Eleventh Five Year Plan

44 Eleventh Five Year PlanShakti Abhiyan’ for youth and adolescent developmentwill be restructured and placed under a single schemenamely, ‘National Programme for Youth and AdolescentDevelopment’. Considering increasing populationof adolescents in future, Eleventh Plan recognizes adolescentsas individuals with their own rights, aspirationsand concerns, thus emphasizing a shift away fromthe welfare approach to a rights and empowermentoriented approach. The thrust areas of Eleventh Planwill consist of highlighting the need to extend coverageto adolescents in the various schemes of theMinistry of Youth Affairs and Sports and strengtheningof the existing scheme of Financial Assistance forDevelopment and Empowerment of Adolescents onholistic approach.(vi) OTHER SCHEMES2.1.15 The volunteers under NSVS and RSY are thebackbone of NYKS. These schemes should be mergedwith NYKS and should be renamed as ‘NationalVolunteer Scheme’. The existing scheme, namely, CYPwould be strengthened. The mega youth exchangeprogramme with China will be continued as a regularfeature. Scouting and Guiding would be continuedwith renewed focus to develop the character ofyoung boys and girls and inculcate in them a spiritof patriotism, social service, and communal harmony.There is a wider scope for PPP especially in respectof adventure sports, tourism, and eco-tourism. A roadmap will be drawn through a stakeholders’ consultativeprocess to broad-base the movement and mainstreamit as a part of a larger India Youth Network.SPORTS AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION2.1.16 Every civilization has evolved and developedits own indigenous modes of physical endeavourand healthy social interaction through a variety ofgames and sports forms and events. There has beenan intrinsic component of education and developmentof the human personality in philosophicaltexts of ancient Greece, the progenitor of the Olympicmovement. In India, sports and games as a vital componentof social and cultural life are embedded in theheritage right from Vedic as well as in Buddhist andJain literature. Swami Vivekanand has been the principalexponent of sports culture in the country. Headvised ‘Be strong my young friends, that is my adviceto you. You will be nearer to heaven through footballthan through the study of the Gita’.2.1.17 The Eleventh and Twelfth Plan periods wouldbe full of international sports events in the country.The World Military Games are proposed to be heldat Hyderabad in 2007, the Commonwealth YouthGames (CYG) would be held in Pune in 2008, followedby the main Commonwealth Games (CG), 2010 inDelhi. The main aim behind the organization of suchgames has to relate to development of a sports cultureand world-class sports facilities across the country, anda significant improvement in the levels of excellence,in terms of performance and medal-winning abilitiesof our sportspersons at the national and internationallevels. The existing policy and programmes need tobe reviewed and the strategy and activities chalked outaccordingly.Box 2.1.2Commonwealth Games (CG) 2010 and Commonwealth Youth Games (CYG) 2008• The CG will be held in Delhi during 3–14 October 2010.• CG 2010 will host 17 disciplines that will be held in the newly constructed and existing indoor/outdoor stadiums, developedby various agencies like Delhi Development Authority, Delhi University, Sports Authority of India (SAI), All IndiaTennis Association, and National Capital Territory of Delhi. The New Delhi Games Village will be set up on a 63.5 acre sitewith the accessible capacity of 8500 athletes and officials. The residential Zones of the Games are being developed on PPPbasis. The tentative estimated outlay is Rs 6304 crore.• The existing stadiums will be used for sports, viz., Archery, Aquatics, Athletics, Badminton, Boxing, Cycling, Elite Athleteswith Disability events, Gymnastics, Hockey, Lawn Bowls, Netball, Rugby 7s, Shootings, Squash, Table Tennis, Tennis,Weightlifting, and Wrestling.• Prior to CG 2010, third CYG will be held from 12–18 October 2008 at Pune. The CYG covers Athletics, Badminton,Boxing, Shooting, Swimming, Table Tennis, Tennis, Weightlifting, and Wrestling. Planning Commission provided Rs 210crore and Government of Maharashtra Rs 100 crore for sports infrastructure development of CYG, Pune.