Lok Sabha Question No. 1138 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-26
Subject: Pending Proposals for Setting Up Kendriya Vidyalayas
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Badruddin Ajmal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1138 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.07.2021

## Pending Proposals for Setting Up Kendriya Vidyalayas

## 1138. SHRI M. BADRUDDIN AJMAL:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether various States including Assam sent requests for setting up Kendriya Vidyalayas  (KV)  in  their  respective  States  which  are  pending  with  this Government for several months;
- (b) if  so,  the  name  of  all  such  States  along  with  reason  for  not  fulfilling  or deferring the demands so far; and
- (c) the criteria laid down by the Government for setting of new KVs?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF EDUCATION (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

- (a) & (b) Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan has received 43 proposals for opening new Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) from various State Governments / UT Administrations / Central  Government  Departments  which  have  been  found  fulfilling  the  mandatory requisites  and  have  now  to  compete  with  such  other  feasible  proposals  under ' Challenge Method '. State/UT-wise list of 43 proposals is annexed.
- (c) Opening of  new  KVs is  a  continuous  process.  KVs  are  opened  primarily  to cater  to  the  educational  needs  of  the  wards  of  transferable  Central  Government Employees  including  Defence  &  Para-Military  personnel,  Central  Autonomous Bodies, Central Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) and Central Institute of Higher Learning  (IHL)  by  providing  a  common  programme  of  education.  Proposals  for opening of new KVs are considered only if sponsored by Ministries or Departments of the Government  of  India / State Governments  /  Union  Territories (UTs) Administrations and committing resources for setting up a new KV. The proposals received  from  various  sponsoring  authorities  found  fulfilling  the  mandatory  prerequisite for opening of new KVs have to compete with other such proposals under the 'Challenge Method' and subject to approval of the competent authority.

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ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  &  (b)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  1138  FOR  26 th   JULY,  2021  RAISED  BY  SHRI  M. BADRUDDIN AJMAL, HON'BLE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT REGARDING PENDING PROPOSALS FOR SETTING UP KENDRIYA VIDYALAYAS

## LIST OF 43 PROPOSALS RECEIVED BY KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN

| S. No.   | STATE/UTs        |   Number of proposals received by KVS |
|----------|------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh   |                                     1 |
| 2.       | Chhattisgarh     |                                     4 |
| 3.       | Gujarat          |                                     1 |
| 4.       | Himachal Pradesh |                                     3 |
| 5.       | Jammu & Kashmir  |                                    10 |
| 6.       | Jharkhand        |                                     1 |
| 7.       | Karnataka        |                                     1 |
| 8.       | Kerala           |                                     1 |
| 9.       | Madhya Pradesh   |                                     6 |
| 10.      | Maharashtra      |                                     1 |
| 11.      | Odisha           |                                     1 |
| 12.      | Rajasthan        |                                     5 |
| 13.      | Tamil Nadu       |                                     2 |
| 14.      | Tripura          |                                     2 |
| 15.      | Uttar Pradesh    |                                     1 |
| 16.      | Uttrakhand       |                                     3 |
| TOTAL    | TOTAL            |                                    43 |

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