Lok Sabha Question No. 78 (STARRED), answered on 2022-02-07
Subject: Kendriya Vidyalayas
Ministry: Education
Asked by: D. M. Kathir Anand

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

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO.78 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.02.2022

## KENDRIYA VIDYALAYAS *78.   SHRI D.M. KATHIR ANAND:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  increase  the  number  of Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) in the country;
- (b) whether the Government has any plans to establish at least one KV  in  every  Lok  Sabha  Constituency  where  there  is  no  KV  at present;
- (c)     if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the  total  number  of  students  provided  admission  in  KVs  through the  discretionary  quota  of  the  Hon'ble  Minister  from  2015-16  to 2021-22, State/Region-wise and year-wise?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF EDUCATION (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

- (a) to (d) A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d)  OF  THE LOK  SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  78  RAISED  BY  SHRI  D.M. KATHIR ANAND, HON'BLE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT TO BE ANSWERED ON 07/02/2022 REGARDING KENDRIYA VIDYALAYAS.

(a) to (c) 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  &  ParaMilitary 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 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.    KVs  are  not  opened  on  the  criteria  of  Parliamentary Constituency wise.

(d) The Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan region-wise and year-wise details of admissions made to KVs across the country, including various discretionary quota of Hon'ble Minister's discretionary quota and special dispensation quota of Hon'ble Members of Parliament, etc., from the year 2015-16 to 2021-22 are annexed.

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ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 78 RAISED BY SHRI D.M. KATHIR ANAND, HON'BLE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT TO BE ANSWERED ON 07/02/2022 REGARDING KENDRIYA VIDYALAYAS.

KVS REGION-WISE AND YEAR-WISE DETAILS OF ADMISSIONS MADE TO KVs ACROSS THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING VARIOUS DISCRETIONARY QUOTA  OF HON'BLE MINISTER'S DISCRETIONARY QUOTA AND SPECIAL DISPENSATION QUOTA OF HON'BLE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT, ETC., FROM THE YEAR 2015-16 TO 2021-22

| Sr.   | Name of the Region of KVS   | YEARS    | YEARS    | YEARS    | YEARS    | YEARS    | YEARS    | YEARS        |
|-------|-----------------------------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|--------------|
| No.   |                             | 2015 -16 | 2016 -17 | 2017 -18 | 2018 -19 | 2019 -20 | 2020 -21 | 2021 -22 (*) |
| 1     | Agra                        | 7997     | 6625     | 7487     | 7012     | 6471     | 8011     | 6656         |
| 2     | Ahmedabad                   | 6345     | 9921     | 6335     | 7732     | 6283     | 6277     | 6061         |
| 3     | Bangalore                   | 7778     | 7259     | 7356     | 8817     | 7945     | 7814     | 6529         |
| 4     | Bhopal                      | 7219     | 6218     | 8934     | 8153     | 9460     | 9865     | 8311         |
| 5     | Bhubaneswar                 | 5873     | 5787     | 6062     | 5978     | 7917     | 9111     | 7528         |
| 6     | Chandigarh                  | 7097     | 6497     | 8259     | 8499     | 9120     | 9022     | 10186        |
| 7     | Chennai                     | 6764     | 7269     | 7580     | 7714     | 8721     | 8829     | 7917         |
| 8     | Delhi                       | 14490    | 14496    | 19658    | 14831    | 16514    | 16079    | 12248        |
| 9     | Dehradun                    | 5263     | 5914     | 5263     | 5407     | 5905     | 6398     | 5549         |
| 10    | Ernakulam                   | 7434     | 7800     | 6516     | 6494     | 6839     | 6555     | 6092         |
| 11    | Guwahati                    | 3568     | 5120     | 5303     | 5232     | 6654     | 6152     | 6275         |
| 12    | Gurgaon                     | 7290     | 8550     | 7180     | 7766     | 8389     | 7738     | 8134         |
| 13    | Hyderabad                   | 9239     | 10527    | 10961    | 11262    | 11621    | 10937    | 10014        |
| 14    | Jammu                       | 8243     | 6757     | 4207     | 4573     | 2219     | 4055     | 4363         |
| 15    | Jabalpur                    | 6734     | 14585    | 5593     | 6174     | 6463     | 6131     | 6343         |
| 16    | Jaipur                      | 8935     | 9104     | 11558    | 11685    | 11912    | 12805    | 8813         |
| 17    | Kolkata                     | 6600     | 6636     | 8554     | 8207     | 8953     | 9081     | 7350         |
| 18    | Lucknow                     | 6452     | 4438     | 8275     | 8350     | 8421     | 9298     | 8043         |
| 19    | Mumbai                      | 7255     | 8024     | 11508    | 12422    | 12293    | 11413    | 10540        |
| 20    | Patna                       | 7537     | 9139     | 8208     | 7453     | 6828     | 7108     | 6963         |
| 21    | Raipur                      | 5335     | 8491     | 4135     | 4993     | 4938     | 4877     | 4446         |
| 22    | Ranchi                      | 4533     | 4097     | 4819     | 4698     | 5227     | 5041     | 4722         |
| 23    | Silchar                     | 3387     | 2864     | 3214     | 2899     | 3102     | 2971     | 3653         |
| 24    | Tinsukia                    | 4471     | 4068     | 4332     | 4097     | 4292     | 4060     | 4627         |
| 25    | Varanasi                    | 4548     | 5179     | 3557     | 4948     | 5851     | 5453     | 3898         |
| TOTAL | TOTAL                       | 170387   | 185365   | 184854   | 185396   | 192338   | 195081   | 175261       |

(*) No admission under Minister's discretionary quota had taken place in the year 2021-2022.

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