MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
(SHRI KAPIL SIBAL)
(a) to (e): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (e) OF THE
LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 387 ASKED BY SHRIMATI
RAJKUMARI RATNA SINGH, SHRI LAXMAN TUDU, HON’BLE MPs TO BE
ANSWERED ON 21.12.2011 REGARDING OPENING OF KENDRIYA
VIDYALAYAS
(a) Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) are opened in the
Civil/Defence Sector or Project Sector.
1. In the Civil/Defence Sector KVs are opened on:
Receipt of a proposal from a Ministry of Govt. of India
or State Government/UT Administration mainly committing to:
i). Free of cost suitable land as under:
(in acres)
S. Location Minimum Desirable
No. requirements extent
I Metropolit 02 04 an city
II Hilly 04 08 Areas
III Urban Area 04 08
IV Semi- 05 10 Urban/ Rural Areas
ii) Rent free or nominal rent temporary accommodation to
house the KV till the KVS constructs its own Vidyalaya
building on the land leased to it; and
iii) Residential accommodation to at least 50% of the staff,
to be made available by the sponsoring authority.
In addition to the above, KVs in Civil/Defence Sector are
normally considered when:-
(i) there is concentration of at least 500 employees of
the Defence services or of Central Govt. or of a Govt. of
India undertaking individually or jointly. (250 in the
case of special focus districts); and
(ii) the minimum potential enrollment of children of
specified categories i.e. wards of employees of Central
Govt./Central Govt. PSUs/Autonomous Bodies/ State Govt.
Employees/State Govt. Undertakings which may be 200 or an
average of 30 per class, whichever is more.
2. In the project sector the Central Public Sector
Undertakings/Institutes of Higher Learning can sponsor KVs
by mainly committing to:
(i) Bear all the recurring and non-recurring expenditure on
the proposed KV.
(ii) Providing free of cost, suitable land and building for
housing and future development of the Vidyalaya.
(iii) Providing suitable residential accommodation to
the teaching and non-teaching staff of KVS on the same
basis and at the same rates as prescribed by it for its
own employees.
(iv) KVs in the project sector are normally opened when
there is concentration of at least 1000 employees of
the Govt. of India undertaking, and when there are at
least 200 children (500 children in the case of big
cities) willing to be enrolled in different classes of
the proposed KV to begin with.
(b) to (d) The guidelines on opening of new KVs are
followed. However, the following minor deviations have been
allowed with the approval of the competent authority in the
last three years and current year.
1. During the year 2010-11 one KV i.e. Mohali, Distt. SAS
Nagar, Punjab has been opened under Civil Sector wherein
land measuring 3.35 acres (in place of minimum requirement
of 4 acres) has been accepted on the request of the State
Govt.
2. One KV i.e. Chhabra, Thermal Power Project, Distt. Baran
(Rajasthan) has been opened during the year 2011-12 under
the sponsorship of a PSU of State Govt. of Rajasthan.
(e) The State-wise details of funds released and
expenditure incurred during last three years and current
year are annexed.
