Lok Sabha Question No. 1874 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-14
Subject: Kendriya Vidyalayas in Telangana
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Bheemrao Baswanthrao Patil, Nama Nageswara Rao

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1874 TO BE ANSWERED ON 14.03.2022

## KENDRIYA VIDYALAYAS IN TELANGANA

## 1874.  SHRI B.B.PATIL: SHRI NAMA NAGESWARA RAO:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  any  proposal  to  set  up  new  Kendriya  Vidyalayas (KV) in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the details of the districts in the country having more than one Kendriya Vidyalaya at present, State-wise; and
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  received  any  proposal  to  set  up  new  Kendriya Vidyalaya in Telangana particularly in rural areas and if so, the details thereof and action taken thereto?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (SMT. ANNPURNA DEVI)

- (a) Opening  of  new  Kendriya  Vidyalayas  (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 throughout the country.  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 pre-requisites for opening of new KVs have to compete with other such proposals under the 'Challenge Method' and subject to approval of the competent authority.
- (b) State/UT-wise  details  of  261  districts  having  more  than  one  KV  across  the country are annexed .
- (c) Kendriya  Vidyalaya  Sangathan  (KVS)  has  not  received  any  proposal  in  the prescribed proforma  fulfilling  the  KVS  norms  from  the  State  Government  of Telangana for opening of new KVs.

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1874 RAISED BY SHRI B.B. PATIL & SHRI NAMA NAGESWARA RAO, HON'BLE MEMBERS  OF  PARLIAMENT  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  14/03/2022  REGARDING  KENDRIYA VIDYALAYAS IN TELANGANA

## STATE/UT-WISE DETAILS OF 261 DISTRICTS HAVING MORE THAN ONE KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA

|   Sl. No. | Name of State/ UTs   | Name of Districts having more than one Kendriya Vidyalaya                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
|-----------|----------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Andaman & Nikobar    | Andaman                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
|         2 | Andhra Pradesh       | Anantapur, Chittoor, East Godawari, Guntur, Kadapa, Krishna, Nellore, Prakasam and Vishakhapatnam.                                                                                                                                                            |
|         3 | Arunachal Pradesh    | Papumpare and West Kameng                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
|         4 | Assam                | Cachar, Dibrugarh, Karbi Anglong, Jorhat, Darrang, Nagaon, Tinsukia, Kamrup (Metro), Sonitpur and Sibsagar                                                                                                                                                    |
|         5 | Bihar                | Begusarai, Saran, Darbhanga, Gaya, Muzzaffarpur, Patna, Samastipur, Siwan, Aurangabad and Nalanda                                                                                                                                                             |
|         6 | Chandigarh           | Chandigarh                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|         7 | Chhattisgarh         | Durg, Bilaspur, Raipur, Dhamtari, Rajnandgaon, Korba, Mahasamund, Koriya and Dantewada                                                                                                                                                                        |
|         8 | Delhi                | East Delhi, West Delhi, South Delhi, North West Delhi and South West Delhi                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|         9 | Goa                  | North Goa and South Goa                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
|        10 | Gujarat              | Ahmedabad, Kutch, Rajkot, Vadodara, Gandhinagar, Jamnagar and Surat                                                                                                                                                                                           |
|        11 | Haryana              | Faridabad, Karnal, Jhajjar, Sonipat, Rewari, Sirsa, Ambala, Panchkula and Gurgaon                                                                                                                                                                             |
|        12 | Himachal Pradesh     | Hamirpur, Una, Mandi, Shimla, Kangra, Solan and Chamba                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|        13 | Jammu & Kashmir      | Anantnag, Doda, Kathua, Rajouri, Budgam, Baramula, Jammu, Samba, Srinagar and Udhampur                                                                                                                                                                        |
|        14 | Jharkhand            | Ramgarh, Bokaro, West Singbhum, Dhanbad, East Singbhum and Ranchi                                                                                                                                                                                             |
|        15 | Karnataka            | Bellary, Dharwad, Dakshina Kannada, Mysore, Raichur, Koppal, Bangalore Urban and Belgaum                                                                                                                                                                      |
|        16 | Kerala               | Pathanamthitta, Kozhikode, Ernakulam, Kasragode, Kottayam, Palakkad, Thrissur, Thiruvananthapuram and Kannur.                                                                                                                                                 |
|        17 | Ladakh               | Leh                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
|        18 | Madhya Pradesh       | Balaghat, Khargone, Bhopal, Annuppur, Damoh, Guna, Indore, Shivpuri, Khandwa, Mandsaur, Ashok Nagar, Murena, Neemuch, Hoshangabad, Burhanpur, Rewa, Sagar, Satna, Seoni, Vidisha, Umaria, Betul, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Katni, Chhindwara, Shahadol and Singrauli |
|        19 | Maharashtra          | Nanded, Nagpur, Thane, Ahmednagar, Nasik, Mumbai City, Mumbai Suburban, Wardha, Pune, Jalgaon, Chanderpur and Raigad                                                                                                                                          |
|        20 | Manipur              | Chura Chand Pur and Imphal East                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
|        21 | Meghalaya            | East Khasi Hills Ri-Bhoi                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
|        22 | Mizoram              | Aizawal                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
|        23 | Nagaland             | Dimapur and Kohima                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|        24 | Odisha               | Angul, Mayurbhanj, Ganjam, Kalahandi, Khurda, Bolangir, Sundergarh, Cuttack, Keonjhar, Koraput, Sambalpur, Rayagada, Jagatsinghpur, Jajpur, Balasore and Nuapada                                                                                              |
|        25 | Puducherry           | Puducherry                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|        26 | Punjab               | Kapurthala, Ferozepur, Gurdaspur, Tarantaran, Fazilka, SAS Nagar (Mohali), Sangrur, Amritsar, Bathinda, Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Pathankot and Patiala                                                                                                            |
|        27 | Rajasthan            | Ajmer, Alwar, Sawaimadhapur, Kota, Udaipur, Jaisalmer, Jhunjhunu, Tonk, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Ganga Nagar, Barmer, Baran and Dausa                                                                                                                        |
|        28 | Sikkim               | East Sikkim                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |

|   29. | Tamil Nadu    | Vellore, Chennai, Kanchipuram, Coimbatore, Madurai, Ramanathapuram, Nilgiri, Tiruvallur, Tiruchirapalli and Sivagangai.                                                                                        |
|-------|---------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    30 | Telangana     | Hyderabad, Sangareddy, Nalgonda, Medchal (Malkajgiri), Nizamabad and Ranga Reddy                                                                                                                               |
|    31 | Tripura       | West Tripura                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|    32 | Uttar Pradesh | Allahabad, Amethi, Bareilly, Sonebhadra, Gonda, Gorakhpur, Gautam Budh Nagar, Lucknow, Jhansi, Mathura, Rae Bareli, Varanasi, Lakhimpur Kheri, Agra, Ghaziabad, Kanpur Nagar, Meerut, Baghpat and Shahjahanpur |
|    33 | Uttarakhand   | Almora, Nainital, Dehradun, Chamoli, Bageshwar, Udham Singh Nagar, Pithora Garh, Tehri Garhwal, Pauri, Uttarkashi, Champawat and Haridwar                                                                      |
|    34 | West Bengal   | Paschim Burdwan, Purba Burdwan, Howrah, 24 Parganas (North), Birbhum, Nadia, Cooch Behar, Hooghly, Jalpaiguri, Alipurduar, Darjeeling, Malda, Kolkata and Midnapore (West)                                     |

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