Lok Sabha Question No. 2124 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-24
Subject: Complaints against KVS Employees
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: ANJU BALA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2124 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.12.2018

## COMPLAINTS AGAINST KVS EMPLOYEES

## 2124. SHRIMATI ANJU BALA:

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of complaints including anonymous complaints regarding corruption, mismanagement  received  against  the  Principals  and  other  Higher  Officers  of Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) during the last 6 months by the Government, KVS Headquarters and various regional offices, State-wise;
- (b) the break-up of details of nature of the individual complaints so received and the action  taken  therein  along  with  the  details  of  the  disciplinary/vigilance  action initiated  against  the  officials  of  KVS  on  the  basis  of  complaints  so  received  or otherwise in each such cases;
- (c) whether there is any provision of conducting internal audit to assess the state of affairs at the school level; and
- (d) if so, the details of the audits conducted during the last 6 months and if not, the reasons for not having any such mechanism?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (DR. SATYA PAL SINGH)

- (a): The state-wise list of the number of complaints including anonymous complaints of  corruption  and  mismanagement  received  against  the  Principals  and  other  higher officers  of  Kendriya  Vidyalaya  Sangathan  (KVS)  during  the  last  six  months  in  the KVS(Headquarters) and its  Regional  Offices  is  annexed.    No  central  database  of  the number of such references received in the Ministry is maintained.
- (b): KVS has informed that it has received 36 cases of complaints of corruption and 41 cases of complaints of mismanagement against Principals and other higher officers of KVS.  KVS  has  initiated  action  in  these  cases  having  regard  to  the  provisions  of  the Vigilance Manual / CVC Guidelines / CCS (CCA) Rules, 1965 / Education Code for KVs.
- (c): As  per  the  provision  of  Accounts  Code  for  KVs,  all  the  Regional  Offices  are required to carry out Internal Audit of all the KVs under their administrative jurisdiction, once every year.
- (d) KVS has informed that during the last six months internal audit of 540 KVs has been conducted.

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  2124  FOR  24 TH DECEMBER,  2018  RAISED  BY  SHRIMATI  ANJU  BALA, HON'BLE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT REGARDING COMPLAINTS AGAINST KVS EMPLOYEES.

State wise total No. of complaints including anonymous regarding corruption, mismanagement received against Principals & other Higher Officers of KVS during the last 6 months by KVS (HQ) and various ROs

| Sl. No.   | Name of State /UT   | No. of complaints   | No. of complaints   |
|-----------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
| Sl. No.   | Name of State /UT   | Corruption          | Mismanagement       |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh      | 0                   | 1                   |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 3         | Assam               | 1                   | 2                   |
| 4         | Bihar               | 3                   | 3                   |
| 5         | Chandigarh          | 0                   | 0                   |
| 6         | Chhattisgarh        | 1                   | 0                   |
| 7         | D & N Haveli        | 0                   | 0                   |
| 8         | Daman & Diu         | 0                   | 0                   |
| 9         | Delhi               | 8                   | 4                   |
| 10        | Goa                 | 0                   | 0                   |
| 11        | Gujarat             | 1                   | 0                   |
| 12        | Haryana             | 0                   | 0                   |
| 13        | Himachal Pradesh    | 1                   | 1                   |
| 14        | Jammu & Kashmir     | 0                   | 3                   |
| 15        | Jharkhand           | 0                   | 1                   |
| 16        | Karnataka           | 0                   | 2                   |
| 17        | Kerala              | 0                   | 0                   |
| 18        | Madhya Pradesh      | 1                   | 4                   |
| 19        | Maharashtra         | 2                   | 1                   |
| 20        | Manipur             | 0                   | 0                   |
| 21        | Meghayalaya         | 0                   | 0                   |
| 22        | Mizoram             | 0                   | 0                   |
| 23        | Nagaland            | 0                   | 0                   |
| 24        | Odisha              | 0                   | 3                   |
| 25        | Punjab              | 1                   | 1                   |
| 26        | Rajasthan           | 1                   | 7                   |
| 27        | Sikkim              | 0                   | 0                   |
| 28        | Tamil Nadu          | 0                   | 1                   |
| 29        | Telangana           | 1                   | 0                   |
| 30        | Tripura             | 0                   | 0                   |
| 31        | UT of Lakshadweep   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 32        | UT of Puducherry    | 0                   | 0                   |
| 33        | Uttar Pradesh       | 15                  | 6                   |
| 34        | Uttrakhand          | 0                   | 0                   |
| 35        | West Bengal         | 0                   | 1                   |
| Total     | Total               | 36                  | 41                  |

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