Lok Sabha Question No. 2771 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-17
Subject: Sainik Schools
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: Jaswantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor, Navneet Ravi Rana, Rekha Arun Verma, Bholanath (B.P. Saroj), Himadri Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2771

TO BE ANSWERED ON 17 th  March, 2023

## SAINIK SCHOOLS

2771. SHRI JASWANT SINGH BHABHOR: SHRIMATI NAVNEET RAVI RANA: SHRIMATI REKHA VERMA: SHRI BHOLANATH (B.P. SAROJ): SHRIMATI HIMADRI SINGH:

Will the Minister of DEFENCE be pleased to state:

- (a)  the number of Sainik schools functional in the country, State/UT-wise and district-wise including Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat;
- (b)    whether  the  Government  proposes  to open new  Sainik schools in the country through partnership mode with NGOs and private institutions;
- (c)    if  so,  the  details  thereof,  State/UT-wise  and  district-wise  including  Dahod  in  Gujarat, Lakhimpur  Kheri  or  Sitapur  in  Uttar  Pradesh,  Shahdol  Parliamentary  constituency  and Amravati Parliamentary Constituency;
- (d)    whether  any  proposal  has  been  received  from  various  States  and  Non-Governmental institutions in this regard, if so, the details of the total proposals received and number of those approved and rejected; and
- (e)  whether Sainik School Society has submitted its evaluation report to the Government for the said purpose, if so, the details thereof?

## A  N  S  W  E  R

## MINISTER OF STATE (SHRI AJAY BHATT) IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

(a) to (c):  The list of 33 Sainik schools established under erstwhile pattern, State/UT-wise and district-wise is at Annexure-I. Further, the Government has approved an initiative to open new  Sainik  schools  across  the  country  in  partnership  mode  with  NGOs/Private/State Government schools in all States/UTs subject to fulfillment of qualifying requirements and signing  of  Memorandum  of  Agreement  (MoA)  with  the  Sainik  Schools  Society.  Towards this, till date

Sainik Schools Society/Ministry  of  Defence, after  due  process  of  evaluation  and  approval, has signed Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with 18 schools. The details of these 18 new Sainik  schools  State/UT-wise  and  district-wise  is  at  Annexure-II.  In  so  far  as  Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, Sitapur in Uttar Pradesh and Shahdol Parliamentary constituency in Madhya Pradesh is concerned, no applications have been received from any NGOs/Private/State Government schools located there. However, two applications each have been received from Dahod in Gujarat and Amravati Parliamentary Constituency which are subject to approval based on meeting of qualifying requirements framed for the purpose and agreeing to the approval by-laws and signing of Memorandum of Agreement by the Sainik Schools Society with the school.

(d) & (e):  The total number of applications received for opening of new Sainik schools in Round-1 is 379  out  of which,  Sainik Schools  Society, after  due  process  of  evaluation  and approval of the Ministry of Defence, has signed Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with 18 schools. In Round-2, Sainik Schools Society has received 261 updated (from Round-1) and 88  fresh  applications  which  are  subject  to  approval  based  on  meeting  of  qualifying requirements  framed  for  the  purpose,  compliance  to  the  approved  by-laws  and  signing  of Memorandum of Agreement with Sainik Schools Society.

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## ANNEXURE-I REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2771 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.03.2023 REGARDING 'SAINIK SCHOOLS'.

Details of 33 functional Sainik Schools established under erstwhile pattern

| Sl. No.   | State             | District           |   Number of Sainik Schools |
|-----------|-------------------|--------------------|----------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | Annamayya          |                          1 |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | Vizianagaram       |                          1 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh | East Siang         |                          1 |
| 3         | Assam             | Goalpara           |                          1 |
| 4         | Bihar             | Gopalganj          |                          1 |
| 4         | Bihar             | Nalanda            |                          1 |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      | Surguja            |                          1 |
| 6         | Gujarat           | Jamnagar           |                          1 |
| 7         | Haryana           | Karnal             |                          1 |
| 7         | Haryana           | Rewari             |                          1 |
| 8         | Himachal Pradesh  | Hamirpur           |                          1 |
| 9         | Jammu             | Jammu              |                          1 |
| 10        | Jharkhand         | Koderma            |                          1 |
| 11        | Karnataka         | Bijapur            |                          1 |
| 11        | Karnataka         | Kodagu             |                          1 |
| 12        | Kerala            | Thiruvananthapuram |                          1 |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh    | Rewa               |                          1 |
| 14        | Maharashtra       | Satara             |                          1 |
| 14        | Maharashtra       | Chandrapur         |                          1 |
| 15        | Manipur           | Imphal East        |                          1 |
| 16        | Mizoram           | Serchip            |                          1 |
| 17        | Nagaland          | Peren              |                          1 |
| 18        | Odisha            | Khordha            |                          1 |
| 18        | Odisha            | Sambalpur          |                          1 |
| 19        | Punjab            | Kapurthala         |                          1 |
| 20        |                   | Chittorgarh        |                          1 |
| 20        | Rajasthan         | Jhunjhunu          |                          1 |
| 21        | Tamil Nadu        | Tiruppur           |                          1 |
| 22        | Uttarakhand       | Nainital           |                          1 |
| 23        | Uttar Pradesh     | Jhansi             |                          1 |
| 23        | Uttar Pradesh     | Mainpuri           |                          1 |
| 23        | Uttar Pradesh     | Amethi             |                          1 |
| 24        | West Bengal       | Purulia            |                          1 |
| Total     | Total             | Total              |                         33 |

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## ANNEXURE-II REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2771 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.03.2023 REGARDING 'SAINIK SCHOOLS'.

## Details of 18 New Sainik Schools (in Partnership mode)

| Sl. No.   | State/UT            | District     |   Number of New Sainik Schools |
|-----------|---------------------|--------------|--------------------------------|
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh      | SPSR Nellore |                              1 |
| 2.        | Arunachal Pradesh   | Tawang       |                              1 |
| 3.        | Bihar               | Samastipur   |                              1 |
| 3.        | Bihar               | Patna        |                              1 |
| 4.        | Gujarat             | Junagadh     |                              1 |
| 4.        | Gujarat             | Mehsana      |                              1 |
| 5.        | Haryana             | Fatehabad    |                              1 |
| 5.        | Haryana             | Rohtak       |                              1 |
| 6.        | Himachal Pradesh    | Solan        |                              1 |
| 7.        | Karnataka           | Belagavi     |                              1 |
| 7.        | Karnataka           | Mysuru       |                              1 |
| 8.        | Kerala              | Kozhikode    |                              1 |
| 9.        | Madhya Pradesh      | Mandsaur     |                              1 |
| 10.       | Maharashtra         | Ahmednagar   |                              1 |
| 10.       | Maharashtra         | Sangli       |                              1 |
| 11.       | Punjab              | Patiala      |                              1 |
| 12.       | Tamil Nadu          | Tuticorin    |                              1 |
| 13.       | Dadar& Nagar Haveli | Silvassa     |                              1 |
| Total     | Total               | Total        |                             18 |

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