Lok Sabha Question No. 1065 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-29
Subject: Expenditure on Kendriya Vidyalayas under PM SHRI Scheme
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Shri Kaushalendra Kumar

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1065 ANSWERED ON 29.07.2024

## EXPENDITURE ON KENDRIYA VIDYALAYAS UNDER PM SHRI SCHEME

## † 1065  SHRI KAUSHALENDRA KUMAR:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the  amount  of  funds  spent  on  each  of  the  Kendriya  Vidyalayas  (KVs)  by  the Government in the country during the last five years, year-wise;
- (b) the total number of operational KVs in the country, State-wise;
- (c) whether more amount of funds are spent on these KVs under Prime Minister's Schools for Rising India (PM-SHRI); and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (SHRI JAYANT CHAUDHARY)

- (a) The budgetary support is provided to Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) every year as Grants-in-aid under three distinct Heads of Account viz. Salaries, General and Creation of Capital Assets for opening and functioning of Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs).  The funds allocated to KVS during the last five financial years are as under: -

## (Rs. in crore)

| Year    |   Funds Allocated |
|---------|-------------------|
| 2019-20 |           6331.4  |
| 2020-21 |           6437.68 |
| 2021-22 |           6800    |
| 2022-23 |           7461.25 |
| 2023-24 |           8500    |

- (b) At present, 1253 KVs are functioning across the country. State/UT-wise details are annexed.
- (c)  &  (d)  As  per  information received from KVS, an amount of Rs. 295.36 crore has been received and utilized by KVS for 730 KVs in first phase under the PM SHRI Scheme. The funds  are  allocated  under  the  broad  heads  like  Curriculum,  Pedagogy  and  Assessment, Access Infrastructure-Adequacy, Functionality, Aesthetics and Safety, Inclusive Practices and Gender  Equity,  Management  Monitoring  and  Governance,  Beneficiary  Satisfaction  and Human Resource and School Leadership.

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  1065  RAISED  BY  SHRI  KAUSHALENDRA  KUMAR,  HON'BLE  MEMBER  OF PARLIAMENT  ANSWERED  ON  29.07.2024  REGARDING  'EXPENDITURE  ON  KENDRIYA VIDYALYAS UNDER PM SHRI SCHEME'.

STATE/UT-WISE NUMBER OF KENDRIYA VIDYALAYAS

| Sr. No.   | Name of State/ UT                        |   Number of KVs |
|-----------|------------------------------------------|-----------------|
| 1.        | Andaman & Nicobar Island                 |              02 |
| 2.        | Andhra Pradesh                           |              36 |
| 3.        | Arunachal Pradesh                        |              20 |
| 4.        | Assam                                    |              57 |
| 5.        | Bihar                                    |              50 |
| 6.        | Chandigarh                               |              05 |
| 7.        | Chhattisgarh                             |              36 |
| 8.        | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu |              02 |
| 9.        | Delhi                                    |              46 |
| 10.       | Goa                                      |              05 |
| 11.       | Gujarat                                  |              46 |
| 12.       | Haryana                                  |              35 |
| 13.       | Himachal Pradesh                         |              26 |
| 14.       | Jammu & Kashmir                          |              35 |
| 15.       | Jharkhand                                |              41 |
| 16.       | Karnataka                                |              52 |
| 17.       | Kerala                                   |              38 |
| 18.       | Lakshadweep                              |              01 |
| 19.       | Ladakh                                   |              03 |
| 20.       | Madhya Pradesh                           |             112 |
| 21.       | Maharashtra                              |              59 |
| 22.       | Manipur                                  |              09 |
| 23.       | Meghalaya                                |              07 |
| 24.       | Mizoram                                  |              04 |
| 25.       | Nagaland                                 |              05 |
| 26.       | Odisha                                   |              67 |
| 27.       | Puducherry                               |              04 |
| 28.       | Punjab                                   |              52 |
| 29.       | Rajasthan                                |              77 |
| 30.       | Sikkim                                   |              02 |
| 31.       | Tamil Nadu                               |              45 |
| 32.       | Telangana                                |              35 |
| 33.       | Tripura                                  |              10 |
| 34.       | Uttar Pradesh                            |             122 |
| 35.       | Uttarakhand                              |              45 |
| 36.       | West Bengal                              |              62 |
| TOTAL     | TOTAL                                    |            1253 |

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