Lok Sabha Question No. 1182 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-25
Subject: Kendriya Vidyalaya in Odisha
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Pramila Bisoyi

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1182 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.11.2019

## KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA IN ODISHA

## 1182. SHRIMATI PRAMILA BISOYI:

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

- (a) the list of Kendriya Vidyalayas as on date, State-wise;
- (b) the steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government to expedite the opening up of new KVs in Odisha;
- (c) whether the Government is aware that Suroda in Odisha urgently requires a KV to serve the tribal and downtrodden;
- (d) if so, whether the Government has any plan to establish a new KV in near future; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) As on date, there are 1224 Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) functioning in the country. State/UT wise details of KVs are annexed. (b) to (d) The Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) are opened primarily to cater to the educational needs of the wards of transferable Central Government Employees including Defence personnel  on  receipt  of  the  proposal  in  the  prescribed  proformae  from  Ministries/ Departments of Government of India / State Governments / Union Territory Administration committing thereby availability of requisite resources for setting up a new KV as well as on 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'. Opening of  KVs  is  a continuous process.
- (e) Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan has informed that no proposal has been received from the State Government of Odisha to establish a new KV at Suroda.

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  1182  FOR  25 th   NOVEMBER,  2019    RAISED  BY SHRIMATI PRAMILA BISOYI, HON'BLE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT REGARDING KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA IN ODISHA

## STATE/UT WISE NUMBER OF 1224 KENDRIYA VIDYALAYAS (As on 20.11.2019)

| 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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