Lok Sabha Question No. 2378 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-08
Subject: New Kendriya Vidyalayas
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Sajda Ahmed

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2378 TO BE ANSWERED ON 8.7.2019

## NEW KENDRIYA VIDYALAYAS 2378. SHRIMATI SAJDA AHMED:

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

(a) whether the Government proposes to open new Kendriya Vidayalayas across the country including West Bengal; (b) if  so,  the  number  of  New  KVs  opened  during  the  last  three  years  across  the country, State-wise; (c) whether the Government has any proposal to open new KV in a joint venture with the Ministry of Railways on railway land and if so, the details thereof; and (d) whether the Government has received any proposal to  set up new  KV on  railway

- land in Uluberia in West Bengal; and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) 50 new Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) were sanctioned in the country in March, 2019 including 2 KVs in the State of West Bengal as mentioned below:-

(i) NFR Katihar, New Jalpaiguri.

(ii) CRPF Group Centre, Siliguri

(b) During the last three years i.e. 2016-17 to 2018-19, 73 KVs have been opened in the country. The State / UT-wise details are annexed.

(c) Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan has informed that there is no proposal received from Ministry of Railways to open KVs in a joint venture on railway land.

(d) No proposal has been received in the prescribed proformae from the Ministry of Railways for opening of a new KV on railway land in Uluberia in West Bengal.

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  2378  RAISED  BY  SHRIMATI  SAJDA  AHMED,  HON'BLE  MEMBER  OF PARLIAMENT  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  8 TH   JULY  2019  REGARDING  NEW  KENDRIYA VIDYALAYAS.

## THE DETAILS OF NUMBER OF KENDRIYA VIDYALAYAS OPENED IN THE COUNTRY DURING THE LAST THREE YEARS, YEAR WISE AND STATE/UT-WISE

| Sl. No.   | Name of the State/UTs   | YEARS   | YEARS   | YEARS   |
|-----------|-------------------------|---------|---------|---------|
| Sl. No.   | Name of the State/UTs   | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh          | 2       | 2       | -       |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh       | -       | 1       | -       |
| 3         | Assam                   | -       | 1       | -       |
| 4         | Bihar                   | -       | -       | 1       |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh            | -       | 6       | -       |
| 6         | Delhi                   | -       | 1       | -       |
| 7         | Gujarat                 | -       | 1       | -       |
| 8         | Haryana                 | 2       | 3       | -       |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh        | 1       | -       | -       |
| 10        | Jammu& Kashmir          | -       | 1       | -       |
| 11        | Jharkhand               | -       | 5       | -       |
| 12        | Karnataka               | -       | 2       | 3       |
| 13        | Kerala                  | -       | 1       | 1       |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh          | 4       | 6       | 2       |
| 15        | Maharashtra             | -       | -       | 2       |
| 16        | Manipur                 | -       | -       | 1       |
| 17        | Nagaland                | -       | 1       | -       |
| 18        | Odisha                  | 2       | 3       | -       |
| 19        | Punjab                  | -       | 1       | -       |
| 20        | Rajasthan               | -       | 4       | 2       |
| 21        | Tamilnadu               | 1       | -       | -       |
| 22        | Telangana               | 1       | 1       | 2       |
| 23        | Tripura                 | -       | -       | -       |
| 24        | Uttar Pradesh           | 1       | 1       | 2       |
| 25        | West Bengal             | -       | 2       | -       |
| TOTAL     | TOTAL                   | 14      | 43      | 16      |

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