15.

Vice Chancellor, Pune University

Member

16.

Director, Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development (RGNIYD), Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu

Member

17.

Director General, Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan, I.G. Stadium, New Delhi.

Member

18.

Dr. Devendra Agochia Formerly Director, Commonwealth Youth Programme, C-91 Sushanta Apptts, Sushanta Lok Phase 1, Gurgaon 122 002

Member

19

Programme Adviser National Service Scheme Programme Adviser Cell Jamnagar Hutments, New Delhi

Member

20.

Dr. Gideon Arulmani, Director, The Promise Foundation, 346/2, 1 A Main, Koramangala 8 th Block, Bangalore 560 095

Member

21.

Ms. Nandana Reddy The Concerned for Working Children, 303/2, L.B.Shastri Nagar, Vimanpura Post, Bangalore-560 017

Member

22.

Professor Denzil Saldanha Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Sion-Trombay Road, Deonar, Mumbai-400 088

Member

23.

Professor Anita Rampal Central Institute of Education, University of Delhi Delhi-110 001

Member

24

Shri U.N.V. Rao (I.P.S), Chairman, Urivi Vikram Charitable Trust, 2 Floor, Community Facility, Complex, Raghuvir Nagar, New Delhi- 110 027

Member

25.

Ms.Farah Nagvi, 310, Qutub View Apartt, Jain Mandir Dada Badi Road, Mehrauli, NewDeIhi-110 030

Member

26.

Ms. Vimala Ramachandran Educational Resource Unit, X-C-, Sah Vikas(CGHS), 68, LP. Extension, New Delhi 110 092

Member

27.

Shri Dhruba Hazarika Director Youth and Sports Government of Assam, Assam Secretariat, Dispur781006

Member

28.

Dr.Sunil Mehra Executive Director, MAMTA B-5, Greater Kailash Enclave-Ph.II. New Delhi 110 048

Member

29.

Ms. Ashraf Patel 'Pravah' C-24 B Kalkaji New Delhi 110 019

Member

30.

Dr. Bhagban Prakash, Lead Member, National Aids Control Programme, Phase-Ill, Planning Team, EP-16/17, Chandragupta Marg, New Delhi-110021.

Member

31.

Dr. Minnie Mathew, Sr. Programme Adviser, World Food Programme, 2, Poorvi Marg, Vasant Vihar,New Delhi-110057

Member

32.

Shri Venkatesan Srinivas Assistant Representative UNFPA, 55, Lodi Estate, New Delhi

Member

33.

Ms. Vidya Ganesh, Chief (HIV AIDS Section), UNICEF, 73, Lodi Estate, New Delhi

Member

34.

Mrs. Goldy Malhotra, Principal, Modern School, Vasant Vihar, New Delhi.

Member

35.

Secretary, Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of Arunachal Pradesh Itanagar-791 111.

Member

36.

Secretary, Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of Haryana, New Secretariat, Sector-17, Chandigarh.

Member

37.

Secretary, Youth Affairs and Sports Government of Maharashtra Mantralaya, Mumbai.

Member

38.

Secretary, Youth Affairs and Sports Government of Tamil Nadu Civil Secretariat Chennai-600 009.

Member

39.

President, Students Welfare Association, Delhi University, Delhi.

Member

40.

Director, Institute of Child and Adolescent Mental, Health and Behavioural Sciences, E-43, Greater Kailash-II, New Delhi-110048.

Member

41-43.

Three experts in Adolescents and Youth Development to be nominated by the Ministry of YA and S.

Member

44.

Joint Secretary (YA), M/o Youth Affairs and Sports, Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi.

Member- Convener

3. The Terms of Reference of the Working Group would be as follows:-

  1. To review the existing approach, strategy, priorities, ongoing policies and programmes, and their implementation including physical and financial targets for
    the benefit of adolescents and Youths, particularly with reference to the 10 th Five Year Plan, both in government and non-government sectors and to suggest
    rationalization of the ongoing programmes and effective inter-sectoral convergence. Also to review the status of adoloescent and youth affairs programme and to focus attention for the development perspective for these sectors for the 11 th Five Year Plan.
  2. To identify the neglected areas and groups; gaps, weaknesses and bottlenecks and to take note of the persisting and emerging problems/situations related to
    adolescents and youths and to suggest the future directions of the programmes including expansion and qualitative upgradation in terms of standards, facilities
    and attainments with special reference to the adolescent and youth activities in rural and tribal areas.
  3. To suggest measures to create effective linkage between different organizations engaged in the sector and better utilization of infrastructure.
  4. To examine critically the following:
    1. Merging/weeding out few schemes related to Youth Affairs on the basis of their evaluation;
    2. Resource assessment under different activities/programmes;
    3. Ways and means for mobilization of additional resources; and
    4. Ways and means for the involvement of non-govt. organizations/community/other private organizations. Panchayati Raj institutions including industry and trade in the programmes under this sector.
  5. To make recommendations regarding policy, programme priority and financial outlays for the 11th Five Year Plan in respect of adolescents and youths.
  6. To review the functioning of the existing administrative structures and mechanisms, both at the Central and State levels, and suggest modifications, if
    necessary.
  7. To examine and make recommendations regarding all other matters relevant and incidental to the above term of reference.

4. The Chairman of the Working Group, if deemed necessary, may constitute Sub­groups and/or co-opt additional members. However, convener of the Working Group concurrently keeps Education Division of the Planning Commission informed about the same.

5. The Working Group on Sports would stand modified to the above extent.

6. The Working Group will submit its report by 15 November, 2006.

7. The expenditure on TA/DA etc. of official members in connection with the meetings of the Working Group will be borne by the parent Department/Ministry/ Organization to which the Member belongs. Non-official members will be entitled to TA/DA as admissible to Grade-I officers of the Govt, of India and this expenditure will be borne by the Convener Department.

(Bimla Bajaj)
Under Secretary(Edn.)