Lok Sabha Question No. 374 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-02-05
Subject: New Kendriya Vidyalaya in Thane, Maharashtra
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Rajan Baburao  Vichare

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.374 ANSWERED ON 05.02.2024

## NEW KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA IN THANE, MAHARASHTRA

## 374. SHRI RAJAN VICHARE:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) opened during the last five years along with the details thereof, region-wise;
- (b) the details of the new KVs opened or proposed to be opened in Thane, Maharashtra during the last five years and the time by which the proposed Vidyalayas are likely to be started;
- (c) whether there is any proposal to open Kendriya Vidyalayas in Thane, Parliamentary Constituency;
- (d) if so, whether the formalities like issuing tenders etc. by CPWD have been completed; and
- (e) if  so,  the  details thereof  and the time by which the said Vidyalayas are likely to be started?

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

As  per  information  received  from  Kendriya  Vidyalaya  Sangathan  (KVS),  71  new Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) under Civil / Defence / Institute of Higher Learning / Project Sector, including 02 KVs in Maharashtra, have been opened throughout the country during the last five  years  (i.e.  2018-19,  2019-20,  2020-21,  2021-22  and  2022-23).  State  /  UT  and  KVS

(a) Region-wise details are annexed.

(b) to (e) 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 throughout the country. Proposals for opening of new KVs may be sponsored by Ministries or Departments of the Government of India / State Governments / Union  Territories  (UTs)  Administrations,  with  commitment  to  provide  requisite  resources including  land  and  temporary  accommodation  for  setting  up  a  new  KV  as  per  extant procedures.  At  present,  59  KVs  including  01  KV  in  Thane  are  functioning  in  the  State  of Maharashtra.  As  per  information  received  from  KVS,  no  proposal  has  been  received  for opening of a new KV in Thane, Maharashtra.

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ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  374  RAISED  BY  SHRI  RAJAN  VICHARE,  HON'BLE  MEMBER  OF PARLIAMENT ANSWERED ON 05/02/2024 REGARDING 'NEW KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA IN THANE, MAHARASHTRA'.

## STATE / UT AND KVS REGION-WISE NUMBER OF KVs OPENED DURING THE LAST FIVE YEARS ACROSS THE COUNTRY

| Sl. No.   | State/UTs         | KVS Region               |   Number of KVs opened during the last five years across the country |
|-----------|-------------------|--------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh    | Hyderabad                |                                                                   02 |
| 2.        | Arunachal Pradesh | Tinsukia                 |                                                                   03 |
| 3.        | Assam             | Guwahati                 |                                                                   02 |
| 4.        | Bihar             | Patna                    |                                                                   02 |
| 5.        | Chhattisgarh      | Raipur                   |                                                                   02 |
| 6.        | Delhi             | Delhi                    |                                                                   01 |
| 7.        | Haryana           | Gurugram                 |                                                                   03 |
| 8.        | Himachal Pradesh  | Gurugram                 |                                                                   01 |
| 9.        | Jammu & Kashmir   | Jammu                    |                                                                   01 |
| 10.       | Jharkhand         | Ranchi                   |                                                                   04 |
| 11.       | Karnataka         | Bengaluru                |                                                                   05 |
| 12.       | Kerala            | Ernakulum                |                                                                   01 |
| 13.       | Madhya Pradesh    | Jabalpur                 |                                                                   08 |
| 14.       | Maharashtra       | Mumbai                   |                                                                   02 |
| 15.       | Manipur           | Tinsukia                 |                                                                   01 |
| 16.       | Odisha            | Bhubaneswar              |                                                                   06 |
| 17.       | Punjab            | Chandigarh               |                                                                   02 |
| 18.       | Rajasthan         | Jaipur                   |                                                                   04 |
| 19.       | Tamilnadu         | Chennai                  |                                                                   03 |
| 20.       | Telangana         | Hyderabad                |                                                                   02 |
| 21.       | Tripura           | Silchar                  |                                                                   01 |
| 22.       | Uttar Pradesh     | Varanasi, Agra & Lucknow |                                                                   11 |
| 23.       | Uttarakhand       | Dehradun                 |                                                                   02 |
| 24.       | West Bengal       | Kolkata                  |                                                                   02 |
| TOTAL     | TOTAL             | TOTAL                    |                                                                   71 |

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