Parliament Question: Setting up of New Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) and PM SHRI Schools

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION AND LITERACY LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 211 ANSWERED ON 21.07.2025 SETTING UP OF NEW KENDRIYA VIDYALAYAS (KVs) AND PM SHRI SCHOOLS

211. SHRI BHASKAR MURLIDHAR BHAGARE:

SHRI NILESH DNYANDEV LANKE:

SHRI BAJRANG MANOHAR SONWANE:

SHRI SANJAY DINA PATIL:

PROF. VARSHA EKNATH GAIKWAD:

SHRI MOHITE PATIL DHAIRYASHEEL RAJSINH:

SMT. SUPRIYA SULE:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has received proposals from the State Government of Maharashtra for setting up new Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) and Pradhan Mantri Schools for Rising India (PM SHRI) Schools and if so, the number of such proposals received, district-wise;

(b) the present status of these proposals and timeline for their approval and implementation;

(c) the number of Kendriya Vidyalayas and PM SHRI Schools currently operational in the State of Maharashtra;

(d) the details of student enrolment, infrastructure availability, and faculty strength in these schools, district-wise;

(e) whether there is a demand-supply gap in access to quality CBSE-affiliated central schools in rural and semi-urban areas of Maharashtra;

(f) whether the Government has identified any new locations or backward districts in Maharashtra, particularly aspirational districts, for the establishment of new KVs or PM SHRI Schools; and

(g) if so, the details thereof and the criteria used for such identification? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (SHRI JAYANT CHAUDHARY)

(a) & (b) 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 acommon 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 norms. The proposals are subject to approval of the competent authority as per extant procedures. As per information received from Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS), no feasible proposal, as per norms of KVS, for opening of new KV has been received by KVS from State Government of Maharashtra/District Administrations.

The Government of India has launched an online PM SHRI portal for Selection process of PM SHRI School through challenge mode. The portal is being opened phase wise by the Department of School Education & Literacy (DoSE&L), Ministry of Education (MoE), Government of India for those benchmark schools which can self-apply on PM SHRI Portal under the PM SHRI scheme in accordance with the prescribed guidelines. These benchmark schools from Maharashtra independently submit applications through this PM SHRI portal, in accordance with the prescribed guidelines of Government of India.

Selection of PM SHRI schools is through Challenge Mode wherein Schools compete for support to become exemplar schools. Selection is done through a three-stage process with definite time lines. The district-wise details of proposal received and schools selected under PM SHRI are at Annexure-I.

(c) Out of 60 KVs in the State of Maharashtra as on date, 52 KVs have been designated as PM SHRI KVs. Apart from these, 860 PM SHRI Schools have been selected from the State of Maharashtra.

(d) All KVs in the State of Maharashtra have sufficient infrastructure, basic amenities and ICT infrastructure, including smart classrooms, computer labs and internet connectivity, achieving 100% ICT saturation. District-wise details of student enrolment and teaching staff strength in KVs situated in Maharashtra (as on 31.03.2025) are at Annexure – II and that of other 860 PM SHRI Schools is at Annexure – III.

(e) to (g) Central Government Schools namely Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) and Navodaya Vidyalayas (NVs) are under the DoSE&L, MoE. These vidyalayas are affiliated to CBSE. In respect of KVS, KV Washim has been identified to be set up as PM SHRI KV school, which is located in Aspirational District-Washim in Maharashtra. The schools are selected through an online transparent ‘Challenge Method’. KVs are not opened on the criteria of backward districts/aspirational district/State/UT etc.As regards NVs, the Navodaya Vidyalaya Scheme envisages opening of one NV in each rural district of the country. Opening of new NVs is a continuous process, which depends on the willingness of the concerned State Government / UT administration to make available requisite suitable land, free of cost, for construction of the permanent building and making available required temporary building, free of rent, to run the vidyalaya till the permanent building is constructed. Sanction and opening of new NVs depends on approval by the competent authority as per extant procedures. As per the information received from Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti, there are 34 functional NVs in the State of Maharashtra out of which, 05 NVs are in 04 Aspirational Districts namely Gadchiroli, Nandurbar, Osmanabad and Washim including an additional second NV in Nandurbar district (ST concentrated). All these NVs are PM SHRI schools.

All rural blocks across the state of Maharashtra have been covered under the PM SHRI scheme. Further, State has one PM SHRI school in each block of Aspirational District.

Selection of PM SHRI schools is through Challenge Mode wherein Schools compete for support to become exemplar schools. Selection is done through a three-stage process with definite time lines.

States/UTs are required to recommend the list of schools to the DoSE&L, MoE after district verification and an Expert committee headed by Secretary, DoSE&L, has been constituted to make the final school selection through Challenge method.

*****ANNEXURE -I ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 211 ASKED BY SHRI BHASKAR MURLIDHAR BHAGARE, SHRI NILESH DNYANDEV LANKE, SHRI BAJRANG MANOHAR SONWANE, SHRI SANJAY DINA PATIL, PROF. VARSHA EKNATH GAIKWAD, SHRI MOHITE PATIL DHAIRYASHEEL RAJSINH & SMT. SUPRIYA SULE, HON’BLE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT ANSWERED ON 21.07.2025 REGARDING “SETTING UP OF NEW KENDRIYA VIDYALAYAS (KVs) AND PM SHRI SCHOOLS”.

DISTRICT WISE PM SHRI SCHOOLS PROPOSAL (MAHARASHTRA) District name Phase - 1 Phase-2 Phase- 7 AHMEDNAGAR 35 24 3 AKOLA 17 12 0 AMRAVATI 27 30 6 AURANGABAD 21 17 7 BEED 22 19 6 BHANDARA 15 14 0 BULDHANA 34 26 6 CHANDRAPUR 31 24 3 DHULE 12 9 2 GADCHIROLI 22 20 7 GONDIA 16 13 2 HINGOLI 10 9 2 JALGAON 31 35 1 JALNA 18 13 3 KOLHAPUR 32 18 3 LATUR 23 16 3 MUMBAI SUBURBAN 0 2 0 NAGPUR 31 28 2 NANDED 28 26 8 NANDURBAR 13 16 11 NASHIK 41 34 7 OSMANABAD 16 18 2 PALGHAR 21 17 2 PARBHANI 17 20 2 PUNE 36 28 1 RAIGAD 34 22 1 RATNAGIRI 25 11 0 SANGLI 25 20 0 SATARA 28 19 0 SINDHUDURG 21 10 0 SOLAPUR 41 29 1 THANE 27 16 2 WARDHA 21 16 2 WASHIM 14 11 0 YAVATMAL 41 35 6 TOTAL 846 677 101 DISTRICT-WISE PM SHRI SCHOOLS SELECTED (MAHARASHTRA) District Name Phase - 1 Phase-2 Phase-7 AHMEDNAGAR 21 7 0 AKOLA 11 7 0 AMRAVATI 18 15 2 AURANGABAD 11 6 2 BEED 13 9 1 BHANDARA 12 9 0 BULDHANA 22 12 3CHANDRAPUR 18 12 0 DHULE 7 2 1 GADCHIROLI 16 6 2 GONDIA 13 7 1 HINGOLI 5 5 1 JALGAON 18 17 1 JALNA 12 6 2 KOLHAPUR 18 9 2 LATUR 13 5 0 MUMBAI SUBURBAN 0 2 0 NAGPUR 21 13 0 NANDED 18 17 4 NANDURBAR 8 5 3 NASHIK 26 18 3 OSMANABAD 9 10 0 PALGHAR 11 11 1 PARBHANI 11 9 0 PUNE 23 15 0 RAIGAD 20 6 0 RATNAGIRI 13 3 0 SANGLI 14 10 0 SATARA 18 6 0 SINDHUDURG 13 3 0 SOLAPUR 23 16 0 THANE 14 6 1 WARDHA 13 4 1 WASHIM 7 9 0 YAVATMAL 26 14 2 Total 516 311 33 *****ANNEXURE -II ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 211 ASKED BY SHRI BHASKAR MURLIDHAR BHAGARE, SHRI NILESH DNYANDEV LANKE, SHRI BAJRANG MANOHAR SONWANE, SHRI SANJAY DINA PATIL, PROF. VARSHA EKNATH GAIKWAD, SHRI MOHITE PATIL DHAIRYASHEEL RAJSINH & SMT. SUPRIYA SULE, HON’BLE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT ANSWERED ON 21.07.2025 REGARDING “SETTING UP OF NEW KENDRIYA VIDYALAYAS (KVs) AND PM SHRI SCHOOLS”.

DISTRICT-WISE DETAILS OF STUDENT ENROLMENT AND FACULTY STRENGTH IN KVs SITUATED IN MAHARASHTRA STATE S.N. Name of KVs District Student Faculty Enrolment as on Strength

31.03.2025 PM SHRI KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA NO. 1 AHMEDNAGAR 1 1095 38 AHMEDNAGAR PM SHRI KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA MIRC 2 1215 49 AHMEDNAGAR PM SHRI KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA VRDE 3 533 25 AHMEDNAGAR 4 PM SHRI KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA AURANGABAD AURANGABAD 2660 88 5 PM SHRI KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA OF BHANDARA BHANDARA 1212 46 6 PM SHRI KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA OF CHANDA CHANDRAPUR 1253 46 7 KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA CHANDRAPUR 456 23 8 KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA WCL NEW MAJRI 837 36 9 PM SHRI KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA DHULE DHULE 954 35 10 PM SHRI KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA OF BHUSAWAL JALGAON 957 36 PM SHRI KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA OF 11 879 34 VARANGAON PM SHRI KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA NMU 12 505 23 J[\]ALGAON PM SHRI KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA BSF CHAKUR, LATUR 13 816 34 LATUR 14 PM SHRI KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA NO. 1 COLABA MUMBAI 1425 50 15 PM SHRI KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA NO. 2 COLABA 1244 51 16 PM SHRI KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA NO. 3 COLABA 927 37 17 PM SHRI KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA KOLIWADA 1865 64 18 PM SHRI KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA AFS THANE 1408 57 19 PM SHRI KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA BHANDUP 2548 82 20 PM SHRI KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA IIT POWAI 2111 64 21 PM SHRI KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA INS HAMLA MUMBAI 1320 51 SUBURBAN 22 PM SHRI KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA MANKHURD 1499 51 23 PM SHRI KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA KAMPTEE NAGPUR 1353 51 24 PM SHRI KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA CRPF NAGPUR 1257 45 25 PM SHRI KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA VSN NAGPUR 2680 18 26 PM SHRI KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA AJNI NAGPUR 1874 98 PM SHRI KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA AMBAJHARI 27 1419 79 NAGPUR PM SHRI KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA CRPF NANDED 28 837 34 MUDKHED 29 PM SHRI KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SCR NANDED 928 3630 PM SHRI KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA NO. 1 DEVLALI NASHIK 1424 50 31 PM SHRI KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA AFS DEVLALI 855 34 32 PM SHRI KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA NRC NASIK 1584 50 33 PM SHRI KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA ISP NASIK 1442 49 34 PM SHRI KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA AFS OJHAR 1932 63 35 PM SHRI KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA CR MANMAD 422 18 36 KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA PARBHANI PARBHANI 396 18 37 PM SHRI KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SC PUNE 2021 65 PM SHRI KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA ARMY AREA PUNE 38 2005 63 PUNE 39 PM SHRI KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA BEG PUNE 1522 53 40 PM SHRI KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA RHE PUNE 1358 48 PM SHRI KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA NO. 1 AFS 41 1816 55 PUNE PM SHRI KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA NO. 2 AFS 42 1577 51 PUNE PM SHRI KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA NO. 3, 9BRD 43 1578 51 PUNE 44 PM SHRI KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA CME PUNE 1445 48 PM SHRI KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA 45 1505 51 GANESHKHIND PUNE PM SHRI KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA NDA 1514 50 46 KHADAKWASALA PUNE PM SHRI KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA DIAT 47 1066 36 GIRINAGAR PM SHRI KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA NO. 1 DEHU 48 1593 51 ROAD PUNE PM SHRI KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA NO. 2, O.F. 1430 50 49 DEHU ROAD PUNE 50 PM SHRI KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA LONAVLA 748 36 PM SHRI KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA CRPF 51 419 18 TALEGAON 52 KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA, NDRF SUDUMBARE 0 8 53 PM SHRI KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA NAD KARANJA RAIGAD 1246 50 54 KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA ONGC PANVEL 2217 65 55 PM SHRI KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA CR SOLAPUR SOLAPUR 922 34 PM SHRI KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA OF THANE 56 2543 84 AMBARNATH 57 KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA PULGAON CAMP WARDHA 845 34 58 KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA WARDHA 410 18 59 PM SHRI KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA WASHIM WASHIM 420 18 60 KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA YAVATMAL YAVATMAL 468 23 TOTAL 76790 2723 *****ANNEXURE -III ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 211 ASKED BY SHRI BHASKAR MURLIDHAR BHAGARE, SHRI NILESH DNYANDEV LANKE, SHRI BAJRANG MANOHAR SONWANE, SHRI SANJAY DINA PATIL, PROF. VARSHA EKNATH GAIKWAD, SHRI MOHITE PATIL DHAIRYASHEEL RAJSINH & SMT. SUPRIYA SULE, HON’BLE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT ANSWERED ON 21.07.2025 REGARDING “SETTING UP OF NEW KENDRIYA VIDYALAYAS (KVs) AND PM SHRI SCHOOLS”.

DISTRICT-WISE DETAILS OF STUDENT ENROLMENT, FACULTY STRENGTH AND INFRASTRUCTURE AVAILABILITY IN 860 PM SHRI SCHOOLS IN MAHARASHTRA District Name Schools Enrolments Faculty Play Ground AHMEDNAGAR 28 7172 259 9 AKOLA 18 4773 168 9 AMRAVATI 35 11443 324 19 BHANDARA 21 11562 264 16 BEED 23 8200 278 12 BULDANA 37 17549 483 23 CHANDRAPUR 30 7122 217 15 CHHATRAPATI SAMBHAJINAGAR 19 7798 246 9

(AURANGABAD) DHARASHIV (OSMANABAD) 19 5401 193 13 DHULE 10 5362 154 5 GADCHIROLI 24 5622 126 8 GONDIYA 21 7518 189 13 HINGOLI 11 3829 119 7 JALGAON 36 11240 359 21 JALNA 20 8417 247 14 KOLHAPUR 29 9951 319 16 LATUR 18 4360 163 8 MUMBAI (SUBURBAN) 2 4386 97 2 NAGPUR 34 12107 398 17 NANDED 39 19140 589 30 NANDURBAR 16 7108 180 8 NASHIK 47 15456 448 24 PALGHAR 23 11423 251 15 PARBHANI 20 8205 245 16 PUNE 38 19104 530 24 RAIGARH (MAHARASHTRA) 26 4652 159 7 RATNAGIRI 16 3195 122 3 SANGLI 24 6518 234 10 SATARA 24 8051 247 8 SINDHUDURG 16 2452 100 3 SOLAPUR 39 11577 414 20 THANE 21 9619 293 8 WARDHA 18 5464 170 6 WASHIM 16 5158 159 11 YAVATMAL 42 14276 397 21 Total 860 305210 9141 450 *****