Lok Sabha Question No. 67 (STARRED), answered on 2019-06-26
Subject: Military and Sainik Schools
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: Harish Dwivedi, Annasaheb Shankar Jolle

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.67

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 26 TH  JUNE, 2019

## MILITARY AND SAINIK SCHOOLS

## *67. SHRI HARISH DWIVEDI:

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

- (a) the number of military and sainik schools in the country as on date, State/UT-wise;
- (b) whether  the  sainik  schools  in  different  States  have  produced  some  of  the  best officers in the Indian Armed Forces and eminent personalities in almost all walks of life and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  set  up  more  such  sainik  schools  in  the country and if so, the details thereof, State/UT and location-wise;
- (d) if not, whether the Government proposes to set up a Committee for this purpose;
- (e) whether the Government is satisfied with the performance/standard of education of the said sainik schools and if so, the details thereof;
- (f) if not, the remedial measures taken/being taken by the Government to maintain high standard of education in these schools; and
- (g)  whether  there  is  any  proposal  to  increase  the  budget  allocation  to  all  the  existing sainik  schools  through  the  Sainik  School  Society,  Ministry  of  Defence  and  if  so,  the details thereof?

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MINISTER OF DEFENCE                                    (SHRI RAJNATH SINGH)

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(a) to (g): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (g) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION No.67 FOR ANSWER  ON 26.06.2019 REGARDING MILITARY AND SAINIK SCHOOLS

- (a)  There  are  31  Sainik  Schools  and  05  Rashtriya  Military  Schools  (details  are  at Annexure-I ) .
- (b)  Yes,  Sir.  Sainik  Schools  have  produced  some  of  the  best  officers  in  the  Indian Armed Forces and eminent personalities. The details of some of the eminent Alumni of Sainik Schools is at Annexure-II .
- (c) Yes, Sir.  Government proposed to establish 05 Sainik Schools.  A Memorandum of  Agreement  (MoA)  has  been  signed  with  the  State  Government  for  05  schools which is done after State Government provides the land free of cost and construction budget. The details are at Annexure-III .
- (d) No need for a Committee is felt.
- (e)&  (f):  Yes,  Sir.  The  Government  is  satisfied  with  the  performance  /standard  of education of Sainik Schools. Sainik Schools have proven their utility by providing a large number  of cadets joining the National Defence Academy/Indian Naval Academy/Technical  Entry  Schemes  etc.  The  year  wise  number  and  percentage  of cadets sent to National Defence Academy from Sainik Schools for last three years is as follows:-
- (g) The Central Government is providing financial assistance to all Sainik Schools for  Infrastructure  development,  IT/Training  Grant,  Defence  Scholarship,  Central Assistance,  additionality  in  pay  &  allowances/pension  of  Sainik  School  employees consequent to implementation of Pay Commission, NDA incentive etc. The details of financial  assistance  to  Sainik  Schools  provided  by  Central  Government  in  the  last three year is as under:-

|   Year |   Total intake (both terms) |   Number of Sainik Schools students |   %age of Sainik School students in NDA |
|--------|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|   2016 |                         595 |                                 158 |                                   26.55 |
|   2017 |                         644 |                                 179 |                                   27.79 |
|   2018 |                         662 |                                 147 |                                   22.2  |

| Financial Year   | Budget Allocated   |
|------------------|--------------------|
| 2016-17          | 81.38 Crore        |
| 2017-18          | 80.00 Crore        |
| 2018-19          | 84.22 Crore        |

At present, there is no proposal to enhance the budget allocation to Sainik Schools.

## ANNEXURE-I REFERRED IN THE REPLY GIVEN IN PART (a) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.67 FOR ANSWER ON 26.06.2019

## LIST OF MILITARY SCHOOLS STATE/UT WISE IN THE COUNTRY

|   S. No. | Name of School   | State            |
|----------|------------------|------------------|
|        1 | Chail            | Himachal Pradesh |
|        2 | Ajmer            | Rajasthan        |
|        3 | Dholpur          | Rajasthan        |
|        4 | Belgaum          | Karnataka        |
|        5 | Bangalore        | Karnataka        |

## LIST OF SAINIK SCHOOLS STATE/UT WISE IN THE COUNTRY

|   S. No. | Name of School              | State            |
|----------|-----------------------------|------------------|
|        1 | Sainik School Korukonda     | Andhra Pradesh   |
|        2 | Sainik School Kalikiri      | Andhra Pradesh   |
|        3 | Sainik School Goalpara      | Assam            |
|        4 | Sainik School Nalanda       | Bihar            |
|        5 | Sainik School Gopalganj     | Bihar            |
|        6 | Sainik School Ambikapur     | Chhattisgarh     |
|        7 | Sainik School Balachadi     | Gujarat          |
|        8 | Sainik School Kunjpura      | Haryana          |
|        9 | Sainik School Rewari        | Haryana          |
|       10 | Sainik School Sujanpur Tira | Himachal Pradesh |
|       11 | Sainik School Nagrota       | Jammu &Kashmir   |
|       12 | Sainik School Tilaiya       | Jharkhand        |
|       13 | Sainik School Bijapur       | Karnataka        |
|       14 | Sainik School Kodagu        | Karnataka        |
|       15 | Sainik School Kazhakootam   | Kerala           |
|       16 | Sainik School Rewa          | Madhya Pradesh   |

|   17. | Sainik School Satara           | Maharashtra       |
|-------|--------------------------------|-------------------|
|    18 | Sainik School Chandrapur       | Maharashtra       |
|    19 | Sainik School Imphal           | Manipur           |
|    20 | Sainik School Chhingchhip      | Mizoram           |
|    21 | Sainik School Punglwa          | Nagaland          |
|    22 | Sainik School Bhubaneswar      | Odisha            |
|    23 | Sainik School Kapurthala       | Punjab            |
|    24 | Sainik School Chittorgarh      | Rajasthan         |
|    25 | Sainik School Jhunjhunu        | Rajasthan         |
|    26 | Sainik School Amaravathi Nagar | Tamil Nadu        |
|    27 | Sainik School Ghorakhal        | Uttarakhand       |
|    28 | Sainik School Purulia          | West Bengal       |
|    29 | Sainik School East Siang       | Arunachal Pradesh |
|    30 | Sainik School Mainpuri *       | Uttar Pradesh     |
|    31 | Sainik School Jhansi *         | Uttar Pradesh     |

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## ANNEXURE-II REFERRED IN THE REPLY GIVEN IN PART (b) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.67 FOR ANSWER ON 26.06.2019

## DETAILS OF ALUMNI : SAINIK SCHOOLS

|   Ser | Name of Sainik School          | Nos   | Rank (If appli- cable)          | Name of Alumni                        | Serving / Retired               | Designation / Achievements                                                                                 |
|-------|--------------------------------|-------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|     1 | Sainik School Amaravathi Nagar | i     | Lt Gen                          | D Anbu PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, YSM, SM, ADC | Serving                         | Vice Chief of the Army Staff                                                                               |
|     1 | Sainik School Amaravathi Nagar | ii    | Vice Admiral                    | G Ashok Kumar AVSM VSM                | Serving                         | Vice Chief of the Naval Staff                                                                              |
|     1 | Sainik School Amaravathi Nagar | iii   | IAS                             | Mr B Anand                            | Serving                         | Addl Secretary & Financial Advisor, Dept of Bio tech and Ministry of Earth Sciences, Govt of India         |
|     2 | Sainik School Ambikapur        |       | Nil                             | Nil                                   | Nil                             | Nil                                                                                                        |
|     2 | Sainik School Ambikapur        |       | School was established in 2008. | School was established in 2008.       | School was established in 2008. | School was established in 2008.                                                                            |
|     3 | Sainik School Balachadi        | i     | Lt Gen                          | Asit Mistry                           | Serving                         | GOC, Delhi area.                                                                                           |
|     3 | Sainik School Balachadi        | ii    | Lt Gen                          | Vijai Sharma                          | Retired                         | Team Member of Indian Rowing Team in 1982 Asian Games. First Commandant of OTA Gaya.                       |
|     3 | Sainik School Balachadi        | iii   | Air Marshal                     | SC Mukul                              | Retired                         | Experience of 4200 hrs flying in various Fighter Air Crafts of IAF. Hony Air ADC to the President of India |
|     4 | Sainik School Bhubaneswar      | i     | Lt Gen                          | JK Mohanty                            | Retired                         |                                                                                                            |
|     4 | Sainik School Bhubaneswar      | ii    | Lt Gen                          | PC Thimayya                           | Serving                         | GOC-in-C (ARTRAC)                                                                                          |
|     4 | Sainik School Bhubaneswar      | iii   | V Adm                           | AK Chawla                             | Serving                         | FOC-in-C (South)                                                                                           |
|     4 | Sainik School Bhubaneswar      | iv    | IAS                             | Shri MS Padhy                         | Serving                         |                                                                                                            |
|     5 | Sainik School Bijapur          | i     | Vice Admiral                    | Srikant, AVSM                         | Serving                         | Commandant, NDC, New Delhi                                                                                 |
|     5 | Sainik School Bijapur          | ii    | Vice- Admiral                   | Makarand A Hampiholi,NM               | Serving                         | Dir. General, Naval Operations                                                                             |
|     5 | Sainik School Bijapur          | iii   | IAS                             | Dr Ashok Dalwai                       | Serving                         | Secretary to Government of India                                                                           |

| 6   | Sainik School Chhingchhip   |     | -                               | -                               | -                               | -                                                                                                                                              |
|-----|-----------------------------|-----|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|     |                             |     | School was established in 2017. | School was established in 2017. | School was established in 2017. | School was established in 2017.                                                                                                                |
| 7   | Sainik School Chittorgarh   | i   | Lt Gen                          | JP Nehra                        | Retired                         |                                                                                                                                                |
|     |                             | ii  | Gen                             | Dalbir Singh Suhag              | Retired                         | Ex-COAS                                                                                                                                        |
|     |                             | iii | Lt Gen                          | Sukhdeep Sangwan                | Serving                         |                                                                                                                                                |
|     |                             | iv  |                                 | Mr Bharat BhushanVyas           |                                 | Member UPSC                                                                                                                                    |
| 8   | Sainik School East Siang    |     | -                               | -                               | -                               | -                                                                                                                                              |
| 9.  | Sainik School Ghorakhal     | i   | Lt Gen                          | Vinod Bhatia, PVSM, AVSM, SM    | Retired                         | Held prestigious appointment of Director General Military Operations.                                                                          |
|     |                             | ii  | Vice Admiral                    | HCS Bisht, AVSM                 | Retired                         | Held prestigious appointment of DG Coast Guard and FOC-in-C Eastern Naval Command.                                                             |
|     |                             | iii | Lt Gen                          | LK Pandey, AVSM, SM             | Retired                         | He commanded as Infantry Brigade and Division in operations and has been Chief Operations Officer in UNFIL.                                    |
|     |                             | iv  | IAS                             | Mr Pawan Agarwal                |                                 | Addl Secy to Government of India and CEO of FSSAI. Played a key role in setting up the new Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. |
|     |                             | v   | IAS                             | Mr Ram Subhag Singh             |                                 | Awarded the 'Chancellor's Gold Medal' for being the best student of Allahabad University.                                                      |
| 10  | Sainik School Goalpara      | i   | Lt Gen                          | Konsam Himalay Singh            | Retired                         | -                                                                                                                                              |
|     |                             | ii  | Lt Gen                          | Rana Pratap Kalita              | Serving                         | -                                                                                                                                              |
|     |                             | iii | Air Marshal                     | Anjan Gogoi                     | Retired                         | -                                                                                                                                              |
| 11  | Sainik School Gopalganj     |     | Nil                             | Nil                             | Nil                             | Nil                                                                                                                                            |

| 12   | Sainik School Imphal      | i   | -                               | Th Radheshyam Singh             | Serving                         | Minister of Education, Govt of Manipur   |
|------|---------------------------|-----|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|      |                           | ii  | -                               | Binchilothong Rengma            | Serving                         | Addl Chief Secretary, Govt of Nagaland   |
| 13   | Sainik School Jhunjhunu   |     | -                               | -                               | -                               | -                                        |
| 13   | Sainik School Jhunjhunu   |     | School was established in 2018  | School was established in 2018  | School was established in 2018  | School was established in 2018           |
| 14   | Sainik School Kapurthala  | i   | Air Marshal                     | NJS Dhillon, AVSM               | Serving                         |                                          |
|      |                           | ii  | Lt Gen                          | Ranbir Singh, AVSM, YSM,SM      | Serving                         | GOC-in-C (Northern Command)              |
|      |                           | iii | Lt Gen                          | SK Saini, AVSM, YSM, VSM        | Serving                         |                                          |
|      |                           | iv  | IAS                             | Gurinder Sandhu                 |                                 | Principal Secretary                      |
| 15   | Sainik School Kalikiri    |     | Nil                             | Nil                             | Nil                             |                                          |
| 15   | Sainik School Kalikiri    |     | School was established in 2014. | School was established in 2014. | School was established in 2014. | School was established in 2014.          |
| 16   | Sainik School Kazhakootam | i   | Vice Adm                        | Anil Kumar Chawla               | Serving                         | FOC-in-C (South)                         |
| 16   | Sainik School Kazhakootam | ii  | Lt Gen                          | Cherish Mathson                 | Serving                         | GOC-in-CSW Cmnd                          |
| 16   | Sainik School Kazhakootam | iii | Vice Adm                        | Ajith Kumar P                   | Serving                         | FOC-in-C (West)                          |
| 16   | Sainik School Kazhakootam | iv  |                                 | John Mathai,                    |                                 | Space Scientiest G, ISRO, Trivandrum     |
| 17   | Sainik School Kodagu      |     | Nil                             | Nil                             | Nil                             |                                          |
| 17   | Sainik School Kodagu      |     | School was established in 2007. | School was established in 2007. | School was established in 2007. | School was established in 2007.          |
| 18   | Sainik School Korukonda   | i   | Lt Gen                          | YVK Mohan, SM, VSM              | Serving                         | Commandant, DSSC                         |
| 18   | Sainik School Korukonda   | ii  | Vice Adm                        | MS Pawar, AVSM, VSM             | Serving                         | Deputy Chief of Naval Staff              |
| 18   | Sainik School Korukonda   | iii | IAS                             | Dr D Subba Rao,                 | Retired                         | Ex. Governor, RBI                        |
| 18   | Sainik School Korukonda   | iv  | IAS                             | Sri S Kishore,                  | Serving                         |                                          |

|   19 | Sainik School Kunjpura   | i                               | Gen                             | Deepak Kapoor                   | Retired                         | Ex-COAS                           |
|------|--------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|   19 | Sainik School Kunjpura   | ii                              | Lt Gen                          | JS Nain AVSM, SM                | Serving                         |                                   |
|   19 | Sainik School Kunjpura   | iii                             |                                 | Bhupinder Singh Hooda           | Ex-CM                           | Ex-Chief Minister of Haryana      |
|   19 | Sainik School Kunjpura   | iv                              | IPS                             | Surjeet Singh Deswal            | Serving                         | DGP                               |
|   20 | Sainik School Nagrota    | i                               |                                 | Dr. Ashok Vaid,                 | Serving                         | Padma Shri                        |
|   21 | Sainik School Nalanda    |                                 | Nil                             | Nil                             | Nil                             | Nil                               |
|   22 | Sainik School Punglwa    |                                 | -                               | -                               | -                               | -                                 |
|   22 | Sainik School Punglwa    | School was established in       | School was established in       | School was established in       | School was established in       | School was established in         |
|   23 | Sainik School Purulia    | i                               |                                 | Mr Nepheio Rio                  | PresentCM                       | CMof Nagaland                     |
|   23 | Sainik School Purulia    | ii                              | Air Chief Marshal               | Arup Raha                       | Retired                         | Ex- Chief of Air Staff            |
|   23 | Sainik School Purulia    | iii                             | Lt Gen                          | Subrata Saha                    | Retired                         | EX-DCOAS (P&S), Army Headquarters |
|   24 | Sainik School Rewa       | I                               | Air Marshal                     | PK Roy                          | Retired                         |                                   |
|   24 | Sainik School Rewa       | ii                              | Vice Admiral                    | Atul Jain                       | Serving                         |                                   |
|   24 | Sainik School Rewa       | iii                             | IAS                             | Sanjay Rastogi                  |                                 | CBO                               |
|   25 | Sainik School Rewari     |                                 | Nil                             |                                 |                                 |                                   |
|   25 | Sainik School Rewari     | School was established in 2009. | School was established in 2009. | School was established in 2009. | School was established in 2009. | School was established in 2009.   |
|   26 | Sainik School Satara     | i                               | Air Chief Marshal               | PV Naik, PVSM, VSM              | Retired                         | Ex-Chief of Air Staff             |
|   26 | Sainik School Satara     | ii                              | Vice Admiral                    | Sunil V Bhokare                 | Serving                         |                                   |
|   26 | Sainik School Satara     | iii                             | IAS                             | Shri Suresh Jadhav              |                                 |                                   |

|   27 | Sainik School Sujanpur Tira   | i   | Maj          | Sudhir Walia           | Martyr   | AC (Posthumous), SM OP Rakshak                                    |
|------|-------------------------------|-----|--------------|------------------------|----------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   28 | Sainik School Tilaiya         | I   | Lt Gen       | SK Jha, AVSM, YSM, SM  | Serving  | Comdt, Indian Military Academy, Dehradun                          |
|   28 | Sainik School Tilaiya         | ii  | Vice Admiral | Narayan Prasad AVSM,NM | Serving  | ACOM (NSM) Asst Chief of Material (Nuclear Submarine Maintenance) |
|   28 | Sainik School Tilaiya         | iii | Lt Gen       | AP Singh, AVSM         | Serving  | DG, Army Air Defence                                              |
|   28 | Sainik School Tilaiya         | iv  |              | Shri Prakash Jha       | -        | Film Producer &Director                                           |

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## ANNEXURE-III REFERRED IN THE REPLY GIVEN IN PART (c) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.67 FOR ANSWER ON 26.06.2019

## PROPOSALS FOR OPENING  OF NEW SAINIK SCHOOLS

|   S. No. | District    | State         | Remarks/Status                  |
|----------|-------------|---------------|---------------------------------|
|        1 | Alwar       | Rajasthan     | Memorandum of Agreement signed. |
|        2 | Amethi      | Uttar Pradesh | Memorandum of Agreement signed. |
|        3 | Rudraprayag | Uttarakhand   | Memorandum of Agreement signed. |
|        4 | Sambalpur   | Odisha        | Memorandum of Agreement signed. |
|        5 | Warangal    | Telangana     | Memorandum of Agreement signed. |

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