Lok Sabha Question No. 24 (STARRED), answered on 2026-02-02
Subject: Status of Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Shri Raja Ram Singh

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION No. 24 ANSWERED ON 02.02.2026

## Status of Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas

## *24. Shri Raja Ram Singh:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the  amount  of  funds  allocated  and  released  for  Kasturba  Gandhi  Balika  Vidyalayas  (KGBVs) during the last ten years in the country, State/UT-wise and year-wise;
- (b) the  details  and  the  number  of  KGBVs  that  are  operational  and  non-operational  in  the  country along  with  the  number  of  girls  enrolled  therein  during  the  last  ten  years,  State/UT-wise  and category-wise (SC/ST/OBC/Minorities/General);
- (c) the details of the steps taken by the Government to address the infrastructure challenges at these KGBVs including the details of constitution of any committees, issue of guidelines, release of special funds and action-taken reports in this regard during the last ten years; and
- (d) the amount of fund(s) allocated to each KGBV in the country including the faculty recruitments, sanctioned versus filled posts and hostel capacity during the last ten years, State/UT-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 LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION  NO.  24  ANSWERED  ON  02.02.2026  ASKED  BY  SHRI  RAJA  RAM  SINGH, HON'BLE MP REGARDING STATUS OF KASTURBA GANDHI BALIKA VIDYALAYAS

(a) to (d): The  Kasturba  Gandhi  Balika  Vidyalayas  (KGBVs)  are  residential  schools  for  girls belonging  to  Socio-Economically  Disadvantaged  Groups  (SEDGs)  such  as  Schedule  Tribe,  Schedule Caste, Other Backward Class and others in Educationally Backward Blocks (EBBs). The objective of the scheme is to ensure access to quality education for girls from SEDGs and reduce the gender gap at the elementary to senior secondary level by setting up residential schools with boarding facilities.

In  2018-19,  the  KGBV  component  of  SSA  and  the  Girls'  Hostel  component  of  Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) were merged under Samagra Shiksha as KGBVs, bringing all hostels under a single framework. Samagra Shiksha envisaged upgrading all KGBVs up to Class XII.

Samagra  Shiksha  supports  creation  of  infrastructure  and  other  basic  facilities  in  Government Schools. In this regard, Annual Work Plan and Budget (AWP&B) is prepared by the States and UTs based on their requirements. These plans are then appraised/approved by Project Approval Board (PAB) in consultation with the States and UTs as per the programmatic and financial norms of the scheme and availability of budgetary resources. Based on the approved AWP&B, the Central Share under Samagra Shiksha is released to the respective State/UT in lumpsum. Funds for KGBVs are released to States and Union Territories as a component of Samagra Shiksha.

Education being in the concurrent list of the Constitution of India with majority of the schools under the domain of the States and UTs. Therefore, the recruitment and other service matters of KGBV teachers  are  under  the  domain  of  State/UT  Governments  and  filling  up  of  vacancies  is  a  continuing process. However, under Samagra Shiksha, States/UTs are supported for strengthening of infrastructure in  KGBVs  such  as  classrooms,  libraries, Toilets,  Boundary  Walls,  Major  Repairs,  Drinking  Water, Paintings on School Walls, Supply of Furniture etc.

State-wise/UT-wise  details of  the  amount  of  funds  approved  for  Kasturba  Gandhi  Balika Vidyalayas (KGBVs) from 2018-19 to 2025-26 are at Annexure-I .

State-wise/UT-wise  details of  the  number  of  KGBVs  approved  and  functional  along  with  the category-wise number of girls enrolled as on 27.01.2026 are at Annexure-II .

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (d) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.  24  ANSWERED  ON  02.02.2026  ASKED  BY  SHRI  RAJA  RAM  SINGH,  HON'BLE  MP REGARDING STATUS OF KASTURBA GANDHI BALIKA VIDYALAYAS

State-wise/UT-wise  details of  the  amount  of  funds  approved  for  Kasturba  Gandhi  Balika  Vidyalayas  (KGBVs) from 2018-19 to 2025-26:-

| State-wise funds approved for KGBVs from 2018-19 to 2025-26   | State-wise funds approved for KGBVs from 2018-19 to 2025-26   | State-wise funds approved for KGBVs from 2018-19 to 2025-26   | State-wise funds approved for KGBVs from 2018-19 to 2025-26   | State-wise funds approved for KGBVs from 2018-19 to 2025-26   | State-wise funds approved for KGBVs from 2018-19 to 2025-26   | State-wise funds approved for KGBVs from 2018-19 to 2025-26   | State-wise funds approved for KGBVs from 2018-19 to 2025-26   | State-wise funds approved for KGBVs from 2018-19 to 2025-26   | State-wise funds approved for KGBVs from 2018-19 to 2025-26   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
| (Rs. In lakh)                                                 | (Rs. In lakh)                                                 | (Rs. In lakh)                                                 | (Rs. In lakh)                                                 | (Rs. In lakh)                                                 | (Rs. In lakh)                                                 | (Rs. In lakh)                                                 | (Rs. In lakh)                                                 | (Rs. In lakh)                                                 | (Rs. In lakh)                                                 |
| S. No.                                                        | Name of States/UTs                                            | 2018-19                                                       | 2019-20                                                       | 2020-21                                                       | 2021-22                                                       | 2022-23                                                       | 2023-24                                                       | 2024-25                                                       | 2025-26                                                       |
| 1                                                             | Andhra Pradesh                                                | 33771.29                                                      | 47248.16                                                      | 36434.16                                                      | 32980.87                                                      | 65409.24                                                      | 74997.59                                                      | 43642.73                                                      | 46410.07                                                      |
| 2                                                             | Arunachal Pradesh                                             | 4116.16                                                       | 3988.64                                                       | 6996.93                                                       | 3920.51                                                       | 6010.94                                                       | 8420.2                                                        | 13574.37                                                      | 5322.86                                                       |
| 3                                                             | Assam                                                         | 7095.59                                                       | 6927.69                                                       | 7865.79                                                       | 6803.26                                                       | 12060.24                                                      | 14868.24                                                      | 10154.74                                                      | 11131.65                                                      |
| 4                                                             | Bihar                                                         | 34196.4                                                       | 30873.57                                                      | 37934.56                                                      | 20270.42                                                      | 25063.88                                                      | 37582.13                                                      | 42347.65                                                      | 43393.39                                                      |
| 5                                                             | Chhattisgarh                                                  | 6866                                                          | 6701.58                                                       | 4997.96                                                       | 5180.66                                                       | 8745.06                                                       | 5936.15                                                       | 9244.54                                                       | 6570.25                                                       |
| 6                                                             | DnD-DNH                                                       | 58.47                                                         | 53.34                                                         | 85.69                                                         | 38.44                                                         | 68.98                                                         | 85.32                                                         | 88.57                                                         | 93.35                                                         |
| 7                                                             | Gujarat                                                       | 6382.18                                                       | 7082.17                                                       | 6951.26                                                       | 6007.05                                                       | 15150.3                                                       | 23869.99                                                      | 15258.37                                                      | 11912.67                                                      |
| 8                                                             | Haryana                                                       | 6145.18                                                       | 3701.92                                                       | 3404.19                                                       | 2342.64                                                       | 6590.62                                                       | 3634.7                                                        | 5041.61                                                       | 5273.65                                                       |
| 9                                                             | Himachal Pradesh                                              | 532.89                                                        | 512.11                                                        | 416.7                                                         | 405.19                                                        | 602.96                                                        | 607.99                                                        | 1093.56                                                       | 754.24                                                        |
| 10                                                            | Jammu and Kashmir                                             | 12564.32                                                      | 5464.3                                                        | 5233.91                                                       | 3810.84                                                       | 4487.72                                                       | 6513.9                                                        | 6162.51                                                       | 5861.43                                                       |
| 11                                                            | Jharkhand                                                     | 15685.33                                                      | 20292.64                                                      | 19138.88                                                      | 15954.84                                                      | 20128.52                                                      | 19801.23                                                      | 20283.35                                                      | 20283.35                                                      |
| 12                                                            | Karnataka                                                     | 5352.12                                                       | 5893.22                                                       | 6716.26                                                       | 4658.67                                                       | 7183.32                                                       | 9875.35                                                       | 7264.52                                                       | 8432.28                                                       |
| 13                                                            | Kerala                                                        | 0                                                             | 0                                                             | 0                                                             | 29.48                                                         | 39.81                                                         | 39.73                                                         | 39.73                                                         | 39.73                                                         |
| 14                                                            | Ladakh                                                        | 1733                                                          | 581.02                                                        | 436.27                                                        | 385.07                                                        | 568.7                                                         | 644.3                                                         | 705.57                                                        | 527.96                                                        |
| 15                                                            | Madhya Pradesh                                                | 18961.05                                                      | 25318.36                                                      | 13976.75                                                      | 12018.13                                                      | 22484.99                                                      | 24327.68                                                      | 24804.16                                                      | 22935.28                                                      |
| 16                                                            | Maharashtra                                                   | 3519.33                                                       | 5040.15                                                       | 2841.4                                                        | 2386.57                                                       | 4209.65                                                       | 5254.83                                                       | 4299.3                                                        | 4334.36                                                       |
| 17                                                            | Manipur                                                       | 706.63                                                        | 829.42                                                        | 1082.19                                                       | 1698.77                                                       | 2785.28                                                       | 1130.4                                                        | 1112.44                                                       | 1093.29                                                       |
| 18                                                            | Meghalaya                                                     | 384.34                                                        | 391.28                                                        | 345.9                                                         | 445.29                                                        | 667.97                                                        | 790.28                                                        | 543.37                                                        | 725.57                                                        |
| 19                                                            | Mizoram                                                       | 66.45                                                         | 57.71                                                         | 53.31                                                         | 49.89                                                         | 49.53                                                         | 307.44                                                        | 102.97                                                        | 434.45                                                        |
| 20                                                            | Nagaland                                                      | 414.64                                                        | 506.83                                                        | 408.32                                                        | 500.37                                                        | 856.35                                                        | 1243.41                                                       | 910.89                                                        | 1088.19                                                       |
| 21                                                            | Odisha                                                        | 19057.2                                                       | 24561.99                                                      | 13729.23                                                      | 11172.74                                                      | 27614.48                                                      | 29228.07                                                      | 23554.85                                                      | 23045.56                                                      |
| 22                                                            | Punjab                                                        | 1075.47                                                       | 2238.55                                                       | 1104.46                                                       | 1005.59                                                       | 1417.93                                                       | 1452.97                                                       | 1882.02                                                       | 1585.2                                                        |
| 23                                                            | Rajasthan                                                     | 20062.9                                                       | 21635.26                                                      | 18320.36                                                      | 13439.92                                                      | 24111.84                                                      | 28201.74                                                      | 25855.1                                                       | 22433.48                                                      |
| 24                                                            | Sikkim                                                        | 80.01                                                         | 84.6                                                          | 76.33                                                         | 68.6                                                          | 248.59                                                        | 90.09                                                         | 100.99                                                        | 92.1                                                          |
| 25                                                            | Tamil Nadu                                                    | 3881.61                                                       | 4779.6                                                        | 4390.62                                                       | 4399.92                                                       | 5254.81                                                       | 5335.69                                                       | 5789.1                                                        | 6017.41                                                       |
| 26                                                            | Telangana                                                     | 48791.19                                                      | 70416.69                                                      | 58260.06                                                      | 33447.82                                                      | 57042.18                                                      | 63152.61                                                      | 65461.38                                                      | 55777.94                                                      |
| 27                                                            | Tripura                                                       | 482.92                                                        | 563.34                                                        | 1187.07                                                       | 694.8                                                         | 865.83                                                        | 817.07                                                        | 981.22                                                        | 1916.64                                                       |
| 28                                                            | Uttar Pradesh                                                 | 45092.72                                                      | 106109.67                                                     | 46952.25                                                      | 50649.4                                                       | 55378.94                                                      | 172494.04                                                     | 114408.53                                                     | 130732.63                                                     |
| 29                                                            | Uttarakhand                                                   | 1557.84                                                       | 1698.6                                                        | 1672.9                                                        | 1809.63                                                       | 2254.54                                                       | 2217.55                                                       | 3882.82                                                       | 3632.64                                                       |
| 30                                                            | West Bengal                                                   | 3303.79                                                       | 4967.55                                                       | 3690.6                                                        | 6800.13                                                       | 6122.55                                                       | 5284.95                                                       | 6547.07                                                       | 7964.13                                                       |
|                                                               | Total                                                         | 301937.02                                                     | 408519.92                                                     | 304704.31                                                     | 243375.5                                                      | 383475.78                                                     | 548205.62                                                     | 455138.02                                                     | 449815.75                                                     |

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (d) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION  NO.  24  ANSWERED  ON  02.02.2026  ASKED  BY  SHRI  RAJA  RAM  SINGH, HON'BLE MP REGARDING STATUS OF KASTURBA GANDHI BALIKA VIDYALAYAS

State-wise/UT-wise details of the number of KGBVs approved and functional along with the categorywise number of girls enrolled as on 27.01.2026:-

| Status of KGBVs   | Status of KGBVs   | Status of KGBVs      | Status of KGBVs        | Category wise enrolment   | Category wise enrolment   | Category wise enrolment   | Category wise enrolment   | Category wise enrolment   |
|-------------------|-------------------|----------------------|------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
| S. No.            | Name of State/UT  | Total KGBVs Approved | Total KGBVs Functional | SC                        | ST                        | OBC                       | Others                    | Total                     |
| 1                 | Andhra Pradesh    | 587                  | 546                    | 29825                     | 12529                     | 52036                     | 9343                      | 103733                    |
| 2                 | Arunachal Pradesh | 82                   | 78                     | 0                         | 8993                      | 0                         | 0                         | 8993                      |
| 3                 | Assam             | 162                  | 151                    | 985                       | 7846                      | 4229                      | 8107                      | 21167                     |
| 4                 | Bihar             | 727                  | 683                    | 32344                     | 6336                      | 22152                     | 4606                      | 65438                     |
| 5                 | Chhattisgarh      | 121                  | 121                    | 2289                      | 12637                     | 3427                      | 18533                     | 36886                     |
| 6                 | DNH&DD            | 2                    | 2                      | 0                         | 148                       | 0                         | 0                         | 148                       |
| 7                 | Gujarat           | 170                  | 168                    | 1928                      | 4791                      | 7594                      | 5226                      | 19539                     |
| 8                 | Haryana           | 72                   | 65                     | 837                       | 0                         | 445                       | 576                       | 1858                      |
| 9                 | Himachal Pradesh  | 14                   | 14                     | 355                       | 142                       | 12                        | 399                       | 908                       |
| 10                | Jammu and Kashmir | 176                  | 94                     | 376                       | 2020                      | 626                       | 5510                      | 8532                      |
| 11                | Jharkhand         | 203                  | 203                    | 10394                     | 27810                     | 21509                     | 11337                     | 71050                     |
| 12                | Karnataka         | 146                  | 145                    | 4390                      | 2178                      | 4053                      | 3843                      | 14464                     |
| 13                | Kerala            | 1                    | 1                      | 6                         | 28                        | 8                         | 38                        | 80                        |
| 14                | Ladakh            | 20                   | 15                     | 0                         | 428                       | 0                         | 106                       | 534                       |
| 15                | Madhya Pradesh    | 408                  | 408                    | 11518                     | 15702                     | 10421                     | 19630                     | 57271                     |
| 16                | Maharashtra       | 86                   | 85                     | 1369                      | 3289                      | 2024                      | 1309                      | 7991                      |
| 17                | Manipur           | 12                   | 12                     | 112                       | 1269                      | 535                       | 211                       | 2127                      |
| 18                | Meghalaya         | 19                   | 10                     | 0                         | 900                       | 0                         | 0                         | 900                       |
| 19                | Mizoram           | 2                    | 2                      | 0                         | 150                       | 0                         | 0                         | 150                       |
| 20                | Nagaland          | 22                   | 22                     | 0                         | 100                       | 0                         | 0                         | 100                       |
| 21                | Odisha            | 355                  | 324                    | 10283                     | 18335                     | 11168                     | 1213                      | 40999                     |
| 22                | Punjab            | 29                   | 29                     | 2584                      | 0                         | 313                       | 294                       | 3191                      |
| 23                | Rajasthan         | 316                  | 316                    | 16409                     | 13467                     | 10207                     | 2312                      | 42395                     |
| 24                | Sikkim            | 1                    | 1                      | 10                        | 72                        | 72                        | 2                         | 156                       |
| 25                | Tamil Nadu        | 105                  | 105                    | 2643                      | 2467                      | 4568                      | 33                        | 9711                      |
| 26                | Telangana         | 736                  | 721                    | 31036                     | 29810                     | 74572                     | 6353                      | 141771                    |
| 27                | Tripura           | 15                   | 15                     | 33                        | 1813                      | 34                        | 0                         | 1880                      |
| 28                | Uttar Pradesh     | 841                  | 783                    | 43171                     | 1493                      | 32195                     | 9287                      | 86146                     |
| 29                | Uttarakhand       | 40                   | 39                     | 1819                      | 457                       | 1026                      | 713                       | 4015                      |
|                   | Total             | 5639                 |                        |                           |                           |                           |                           | 758288                    |
|                   |                   |                      | 5316                   | 206297                    | 177009                    | 264175                    | 110807                    |                           |
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