Lok Sabha Question No. 3206 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-13
Subject: Sainik Schools
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: Dr. Byreddy Shabari, Shri G Lakshminarayana

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3206

TO BE ANSWERED ON 13 th  December, 2024

## SAINIK SCHOOLS

## 3206. DR. BYREDDY SHABARI: SHRI G LAKSHMINARAYANA:

Will the Minister of DEFENCE be pleased to state:

(a)  the  number  of  Sainik  Schools  functioning  under  the  erstwhile  pattern  in  the  country, State/UT-wise;

(b) the details of funds provided by the Central and State Governments  including scholarships/grants to each school during the last five years, year-wise;

(c) the capacity and enrollment of students in each Sainik School during the last five years, year-wise including gender-wise; and

(d) the steps being taken by the Government to promote gender inclusivity in all Sainik Schools in the country?

## A  N  S  W  E  R

## MINISTER OF STATE (SHRI SANJAY SETH) IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

(a):    State/UT-wise details of Sainik  Schools functioning  under the erstwhile pattern in the country is at Annexure-I.

(b):    The  details  of  funds  provided  by  the  Central  and  State  Governments  including scholarships/grants  to  33  Sainik  Schools  on  erstwhile  pattern,  during  the  last  five  years, year-wise is at Annexure-II & Annexure-III respectively.

(c):  The capacity and enrollment of students in each Sainik School during the last five years, year-wise including gender-wise is at Annexure-IV.

(d):  All 33 Sainik Schools established under the erstwhile pattern in the country have been made co-educational with effect from academic session 2021-22 to achieve gender equality and to pave way for induction of women in Armed Forces. Further, to encourage girl cadets to join Sainik Schools, wide publicity for admission of girls in existing Sainik Schools has been made  and  adequate  girl  cadets'  centric  infrastructure  has  been  created  in  existing  Sainik Schools.

As regards setting up of new Sainik Schools in partnership mode with NGOs/Trusts/Private/Government Schools, there is no restriction for establishing an all girls or co-ed Sainik School. Also, no bar has been imposed by Sainik School Society on the number of girls that can be given admission in the new Sainik Schools. In this regard, one school i.e. Samvid Gurukulam Senior Secondary School, Mathura, in the State of Uttar Pradesh has been approved  as  an  all-girls Sainik School. Further, 36 New  Sainik  Schools  which  are co-educational, have also been made operational.

## ANNEXURE-I  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3206 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.12.2024 REGARDING 'SAINIK SCHOOLS'.

## LIST OF SAINIK SCHOOLS -STATE/UT-WISE

|   Sl. No. | State/UT          | Name of Sainik Schools        |
|-----------|-------------------|-------------------------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh    | Sainik School Kalikiri        |
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh    | Sainik School Korukonda       |
|         2 | Arunachal Pradesh | Sainik School East Siang      |
|         3 | Assam             | Sainik School Goalpara        |
|         4 | Bihar             | Sainik School Gopalganj       |
|         4 | Bihar             | Sainik School Nalanda         |
|         5 | Chhattisgarh      | Sainik School Ambikapur       |
|         6 | Gujarat           | Sainik School Balachadi       |
|         7 | Haryana           | Sainik School Kunjpura        |
|         7 | Haryana           | Sainik School Rewari          |
|         8 | Himachal Pradesh  | Sainik School Sujanpur Tira   |
|         9 | Jammu &Kashmir    | Sainik School Nagrota         |
|        10 | Jharkhand         | Sainik School Tilaiya         |
|        11 | Karnataka         | Sainik School Bijapur         |
|        11 | Karnataka         | Sainik School Kodagu          |
|        12 | Kerala            | Sainik School Kazhakootam     |
|        13 | Madhya Pradesh    | Sainik School Rewa            |
|        14 | Maharashtra       | Sainik School Satara          |
|        14 | Maharashtra       | Sainik School Chandrapur      |
|        15 | Manipur           | Sainik School Imphal          |
|        16 | Mizoram           | Sainik School Chhingchhip     |
|        17 | Nagaland          | Sainik School Punglwa         |
|        18 | Odisha            | Sainik School Bhubaneswar     |
|        18 | Odisha            | Sainik School Sambalpur       |
|        19 | Punjab            | Sainik School Kapurthala      |
|        20 | Rajasthan         | Sainik School Chittorgarh     |
|        20 | Rajasthan         | Sainik School Jhunjhunu       |
|        21 | Tamil Nadu        | Sainik School Amaravathinagar |
|        22 | Uttarakhand       | Sainik School Ghorakhal       |
|        23 | Uttar Pradesh     | Sainik School Jhansi          |
|        23 | Uttar Pradesh     | Sainik School Mainpuri        |
|        24 | West Bengal       | Sainik School Purulia         |

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## ANNEXURE-II  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3206 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.12.2024 REGARDING 'SAINIK SCHOOLS'.

## Financial Assistance Provided by the Central Government to Sainik Schools in the last 05 years

(Amount in Crores)

|   Sl. No. | Name of Sainik Schools        |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |   2023-24 |
|-----------|-------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|         1 | Sainik School Amaravathinagar |      2.67 |     10.97 |      5.94 |     11.68 |      5.7  |
|         2 | Sainik School Ambikapur       |      0.81 |      5.37 |      2.79 |      6.77 |      2.76 |
|         3 | Sainik School Amethi          |      0    |      1.26 |      0.41 |      1.13 |      2.13 |
|         4 | Sainik School Balachadi       |      1.69 |     10.4  |      6.77 |      9.84 |      6.91 |
|         5 | Sainik School Bhubaneswar     |      1.52 |      8.2  |      4.29 |     15.88 |      5.04 |
|         6 | Sainik School Bijapur         |      1.62 |      9.87 |      6.75 |      6.5  |      6.33 |
|         7 | Sainik School Chandrapur      |      0.1  |      1.67 |      1.35 |      1.89 |      1.88 |
|         8 | Sainik School Chhingchhip     |      0.19 |      2.06 |      0.92 |      3.05 |      4.1  |
|         9 | Sainik School Chittorgarh     |      1.57 |      8.03 |      4.29 |      4.14 |      5.39 |
|        10 | Sainik School East Siang      |      0.17 |      1.08 |      0.69 |      1.18 |      0.55 |
|        11 | Sainik School Ghorakhal       |      1.52 |      7.52 |      4.1  |      4.72 |      5.04 |
|        12 | Sainik School Goalpara        |      1.3  |      7.69 |      3.87 |      7.04 |      4.34 |
|        13 | Sainik School Gopalganj       |      1.09 |      4.97 |      2.89 |      3.65 |      2.74 |
|        14 | Sainik School Imphal          |      1.01 |      8.23 |      5.3  |      8.58 |      4.57 |
|        15 | Sainik School Jhansi          |      0.1  |      0.52 |      0.57 |      2.36 |      2.45 |
|        16 | Sainik School Jhunjhunu       |      0.38 |      2.58 |      2.32 |      2.62 |      3.68 |
|        17 | Sainik School Kalikiri        |      0.95 |      4.65 |      3.38 |      8.52 |      3.95 |
|        18 | Sainik School Kapurthala      |      1.51 |      7.39 |      4.38 |      8.79 |      4.71 |
|        19 | Sainik School Kazhakootam     |      2.56 |      7.97 |      4.09 |      5.07 |      4.56 |
|        20 | Sainik School Kodagu          |      1.02 |      5.52 |      2.99 |      3.78 |      4.05 |
|        21 | Sainik School Korukonda       |      1.44 |      8.49 |      4.33 |      7.95 |      6.17 |
|        22 | Sainik School Kunjpura        |      2.66 |      8.7  |      5.64 |      7.01 |      6.14 |
|        23 | Sainik School Mainpuri        |      0.1  |      2.05 |      1.03 |      3.13 |      3.38 |
|        24 | Sainik School Nagrota         |      1.13 |      9.99 |      4.4  |      6.33 |      5.91 |
|        25 | Sainik School Nalanda         |      1.13 |      5.15 |      3.92 |      4.76 |      3.98 |
|        26 | Sainik School Punglwa         |      1.93 |      6.91 |      4.25 |      3.5  |      3.66 |
|        27 | Sainik School Purulia         |      1.4  |      9.5  |      4.12 |      5.3  |      3.4  |
|        28 | Sainik School Rewa            |      1.37 |      9    |      4.32 |      5.77 |      3.34 |
|        29 | Sainik School Rewari          |      1.06 |      4.29 |      2.72 |      2.57 |      3.32 |
|        30 | Sainik School Sambalpur       |      0    |      0.38 |      0.42 |      0.9  |      1.07 |
|        31 | Sainik School Satara          |      1.72 |     10.72 |      5.65 |      5.83 |      6.85 |
|        32 | Sainik School Sujanpur Tira   |      2.64 |      8.03 |      5.1  |      5.48 |      4.6  |
|        33 | Sainik School Tilaiya         |      2.03 |     11.22 |      5.52 |     13.04 |      7.25 |

## ANNEXURE-III  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3206 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.12.2024 REGARDING 'SAINIK SCHOOLS'.

## Financial Assistance Provided by the State Governments to Sainik Schools in the last 05 years

(Amount in Crores)

|   Sl. No. | Name of Sainik Schools        |   2019-20 | 2020-21   |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |   2023-24 |
|-----------|-------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|         1 | Sainik School Amaravathinagar |      9.64 | 1.32      |      7.08 |      6.68 |      6.13 |
|         2 | Sainik School Ambikapur       |      4.84 | 0.93      |      0.93 |      2.46 |      1.7  |
|         3 | Sainik School Amethi          |      0    | 1.62      |      0    |      0.45 |      7.25 |
|         4 | Sainik School Balachadi       |      1.95 | 1.84      |      2.74 |      4.64 |      6.8  |
|         5 | Sainik School Bhubaneswar     |      5.2  | 5.22      |      5.2  |      6.11 |      7.42 |
|         6 | Sainik School Bijapur         |      7.24 | 7.73      |      7.73 |      7.35 |      7.4  |
|         7 | Sainik School Chandrapur      |      3.02 | 0.82      |      1.15 |      3.02 |      2.93 |
|         8 | Sainik School Chhingchhip     |      0    | 0.00      |      0    |      3.22 |      3.71 |
|         9 | Sainik School Chittorgarh     |      6.33 | 8.13      |      5.41 |      6.24 |      6.7  |
|        10 | Sainik School East Siang      |      2.59 | 2.51      |      2.5  |      4.53 |      4.99 |
|        11 | Sainik School Ghorakhal       |      5.09 | 5.09      |      5    |      4.29 |      5.01 |
|        12 | Sainik School Goalpara        |      1.74 | 1.86      |      1.79 |     11.08 |      4.52 |
|        13 | Sainik School Gopalganj       |      2.85 | 2.86      |      2.85 |      2.75 |      2.69 |
|        14 | Sainik School Imphal          |      5.79 | 0.05      |      0.05 |      4.53 |      4.41 |
|        15 | Sainik School Jhansi          |      4.08 | 1.43      |      0    |      0.45 |      6.72 |
|        16 | Sainik School Jhunjhunu       |      1.52 | 1.75      |      2.12 |      3.05 |      3.91 |
|        17 | Sainik School Kalikiri        |      4.13 | 5.53      |      3.25 |      4.45 |      6.7  |
|        18 | Sainik School Kapurthala      |      0    | 2.51      |      0    |      2.48 |      3.65 |
|        19 | Sainik School Kazhakootam     |      5.81 | 0.41      |      1.73 |      6.93 |      4.39 |
|        20 | Sainik School Kodagu          |      7.62 | 8.13      |      8.23 |      7.82 |      7.97 |
|        21 | Sainik School Korukonda       |      5.16 | 4.72      |      4.5  |      6.03 |      7.68 |
|        22 | Sainik School Kunjpura        |      1.59 | 2.36      |      2.73 |      2.34 |      4.15 |
|        23 | Sainik School Mainpuri        |      4.07 | 1.67      |      0    |      0.45 |     12.32 |
|        24 | Sainik School Nagrota         |      4.21 | 6.00 3.08 |      6    |      6.56 |      6.65 |
|        25 | Sainik School Nalanda         |      3    |           |      3.09 |      3.03 |      2.83 |
|        26 | Sainik School Punglwa         |      2.22 | 2.32      |      2.17 |      2.14 |      1.91 |
|        27 | Sainik School Purulia         |      1.94 | 1.52      |      1.81 |      1.13 |      2.5  |
|        28 | Sainik School Rewa            |      4.33 | 5.72      |      6.14 |      8.52 |      5.62 |
|        29 | Sainik School Rewari          |      3.84 | 1.59      |    113.71 |      5.1  |      2.7  |
|        30 | Sainik School Sambalpur       |      1.33 | 6.00      |      6    |      5.85 |      6.8  |
|        31 | Sainik School Satara          |      2.61 | 2.46      |     16.49 |      2.34 |     22.41 |
|        32 | Sainik School Sujanpur Tira   |      1.5  | 0.07      |      2.08 |      1.36 |      1.19 |
|        33 | Sainik School Tilaiya         |      3.75 | 5.45      |      3.5  |      3.93 |      3.87 |

## ANNEXURE-IV REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3206 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.12.2024 REGARDING 'SAINIK SCHOOLS'.

| Se r   | Name of Sainik                 | 2020      | 2020      | 2020      | 2021      | 2021     | 2021      | 2021              | 2022   | 2022     | 2022      | 2022     | 2023              | 2023     | 2023   | 2023                       | 2024        | 2024      | 2024      |
|--------|--------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------|-----------|-------------------|--------|----------|-----------|----------|-------------------|----------|--------|----------------------------|-------------|-----------|-----------|
| Se r   | Name of Sainik                 | Male      | Male      | Female    | Female    | Male     | Male      | Female            | Female | Male     | Male      | Female   | Female            | Male     | Male   | Female Male                | Female Male | Female    | Female    |
| Se r   | School                         | Capaci ty | Enrolle d | Capaci ty | Enrolle d | Capacity | Enroll ed | Capacity Enrolled |        | Capacity | Enrolle d | Capacity | Enrolled Capacity | Enrolled | ty     | Capaci Enroll ed Capac ity | Enrolle d   | Capa city | Enroll ed |
| 1      | Sainik School Amarava thinagar | 101       | 101       | NA        | NA        | 72       | 72        | 10                | 10     | 114      | 114       | 10       | 10 172            | 170      | 13     | 13 141                     | 137         | 16        | 14        |
| 2      | Sainik School Ambikap ur       | 100       | 94        | NA NA     | 90        | 88       |           | 10                | 10     | 90 90    | 10        | 10       | 90                | 81       | 10     | 9 90                       | 86          | 10        | 9         |
| 3      | Sainik School Amethi           | 90        | 89        | NA        | NA 80     |          | 80        | 10                | 10     | 80 80    | 10        | 10       | 80                | 80       | 10     | 10 70                      | 65          | 10        | 10        |
| 4      | Sainik School Bhubane swar     | 104       | 104       | NA        | NA        | 55       | 55        | 10                | 10     | 97 96    | 11        | 11       | 108               | 108      | 12     | 12 96                      | 96          | 10        | 10        |
| 5      | Sainik School Bijapur          | 85        | 80        | 10        | 8         | 88       | 87        | 11                | 10     | 92 89    | 10        | 8        | 103               | 100      | 12     | 12 131                     | 125         | 15        | 13        |
| 6      | Sainik School Balachad i       | 107       | 103       | NA        | NA        | 65       | 65        | 10                | 10     | 130 130  | 11        | 11       | 125               | 116      | 10     | 10 141                     | 133         | 15        | 13        |

…2/-

|   7 | Sainik School Chandra pur   |   80 |   78 | 9   | 7    | 80    |   80 | 10   |   10 |   80 |   80 |   10 |   10 |   95 |   95 | 10    | 10    |   95 |   95 10 |   9 |
|-----|-----------------------------|------|------|-----|------|-------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|-------|-------|------|---------|-----|
|   8 | Sainik School Chhingc hhip  |   72 |   72 | 6   | 6 82 |       |   75 | 10   |   10 |   60 |   56 |   10 |   10 |   72 |   63 | 12    | 11 72 |   58 |      10 |   9 |
|   9 | Sainik School Chittorga rh  |  130 |  127 | NA  | NA   | 102   |  102 | 10   |   10 |   90 |   89 |   10 |   10 |  128 |  110 | 10 9  | 125   |  125 |      10 |  10 |
|  10 | Sainik School East Siang    |   60 |   56 | NA  | NA   | 50 58 |   10 |      |    8 |   50 |   50 |   10 |    7 |   60 |   43 | 10 7  | 50    |   50 |      10 |  10 |
|  11 | Sainik School Ghorakh al    |   94 |   93 | 10  | 7    | 77    |   69 | 10   |    9 |   72 |   70 |   10 |    9 |  105 |  101 | 10 10 | 85    |   83 |      10 |  10 |
|  12 | Sainik School Goalpara      |  130 |  130 | NA  | NA   | 72    |   72 | 10   |   10 |  103 |  103 |   10 |   10 |  175 |  164 | 10 10 | 108   |  105 |      14 |  12 |
|  13 | Sainik School Gopalga nj    |   60 |   52 | NA  | NA   | 70    |   70 | 10   |   10 |   70 |   70 |   10 |   10 |   70 |   70 | 10 10 | 70    |   66 |      10 |   9 |
|  14 | Sainik School Imphal        |   66 |   66 | NA  | NA   | 65    |   65 | 10   |   10 |   60 |   60 |   10 |   10 |   45 |   45 | 10 10 | 162   |  162 |      14 |  14 |
|  15 | Sainik School Jhansi        |   90 |   80 | NA  | NA   | 80    |   78 | 10   |   10 |   80 |   77 |   10 |    9 |   80 |   80 | 10 10 | 70    |   60 |      10 |  10 |

…3/-

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|   16 | Sainik School Jhunjhun u   |   100 |   99 | NA    |   NA |   90 | 88   | 10   | 9   |   90 |   86 |   10 |   10 |   90 | 87    | 10    | 9     |   90 |   85 10 |   9 |
|------|----------------------------|-------|------|-------|------|------|------|------|-----|------|------|------|------|------|-------|-------|-------|------|---------|-----|
|   17 | Sainik School Kalikiri     |    63 |   63 | 7 7   |  107 |  107 | 7    |      | 7   |  103 |  103 |   10 |   10 |   90 | 90    | 7     | 7 110 |  108 |      10 |  10 |
|   18 | Sainik School Kapurtha la  |   150 |  150 | NA NA |   62 |   62 | 10   |      | 10  |   75 |   75 |   10 |   10 |  110 | 110   | 10 10 | 168   |  158 |      12 |  12 |
|   19 | Sainik School Kazhako otam |   101 |   92 | NA NA |   90 |   88 | Nil  | Nil  |     |   85 |   79 |   10 |    0 |  129 | 117   | 12 11 | 117   |  110 |      10 |   9 |
|   20 | Sainik School Kodagu       |    80 |   78 | 8 8   |   88 |   88 | 10   |      | 10  |   70 |   70 |   10 |   10 |  150 | 145   | 10 10 | 135   |  120 |      11 |   9 |
|   21 | Sainik School Korukon da   |    94 |   94 | NA NA |   95 |   95 |      | 10   | 10  |  115 |  115 |   10 |   10 |  102 | 102   | 10 10 | 86    |   86 |      14 |  14 |
|   22 | Sainik School Kunjpura     |   110 |  110 | NA NA |  105 |  105 | 10   |      | 10  |   73 |   73 |   10 |   10 |  131 | 130   | 12 12 | 110   |  106 |      10 |   9 |
|   23 | Sainik School Mainpuri     |    90 |   90 | NA NA |   80 |   80 | 10   |      | 5   |   92 |   92 |   15 |   13 |   92 | 92    | 10 9  | 92    |   80 |      15 |  11 |
|   24 | Sainik School Nagrota      |    70 |   70 | NA NA |   70 |   70 | 10   |      | 10  |   88 |   88 |   10 |   10 |   70 | 70 10 | 10    | 70    |   70 |      10 |  10 |

…4/-

|   25 | Sainik School Nalanda       |   101 |   101 | NA    | NA    |   70 |   70 10 |   10 |   91 |   91 |   10 |   10 | 74      |   73 | 10    | 10     |   62 |   55 10 |   10 |
|------|-----------------------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|------|---------|------|------|------|------|------|---------|------|-------|--------|------|---------|------|
|   26 | Sainik School Punglwa       |   110 |   110 | NA NA | 99    |   94 |      11 |   10 |   60 |   60 |   10 |   10 | 94      |   83 | 11    | 10 108 |   71 |      12 |   11 |
|   27 | Sainik School Purulia       |    66 |    66 | NA NA | 72    |   72 |      10 |   10 |  118 |  118 |   10 |    8 | 126     |  121 | 12    | 12 105 |  100 |      10 |   10 |
|   28 | Sainik School Rewa          |    75 |    74 | NA NA | 54    |   54 |      10 |   10 |   94 |   93 |   11 |   11 | 69      |   62 | 10 9  | 86     |   80 |      10 |    9 |
|   29 | Sainik School Rewari        |    97 |    94 | NA NA | 90    |   90 |      10 |    7 |   80 |   66 |   10 |    8 | 165     |  164 | 10 9  | 131    |  120 |      14 |   12 |
|   30 | Sainik School Sambalp ur    |   100 |   100 | NA    | NA 90 |   90 |      10 |   10 |   90 |   90 |   10 |   10 | 50      |   50 | 10 10 | 75     |   71 |      11 |    9 |
|   31 | Sainik School Satara        |   100 |    97 | NA NA | 105   |  103 |      10 |   10 |  127 |  127 |   13 |   13 | 105     |  105 | 10 10 | 103    |   99 |      11 |   11 |
|   32 | Sainik School Sujanpur Tira |    76 |    76 | NA    | NA 64 |   64 |      10 |   10 |   67 |   67 |   10 |   10 | 120     |  120 | 12 12 | 79     |   75 |      10 |   10 |
|   33 | Sainik School Tilaiya       |    82 |    82 | NA NA | 115   |  115 |      11 |   11 |  151 |  151 |   14 |   14 | 172 172 |   16 | 16    | 140    |  131 |      16 |   16 |

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