Lok Sabha Question No. 1349 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-25
Subject: Sainik Schools
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: Karan Singh Yadav, RANJANBEN BHATT, SISIR KUMAR ADHIKARI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1349

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 25 TH  JULY, 2018

## SAINIK SCHOOLS

1349.  DR. KARAN SINGH YADAV: SHRIMATI RANJANBEN BHATT: SHRI SISIR KUMAR ADHIKARI:

Will the Minister of DEFENCE j{kk ea=h be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of sainik schools in the country at present, location and State-wise;
- (b) whether the  Government proposes to open new sainik schools  in  various places including in Alwar district;
- (c) if so, the details thereof location and State-wise along with the time by which the said schools are likely to start functioning;
- (d) the  approximate  percentage  of  students  selected  for  employment  in  Army  from these sainik schools;
- (e) whether admission of girl students in Mizoram sainik school has been approved and if so, the details thereof; and
- (f) whether the Government proposes to approve the admission of girl students in all the sainik schools and if so, the details thereof and if not the reasons therefor?
- (a) 27  Sainik  Schools  are  presently  functioning  in  the  country.    State wise list of the Sainik Schools is given in Annexure-I.
- (b) & (c): 20  proposals  for  establishing  Sainik  Schools  from  various States /  UTs  including Sainik School at  Alwar  District  of  Rajasthan as

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

(DR. SUBHASH BHAMRE)

र  ा रा य मं ी

(डा. सुभाष भामरे)

:  2  :

per details in Annexure-II are with Government. After signing of Memorandum of Agreement, the onus of providing necessary infrastructure  like  land,  buildings  etc  are  that  of  the  concerned  State

(e) & (f): Girl students have been admitted in Sainik Project.

Government. (d) Year wise percentage of cadets in National Defence Academy (NDA) from Sainik Schools for last three years is as follows:2015  23.92 2016  29.33 2017  26.15 School, Chhingchhip,  Mizoram  from  the  academic  session  2018-19  as  a  Pilot Project.    The  admission  of  girl  students  in  Sainik  Schools  across  the Country  is  to  be  considered  after  reviewing  the  outcome  of  the  Pilot

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## ANNEXURE-I REFERRED IN THE REPLY GIVEN IN PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1349 FOR ANSWER ON 25.07.2018

## STATE WISE LIST OF SAINIK SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTRY

| S. No.                         | Name of School   |   State |
|--------------------------------|------------------|---------|
| Sainik School Korukonda        | Andhra Pradesh   |       1 |
| Sainik School Kalikiri         | Andhra Pradesh   |       2 |
| Sainik School Goalpara         | Assam            |       3 |
| Sainik School Nalanda          | Bihar            |       4 |
| Sainik School Gopalganj        | Bihar            |       5 |
| Sainik School Ambikapur        | Chhattisgarh     |       6 |
| Sainik School Balachadi        | Gujarat          |       7 |
| Sainik School Kunjpura         | Haryana          |       8 |
| Sainik School Rewari           | Haryana          |       9 |
| Sainik School Sujanpur Tira    | Himachal Pradesh |      10 |
| Sainik School Nagrota          | Jammu & Kashmir  |      11 |
| Sainik School Tilaiya          | Jharkhand        |      12 |
| Sainik School Bijapur          | Karnataka        |      13 |
| Sainik School Kodagu           | Karnataka        |      14 |
| Sainik School Kazhakootam      | Kerala           |      15 |
| Sainik School Rewa             | Madhya Pradesh   |      16 |
| Sainik School Satara           | Maharashtra      |      17 |
| Sainik School Imphal           | Manipur          |      18 |
| Sainik School Chhingchhip      | Mizoram          |      19 |
| Sainik School Punglwa          | Nagaland         |      20 |
| Sainik School Bhubaneswar      | Odisha           |      21 |
| Sainik School Kapurthala       | Punjab           |      22 |
| Sainik School Chittorgarh      | Rajasthan        |      23 |
| Sainik School Jhunjhunu        | Rajasthan        |      24 |
| Sainik School Amaravathi Nagar | Tamil Nadu       |      25 |
| Sainik School Ghorakhal        | Uttarakhand      |      26 |
| Sainik School Purulia          | West Bengal      |      27 |

## ANNEXURE-II  REFERRED  IN  THE  REPLY  GIVEN  IN  PARTS  (b)  &  (c)  OF  LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1349 FOR ANSWER ON 25.07.2018

## STATUS OF PENDING PROPOSALS FOR OPENING OF NEW SAINIK SCHOOLS

|   S.No. | State                     | District                           | Remarks                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|---------|---------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Maharashtra               | Chandrapur                         | Memorandum of Agreement signed.                                                                                                                                                          |
|       2 | Rajasthan                 | Alwar                              | Memorandum of Agreement signed.                                                                                                                                                          |
|       3 | Uttar Pradesh             | Jhansi                             | Memorandum of Agreement signed.                                                                                                                                                          |
|       4 | Uttar Pradesh             | Mainpuri                           | Memorandum of Agreement signed.                                                                                                                                                          |
|       5 | Uttar Pradesh             | Amethi                             | Memorandum of Agreement signed.                                                                                                                                                          |
|       6 | Uttarakhand               | Rudraprayag                        | Memorandum of Agreement signed.                                                                                                                                                          |
|       7 | Odisha                    | Sambalpur                          | Memorandum of Agreement signed.                                                                                                                                                          |
|       8 | Telangana                 | Warangal                           | Memorandum of Agreement signed.                                                                                                                                                          |
|       9 | Arunachal Pradesh         | Niglok Village District East Siang | Memorandum of Agreement signed.                                                                                                                                                          |
|      10 | West Bengal               | Darjeeling                         | 'In-principle' approval accorded.                                                                                                                                                        |
|      11 | Assam                     | Golaghat                           | 'In-principle' approval accorded.                                                                                                                                                        |
|      12 | Punjab                    | Gurdaspur                          | Site Survey completed.                                                                                                                                                                   |
|      13 | Madhya Pradesh            | Sagar                              | Site survey completed.                                                                                                                                                                   |
|      14 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | Diglipur, North Andaman            | Site survey completed. UT Administration has been requested to obtain Environment/Forest clearance as most of the site earmarked for Sainik School has been classified as deemed forest. |
|      15 | Haryana                   | Jhajjar                            | State Govt. to indicate date for site inspection.                                                                                                                                        |
|      16 | Sikkim                    | West Sikkim                        | State Govt. to indicate date for site inspection.                                                                                                                                        |
|      17 | Jharkhand                 | Godda                              | 'In-principle' approval accorded.                                                                                                                                                        |
|      18 | Tripura                   | West Tripura                       | State Govt to indicate date for site inspection.                                                                                                                                         |
|      19 | Madhya Pradesh            | Muraina                            | Proposal Stage                                                                                                                                                                           |
|      20 | Uttar Pradesh             | Bagpat                             | Formal proposal is awaited from State Govt.                                                                                                                                              |