Lok Sabha Question No. 60 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-18
Subject: Kendriya Vidyalayas in Rajasthan
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Ranjeeta Koli

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 60 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.11.2019

## KENDRIYA VIDYALAYAS IN RAJASTHAN

## † 60. SHRIMATI RANJEETA KOLI:

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

- (a) the details of the criteria to set up Kendriya Vidyalayas in a State/UT;
- (b) the  number of Kendriya Vidyalayas functioning in all the States/ UTs including Rajasthan under the said criteria; and
- (c) the funds allocated by the Government to run Kendriya Vidyalayas in Rajasthan during the last three years?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK')

- (a) Proposals for opening of new Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) are considered only if  sponsored  by  Ministries or Departments  of  the  Government  of  India/State Governments  /  Union  Territories  Administrations  thereby  committing  resources  for setting  up  a  new  KV  as  well  as  the  availability  of  necessary  sanction  of  the Government.    The  proposals  received  from  various  sponsoring  authorities  for opening  of  new  KVs  also  have  to  compete  among  other  proposals  under  the 'Challenge Method'.

The details of criteria/norms to set up KVs in a State / UT are as under:

- (i) Providing  free  of  cost  land,  on  permanent  transfer/99  years  on  lease  at  the nominal  rent,  i.e.,  @  Re.1/-  per  annum,  measuring  2.50  to  5.00  acres  in metropolitan  cities,  Hyderabad  &  Bengaluru,  LWE  district/Hill  areas/NER, contiguous plot fairly levelled, measuring 5.00 to 10.00 acres in other locations as the case may be.
- (ii) A  rent-free temporary  accommodation consisting of 15 rooms of the size 7m  x  7m  with  adequate  space  till  the  permanent  Vidyalaya  building  is constructed by KVS on the land provided by the Sponsoring Authority.
- (iii) Residential accommodation to at least 50% of staff posted in the proposed Vidyalaya.
- (iv) Concentration  of  at  least  500  employees  of  Defence/Central  Govt./PSUs individually  or  jointly  at  the  station  (200  in  case  of  LWE  districts/Hill areas/NER).
- (v) Availability of minimum 200 students of the aforesaid priority categories for enrolment in the proposed K.V.

Besides,  Kendriya  Vidyalayas  are  also  set  up  under  Project/IHL  Sector  on receipt    of  a  proposal  from  the  Govt.  of  India  PSUs/  Institutes  of  Higher  Learning Sector  in which  all recurring and  non-recurring  expenditure  is  borne  by  the Sponsoring  Authority concerned.

- (b) 1224 KVs are functioning in the country including 76 in the State of Rajasthan. The State/UT-wise details are annexed.
- (c) Funds  are  allocated  to  Kendriya  Vidyalaya  Sangathan  (KVS)  under  three distinct  object  heads  -'Grants-in-Aid  -  Salaries',  'Grants-in-Aid  -  General'  and 'Grants-in- Aid' - Creation of Capital Assets'. These grants are not allocated Statewise. However, the details of expenditure incurred by KVS during the last three years to run the KVs in Rajasthan are as under:-

| Year    |   Rs. in Crore |
|---------|----------------|
| 2016-17 |         286.3  |
| 2017-18 |         304.74 |
| 2018-19 |         329.53 |

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## ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  60  FOR  18 th   NOVEMBER,  2019    RAISED  BY SHRIMATI RANJEETA KOLI, HON'BLE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT REGARDING KENDRIYA VIDYALAYAS IN RAJASTHAN

## STATE/UT WISE NUMBER OF 1224 KENDRIYA VIDYALAYAS (As on 13.11.2019)

| Sr. No.   | Name of State/ UT   |   Number of KVs |
|-----------|---------------------|-----------------|
| 1         | A& N Islands        |              02 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh      |              35 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh   |              17 |
| 4         | Assam               |              58 |
| 5         | Bihar               |              48 |
| 6         | Chandigarh          |              05 |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh        |              35 |
| 8         | Dadara&Nagar Haveli |              01 |
| 9         | Daman & Diu         |              01 |
| 10        | Delhi               |              46 |
| 11        | Goa                 |              05 |
| 12        | Gujarat             |              45 |
| 13        | Haryana             |              34 |
| 14        | Himachal Pradesh    |              25 |
| 15        | Jammu & Kashmir     |              36 |
| 16        | Jharkhand           |              39 |
| 17        | Karnataka           |              51 |
| 18        | Kerala              |              38 |
| 19        | Lakshadweep         |              01 |
| 20        | Ladakh              |              03 |
| 21        | Madhya Pradesh      |             110 |
| 22        | Maharashtra         |              59 |
| 23        | Manipur             |              09 |
| 24        | Meghalaya           |              07 |
| 25        | Mizoram             |              04 |
| 26        | Nagaland            |              06 |
| 27        | Odisha              |              62 |
| 28        | Puducherry          |              04 |
| 29        | Punjab              |              50 |
| 30        | Rajasthan           |              76 |
| 31        | Sikkim              |              02 |
| 32        | Tamil Nadu          |              43 |
| 33        | Telangana           |              35 |
| 34        | Tripura             |              09 |
| 35        | Uttar Pradesh       |             118 |
| 36        | Uttarakhand         |              44 |
| 37        | West Bengal         |              61 |
|           | TOTAL               |            1224 |

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