E.LABOUR AND SOCIAL SERVICE SCHEME

37. This scheme has been in operation since 1954. It is divided into two parts: (i) Labour and Social Service Camps, and (ii) Campus Work Projects.

38. Labour and Social Service Camps:

The object of such camps is to inculcate a sense of dignity of manual labour among students and other youth and to give them an opportunity of coming into contact with village life and participating in works of community development blocks. Each camper is expected to put in about four hours of shramdan daily in a camp lasting 10 to 21 days on certain selected minor projects. The scheme is operated through State Governments.

39. Out of the budget provision of Rs. 4.00 lakh for 1966-67 (reduced to Rs. 1.35 lakh on grounds of economy), a sum of Rs. 28,879 was sanctioned to the universities/colleges, a State Government and a Union Territory for holding 20 labour and social service camps. Besides, a sum of Rs. 1,69,127 was adjusted towards the settlement of accounts of old A.C.C. labour and social service camps.

40. The scheme did not progress well primarily due to existing rate of grant of Rs. 2 per camper per day for food and incidentals, which was considered inadequate by the organisers of the camp. Further, the State Governments did not evince interest in the scheme, since in 1966-67 it was put in the Centrally sponsored sector and the expenditure was to be borne by the Centre and the States in the ratio 50:50. It has now been decided to keep it in the Central and State Sectors with a provision of Rs. 15 lakh in each. It has also now been decided to enhance the rate of grant for food and incidentals from Rs. 2 to Rs. 2.50 per camper per day for holding the camps, from the

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financial year 1967-68. A budget provision of Rs. 2 lakh has been made for this purpose for the year 1967-68.

41. Campus Work Projects:

The purpose of this scheme is to provide the much needed amenities like recreation halls-cum-auditoria, swimming pools, gymnasia, open-air theatres, pavilions, small stadia and cinder tracks, etc., in the educational institutions. One of the conditions of grants for these projects is that the staff and students of the institution should offer skilled or unskilled labour to the extent of 5 per cent of the cost of the project and further contribute 25 per cent of the actual expenditure on the project. The entire budget provision of Rs. 3.70 lakh for the year 1966-67 has been expended for meeting the commitments of 66 old projects. A budget provision of Rs. 3.75 lakh has been made for 1967-68 for this purpose.

F. FINANCIAL PROVISION 

                                          

        
                                                Provision for 1966-67     Provision for
        Sl.            Scheme                                                 1967-68
                                                Original       Revised
        
                                               

        
        1              2                             3              4             5
        
                                               

 
        
                                                                      (Rs. in lakh)
        
        1.  National Fitness Corps              1,92,30,000    1,91,30,000   1,92,70,000
        
        2.  Lakshmibai College of Physical
             Education, Gwalior                   13,10,000      12,03,000     11,91,000
        
        3.  National Physical Efficiency
             Drive                                 3,40,000       3,00,000      3,00,000
        
        4.  Grants-in-aid to Private Phy-
             sical Education Training
             Institutions                          4,00,000       2,50,000      3,00,000
        
        5.   Promotion of Research in
              Special Branches of Phy-
              sical Education including
                  Yoga                             2,80,000       2,42,000      2,65,000

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        1              2                                  3             4            5
                                               

        
        6.   Central Advisory Board of
              Physical Education and 
              Recreation and Other Com-          
               mittees                                8,500          8,500         8,500
        
        7.   Seminars on Physical Educa-
              tion                                   15,000          2,500         5,000
        
        8.   Grants to Sports Federations          8,00,000      11,00,000     10,00,000  
        
        9.   Construction of Stadia                1,50,000       1,00,000      2,00,000 
        
        10.  Construction of 'Sports Villages'
             (National Sports Centre)              1,00,000       4,00,000      5,00,000
        
        11.  National Institute of Sports
              and National Coaching 
              Scheme                              26,00,000      14,55,000     24,60,000
        
        12.  Other Expenditure (Sports and
              Games)                                 30,000         35,000        37,000
        
        13.  Inter-University Youth Festi-
              val                                    40,000         40,000      1,50,000
        
        14.  Inter-Collegiate Youth Festi-
              val                                    30,000         20,000        50,000
        
        15.  Grants to State Sports Coun-
             cils, Sports Talent Search 
             Scheme, and Rural   Sports 
             Centres                               2,00,000       1,45,000      4,00,000           
        
        16.  Mountaineering:
        
             (i)  Indian Mountaineering 
                  Foundation                         15,000         15,000        15,000
        
             (ii) Western Himalayan 
                  Mountaineering Institute, 
                  Manali                               --             --        4,50,000
        
        
        17.  Youth Hostels*                          50,000         10,000  *The sub-
                                                                           ject has 
                                                                           since been
                                                                           transgerred
                                                                           to the Deptt
                                                                           of Tourisn,
                                                                           Min. of
                                                                           Transport. 
            
        18.  (i) Youth Leadership 
             and Dramatic Training Camp 
             (by Ministry)                           40,000         20,000        40,000
        
             (ii) Youth Leadership and 
             Dramatic Training Camps 
             (by Universities)                       27,000         27,000        27,000
        
        19.  Youth Welfare Boards and
             Committees                              54,000         30,000        30,000
          
        20.  Scouting and Guiding                  4,10,000       3,10,000      3,10,000
        
        21.  Labour and Social Service
             Camps                                 4,00,000       1,35,300      2,30,000
         
        22.  Campus Work Projects                  3,70,000       3,70,000      3,75,000

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