Parliament Question: Setting up of Kendriya Vidyalaya in Murshidabad

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION AND LITERACY LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 115 ANSWERED ON 27.07.2026 Setting up of Kendriya Vidyalaya in Murshidabad *115. Md. Abu Taher Khan: Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state: (a) whether the Government has received any proposal for setting up a Kendriya Vidyalaya in Murshidabad Lok Sabha Parliamentary Constituency in West Bengal; (b) if so, the details thereof along with the present status of the same; (c) whether the State Government has identified and allotted land for the proposed Kendriya Vidyalaya; and (d) if so, the details thereof? ANSWER MINISTER OF EDUCATION (SHRI PRALHAD JOSHI) (a) to (d) A statement is laid on the Table of the House. *****STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 115 ASKED BY MD. ABU TAHER KHAN, HON’BLE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT ANSWERED ON 27.07.2026 REGARDING “SETTING UP OF KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA IN MURSHIDABAD”. (a) to (d) 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 & 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 Administrations, with commitment to provide requisite extent of land, free of cost, and suitable rent-free temporary accommodation for setting up a new KV, as per Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) norms. KVs are not opened on the criteria of population/ area/ Parliamentary Constituency /District or State/UT. At present, a total of 62 KVs, including one KV at Berhampore, District Murshidabad, are functioning in the State of West Bengal. As per information received from KVS, no feasible proposal for opening of a new KV in Murshidabad Lok Sabha Parliamentary Constituency of West Bengal has been received by KVS from the concerned State Government / district administration. *****