Parliament Question: Shortage of Libraries in Schools in Uttar Pradesh

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION AND LITERACY LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO - 3474 ANSWERED ON – 10/08/2026 Shortage of Libraries in Schools in Uttar Pradesh 3474. Shri Pushpendra Saroj: Shri Mohibbullah: Adv Priya Saroj: Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state: (a) whether the Government is aware that over five per cent of schools in Uttar Pradesh do not have libraries with books, if so, the details thereof and the steps taken by the Government in this regard; (b) whether the Government proposes to implement any scheme to equip such schools with library books and strengthen access to learning resources for students, if so, the details thereof; (c) The number of schools ran by the Central Government in the country, State-wise and district- wise for Uttar Pradesh; and (d) the details of the availability of electricity, functional toilets, drinking water, libraries and other basic infrastructure in schools run by the central Government in Uttar Pradesh? ANSW ER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (SHRI JAYANT CHAUDHARY) (a) & (b): As reported in UDISE+ (2025-26), 98.4% Government Schools in Uttar Pradesh are equipped with library/Book Bank/Reading Corner facilities. Under the component ‘strengthening of existing schools’ of Samagra Shiksha, a provision has been made to provide library room in schools where library rooms are not available. The scheme also includes provision for library and books across all levels of school education. It includes providing grant for libraries in all government schools. This grant is used to develop school libraries as learning spaces that nurture life-long readers and seekers of knowledge and promote reading ability through relevant, age-appropriate, diverse and engaging books and other reading material. Moreover, Rashtriya e-Pustakalaya (ReP) is an innovative free digital library for children and adolescents that can be accessed online anytime, anywhere across India. The platform is available on iOS, Android and the web to ensure maximum accessibility. Currently, the platform offers a curated collection of more than 7,000 non-academic books in 25 Indian languages and English. (c) & (d): The details of School run by Central Government in the country, State-wise and district- wise for Uttar Pradesh is at Annexure-I & II. All the 76 Navodaya Vidyalayas and 130 Kendriya Vidyalayas functional in Uttar Pradesh are equipped with the requisite basic infrastructure, including electricity, functional toilets, drinking water facilities and libraries. ******ANNEXURE-I ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (c) & (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3474 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.08.2026 ASKED BY SHRI PUSHPENDRA SAROJ, SHRI MOHIBBULLAH AND ADV. PRIYA SAROJ HON’BLE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT REGARDING “SHORTAGE OF LIBRARIES IN SCHOOLS IN UTTAR PRADESH” State / UT-Wise Details of functional KVS and JNV Schools under Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan and Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti KVS S. No. States / UTs JNV 1 Andaman & Nicobar Islands (UT) 3 02 2 Andhra Pradesh 15 46 3 Arunachal Pradesh 19 20 4 Assam 30 59 5 Bihar 39 60 6 Chandigarh (UT) 1 05 7 Chhattisgarh 28 40 Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu 02 8 3 (UT) 9 Delhi (UT) 5 47 10 Goa 2 05 11 Gujarat 34 47 12 Haryana 21 36 13 Himachal Pradesh 12 27 14 Jammu & Kashmir (UT) 20 46 15 Jharkhand 26 44 16 Karnataka 31 57 17 Kerala 14 39 18 Ladakh (UT) 2 02 19 Lakshadweep (UT) 1 01 20 Madhya Pradesh 54 126 21 Maharashtra 34 63 22 Manipur 14 09 23 Meghalaya 12 07 24 Mizoram 8 04 25 Nagaland 11 05 26 Odisha 31 79 27 Puducherry (UT) 4 04 28 Punjab 23 52 29 Rajasthan 35 86 30 Sikkim 4 02 31 Tamil Nadu * - 49 32 Telangana 15 36 33 Tripura 8 12 34 Uttar Pradesh 76 130 35 Uttarakhand 13 48 36 West Bengal 18 62 TOTAL 666 1362 * The State of Tamil Nadu (38 Districts) has not yet accepted the Navodaya Vidyalaya Scheme.ANNEXURE-II ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (c) & (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3474 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.08.2026 ASKED BY SHRI PUSHPENDRA SAROJ, SHRI MOHIBBULLAH AND ADV. PRIYA SAROJ HON’BLE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT REGARDING “SHORTAGE OF LIBRARIES IN SCHOOLS IN UTTAR PRADESH” District-wise details of functional KVS and JNV Schools under Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan and Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti in Uttar Pradesh KVS S. No. Districts JNV 1 Agra 01 04 2 Aligarh 01 01 3 Ambedkar Nagar 01 -- 4 Amethi 01 02 5 Auriya 01 01 6 Ayodhya 01 01 7 Azamgarh 01 01 8 Badaun 01 01 9 Bagpat 01 02 10 Bahraich 01 01 11 Ballia 01 01 12 Balrampur 01 01 13 Banda 01 -- 14 Barabanki 01 01 15 Bareilly 01 06 16 Basti 01 01 17 Bhadohi 01 01 18 Bijnor 01 01 19 Bulandshahar 01 01 20 Chandauli 01 02 21 Chitrakoot 01 01 22 Deoria 01 02 23 Etah 01 01 24 Etawah 01 01 25 Farrukhabad 01 01 26 Fatehpur 01 01 27 Firozabad 01 01 28 Gautam Buddh Nagar 01 04 29 Ghaziabad 01 04 30 Ghazipur 01 01 31 Gonda 01 02 32 Gorakhpur 01 03 33 Hammirpur 01 01 34 Hapur (Panchsheel Nagar) 01 01 35 Hardoi 01 01 36 Hathras 01 01 37 Jyotiba Phule Nagar 01 -- 38 Jalaun 01 01 39 Jaunpur 01 01 40 Jhansi 01 05KVS S. No. Districts JNV 41 Kannauj 01 -- 42 Kanpur Dehat 01 01 43 Kanpur Nagar 01 09 44 Kasganj 01 -- 45 Kaushambi 01 -- 46 Kushinagar 01 01 47 Lakhimpuri Khiri 01 02 48 Lalitpur 01 02 49 Lucknow 01 10 50 Maharajganj 01 01 51 Mahoba 01 01 52 Mainpuri 01 -- 53 Mathura 01 03 54 Mau 01 01 55 Meerut 01 03 56 Mirzapur 01 01 57 Moradabad 01 01 58 Muzaffarnagar 01 01 59 Pilibhit 01 01 60 Pratapgarh 01 -- 61 Prayagraj 01 09 62 Raebareli 01 03 63 Rampur 01 01 64 Saharanpur 01 01 65 Sambhal 01 -- 66 Sant Kabir Nagar 01 -- 67 Shahjahanpur 01 02 68 Shamli (Prabuddh Nagar) 01 01 69 Shrawasti 01 01 70 Sidtharthnagar 01 01 71 Sitapur 02 01 72 Sonebhadra 01 03 73 Sultanpur 01 01 74 Unnao 01 01 75 Varanasi 01 05 ******