Annual Report 2011-12.pdf - Performance Management Division

Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Awards are given away by the President of India alongwith
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Arjuna Awards, in a function held at Rashtrapati Bhavan on the 29 August every year. Awards
for the year 2010 were conferred posthumously on Late Col.(Retd.) Balwant Singh Sandhu(Life
Time Achievement), Ms. Reena Kaushal Dharmshaktu, Ms. Mamta Sodha(Land Adventure) and
Commander Dilip Donde(Water Adventure) by H.E. Smt. Pratibha Devi Singh Patil, the Hon'ble
President of India, at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 29.8.2011.
UNFPA assisted Scheme:
The UNFPA has also separately extended support to the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sport in
the form of a project which is part of the large programme funding of UNFPA for the Ministry of
Health's RCH Project. The main aim of this programme is to enable capacity building for
rationalizing the Adolescents Development Scheme of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
including the setting up of an Adolescents Cell in the Ministry. The assistance was provided under
the 6th Country Programme of UNFPA which was for the period 2004-2007. The main activities
and key action areas taken up/proposed under the project are: Capacity Building for NSS, NYKS,
RGNIYD; Institutional Strengthening of the implementing agencies; perspective building /
orientation and training of nodal officers / field functionaries. Formation of Teen Clubs through
NYKS in 64 Districts; Developing MIS and database formats for NSS and NYKS; Development of
facilities Manual for training of peer Educators and Setting up of a National Adolescent Resource
Centre at RGNIYD during the 10th Five Year Plan and an expenditure of Rs. 13.40 Crores
(beginning 2005-06) was incurred under the Project.
28 ✦ Department of Youth Affairs & Sports