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Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Selection Criteria

The plan known as the Navodaya Vidyalaya Scheme aims to create one Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV) in each district across the country. The process of establishing new JNVs is ongoing and depends on the cooperation of the respective State Government or UT administration in providing the free suitable land for constructing a permanent building and temporarily providing a rent-free space to operate the Vidyalaya until the permanent building is complete. The competent authority must approve any new JNVs. As of May 31, 2014, all districts in States or UTs that agreed to the scheme have been included. The list of established JNVs by state, UT, and district can be found in Annexure-I. Annexure-II details the states and UTs where new JNVs have been established in the previous four years. Although no specific requests have been made to establish JNVs in every sub-division or block headquarters, requests have been received from public representatives and organizations, which are outlined in Annexure-III.

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

LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2039
ANSWERED ON 13.03.2023

Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas

†2039. SHRI BHAGIRATH CHOUDHARY:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a) whether any criteria for setting up Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas have been fixed and if so, the details thereof;

(b) the names of the States in the country along with the names of the places where Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas have been established at present, State- wise and district-wise;

(c) the names of the States in the country where new Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas have been opened during the last four years and the details thereof;

(d) whether the Government proposes to provide the facility of inclusive education at the local level by establishing new Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas at every subdivision/block headquarters of the country in the coming years and if so, the details thereof; and

(e) whether the Government has received any demands from time to time from all over the country for the establishment of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas at every subdivision/block headquarters in the country and if so, the names and details of the State organizations and public representatives who have made such demands along with the dates on which these demands were made?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (SMT. ANNPURNA DEVI)

(a) to (e) The Navodaya Vidyalaya Scheme envisages opening of one Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV) in each district of the country. Opening of new JNVs 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 JNV depends on approval by the competent authority. All the districts (as on 31st May, 2014) of the States/UTs, which have accepted the scheme, have been covered under this scheme. JNVs are not opened sub-division/ block headquarters wise.

The State/UT/District-wise list of JNVs established in the country at present are at Annexure-I.

The State/UT-wise details where new JNVs have been opened in the country during the last four years are at Annexure-II.

While no specific request has been received to establish JNV in every sub- division/block headquarters in the country, however, requests for setting up of JNVs have been received from public representatives/organizations, details of which are at Annexure-III.

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ANNEXURE-I

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (e) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2039 FOR 13.03.2023 RAISED BY SHRI BHAGIRATH CHOUDHARY, HON’BLE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT REGARDING JAWAHAR NAVODAYA VIDYALAYAS

State/UT/district-wise details of JNVs as on date in the country

S. No.	State/UT	Number of JNVs	JNVs (Districts)
1.	ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS	03	Car Nicobar, Middle Andaman, South Andaman
2.	ANDHRA PRADESH	15	Anantapur, Chittoor, East Godavari-I, East Godavari-II, Guntur, Kadapa, Krishna, Kurnool, Nellore, Prakasam-I, Prakasam-II, Srikakulam, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram, West Godavari
3.	ARUNACHAL PRADESH	17	Anjaw, Changlang, Dibang Valley, East Kameng, East Siang, Kurung Kumey, Longding, Lower Dibang Valley, Lower Subansiri, Namsai, Papumpare, Tawang, Tirap, Upper Siang, Upper Subansiri, West Kameng, West Siang
4.	ASSAM	27	Baksa, Barpeta, Bongaigaon, Cachar, Chirang, Dima Hasao, Darrang, Dhemaji, Dhubri, Dibrugarh, Goalpara, Golaghat, Hailakandi, Jorhat, Kamrup, Karbianglong-I, Karbianglong-II, Karimganj, Kokrajhar, Lakhimpur, Morigaon, Nagaon, Nalbari, Sivasagar, Biswanath, Tinsukia, Udalguri
5.	BIHAR	39	Araria, Arwal, Aurangabad, Banka, Begusarai, Bhagalpur, Bhojpur, Buxar, Darbhanga, East Champaran, Gaya-I, Gaya-II, Gopalganj, Jamui, Jehanabad, Kaimur, Katihar, Khagaria, Kishanganj, Lakhisarai, Madhepura, Madhubani, Munger, Muzaffarpur, Nalanda, Nawada, Patna, Purnia, Rohtas, Saharsa, Samastipur, Saran, Sheikhpura, Sheohar, Sitamarhi, Siwan, Supaul, Vaishali, West Champaran
6.	CHANDIGARH	01	Chandigarh
7.	CHHATTISGARH	28	Balod, Baloda Bazar, Balrampur, Bastar, Bemetara, Bijapur, Bilaspur, Dantewada, Dhamtari, Durg, Gariyaband, Janjgir Champa, Jashpur, Kabirdham, Kanker, Kondagaon, Korba, Korea, Mahasamund, Mungeli, Narayanpur, Raigarh, Raipur, Rajnandgaon, Surguja, Sukma-I, Sukma–II, Surajpur
8.	DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI AND DAMAN & DIU	03	Silvassa, Daman, Diu
9.	DELHI	02	Jaffarpurkalan , Mungeshpur
10.	GOA	02	North Goa, South Goa
11.	GUJARAT	34	Ahmedabad, Amreli, Anand, Aravalli, Banaskantha, Bharuch, Bhavnagar, Botad, Chhotaudepur, Dahod-I, Dahod-II, Dangs, Devbhoomi Dwarka, Gandhinagar, Gir Somnath, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Kheda, Kachchh, Mahisagar, Mehsana, Morbi, Narmada, Navsari, Panchmahal, Patan, Porbandar, Rajkot, Sabarkantha, Surendranagar, Surat, Tapi, Vadodara, Valsad
12.	HARYANA	21	Ambala, Bhiwani, Faridabad, Fatehabad, Gurugram, Hisar, Jhajjar, Jind, Kaithal, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Mahendragarh, Mewat, Palwal, Panchkula, Panipat, Rewari, Rohtak, Sirsa, Sonipat, Yamunanagar
13.	HIMACHAL PRADESH	12	Bilaspur, Chamba, Hamirpur, Kangra, Kinnaur, Kullu, LahaulSpiti, Mandi, Shimla, Sirmour, Solan, Una
14.	JAMMU & KASHMIR	20	Anantnag, Bandipore, Baramulla, Budgam, Doda, Ganderbal, Jammu-I, Jammu-II, Kishtwar, Kathua, Kulgam, Kupwara, Pulwama, Poonch, Rajouri, Ramban, Reasi, Samba, Shopian, Udhampur
15.	JHARKHAND	26	Bokaro, Chatra, Deoghar, Dhanbad, Dumka, East Singhbhum, Garhwa, Giridh, Godda, Gumla, Hazaribagh, Jamtara, Khunti, Koderma, Latehar, Lohardaga, Pakur-I, Pakur-II, Palamu-I, Palamu-II, Ramgarh, Ranchi, Sahebganj, Saraikela, Simdega, West Singhbhum
16.	KARNATAKA	31	Bagalkot, Ballari, Bengaluru Rural, Bengaluru Urban, Belagavi, Bidar, Chamarajnagar, Chikaballapur, Chikkamagaluru, Chitradurga, Davangere, Dharwad, Gadag, Hassan, Haveri, Kalaburagi-I, Kalaburagi-II, Kodagu, Kolar, Koppal, Mandya, Mysuru, North Canara, Raichur, Ramanagara, Shivamogga, South Canara, Tumakuru, Udupi, Vijayapura, Yadgir
17.	KERALA	14	Alappuzha, Ernakulam, Idukki, Kannur, Kasaragod, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Pathanamthitta, Thrissur, Thiruvananthapuram, Wayanad
18.	LADAKH	02	Kargil, Leh
19.	LAKSHADWEEP	01	Minycoy
20.	MADHYA PRADESH	54	Agar Malwa, Alirajpur, Anuppur, Ashoknagar, Balaghat, Barwani, Betul, Bhind, Bhopal, Burhanpur, Chhatarpur, Chhindwara, Damoh, Datia, Dewas, Dhar, Dindori, Guna, Gwalior, Harda, Hoshangabad, Indore, Jabalpur, Jhabua- I, Jhabua–II, Katni, Khandwa, Khargone, Mandla, Mandsaur, Morena, Narsinghpur, Neemuch, Panna, Raisen, Rajgarh, Ratlam-I, Ratlam-II, Rewa, Sagar, Satna, Sehore, Seoni, Shahdol, Shajapur, Sheopur, Shivpuri, Sidhi, Singrauli, Tikamgarh, Ujjain–I, Ujjain–II, Umaria, Vidisha
21.	MAHARASHTRA	34	Ahmednagar, Akola, Amravati, Aurangabad, Beed, Bhandara, Buldhana, Chandrapur, Dhule, Gadchiroli, Gondia, Hingoli, Jalgaon, Jalna, Kolhapur, Latur, Nagpur, Nanded, Nandurbar-I, Nandurbar-II, Nashik, Osmanabad, Palghar, Parbhani, Pune, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Sangli, Satara, Sindhudurg, Solapur, Wardha, Washim, Yavatmal
22.	MANIPUR	11	Bishnupur, Churachandpur, Chandel, East Imphal, Senapati-I, Senapati-II, Tamenglong, Thoubal, Ukhrul-I, Ukhrul-II, West Imphal
23.	MEGHALAYA	12	East Garo Hills, East Jaintia Hills, East Khasi Hills-I, East Khasi Hills-II, North Garo Hills, Ri-Bhoi, South Garo Hills, South West Garo Hills, South West Khasi Hills, West Garo Hills, West Jaintia Hills, West Khasi Hills
24.	MIZORAM	08	Aizawl, Champhai, Kolasib, Lawngtlai, Lunglei, Mamit, Saiha, Serchhip
25.	NAGALAND	11	Dimapur, Kohima, Longleng, Kiphire, Mokokchung, Mon, Peren, Phek, Tuensang, Wokha, Zunheboto
26.	ODISHA	31	Angul, Balasore, Bargarh, Bhadrak, Balangir, Boudh,
26.	ODISHA	31	Cuttack, Deogarh, Dhenkanal, Gajapati, Ganjam, Jagatsinghapur, Jajpur, Jharsuguda, Kalahandi, Kendrapara, Kendujhar, Khordha, Koraput, Malkangiri–I, Malkangiri–II, Mayurbhanj, Nabarangpur, Nayagarh, Nuapada, Kandhamal, Puri, Rayagada, Sambalpur, Sonepur, Sundargarh
27.	PUDUCHERRY	04	Karaikal, Mahe, Pondycherry, Yanam
28.	PUNJAB	23	Amritsar-I, Amritsar-II, Barnala , Bathinda, Fatehgarh Sahib, Faridkot, Fazilka, Ferozepur, Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur, Jalandhar, Kapurthala, Ludhiana, Mansa, Moga, Mohali, Muktsar, Pathankot, Patiala, Ropar, Nawanshahr, Sangrur, Tarn Taran
29.	RAJASTHAN	35	Ajmer, Alwar, Banswara-I, Banswara-II, Baran, Barmer, Bharatpur, Bhilwara, Bikaner, Bundi, Chittorgarh, Churu, Dausa, Dholpur, Dungarpur, Hanumangarh, Jaipur, Jaisalmer, Jalore, Jhalawar, Jhunjhunu, Jodhpur, Karauli, Kota, Nagaur, Pali, Pratapgarh, Rajsamand, Sawai Madhopur, Sikar, Sirohi, Sri Ganganagar-I, Sri Ganganagar-II, Tonk, Udaipur
30.	SIKKIM	04	East Sikkim, North Sikkim, South Sikkim, West Sikkim
31.	TELANGANA	09	Adilabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Mahaboob Nagar, Medak, Nalgonda, Nizamabad, Ranga Reddy, Warangal
32.	TRIPURA	08	Dhalai, Gomati, North Tripura, Sepahijala, South Tripura, Unakoti, Khowai, West Tripura
33.	UTTAR PRADESH	76	Agra, Aligarh, Ambedkar Nagar, Amethi, Amroha, Auriya, Azamgarh, Budaun, Baghpat, Bahraich, Ballia, Balrampur, Banda, Barabanki, Bareilly, Basti, Bhadohi, Bijnor, Bulandshahar, Chandauli, Chitrakoot, Deoria, Etah, Etawah, Faizabad, Farrukhabad, Fatehpur, Firozabad, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Ghaziabad, Ghazipur, Gonda, Gorakhpur, Hamirpur, Hapur, Hardoi, Hathras, Jalaun, Jaunpur, Jhansi, Kannauj, Kanpur Dehat, Kanpur Nagar, Kanshiramnagar, Kaushambi, Kushinagar, Lakhimpur Kheri, Lalitpur, Lucknow, Maharajganj, Mahoba, Mainpuri, Mathura, Mau, Meerut, Mirzapur, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Pilibhit, Pratapgarh, Prayagraj, Raebareli, Rampur, Saharanpur, Sambhal, Sant Kabir Nagar, Shahjahanpur, Shamali, Shravasti, Siddharthnagar, Sitapur-I, Sitapur-II, Sonbhadra, Sultanpur, Unnao, Varanasi
34.	UTTARAKHAND	13	Almora, Bageshwar, Chamoli, Champawat, Dehradun, Haridwar, Nainital, Pauri Garhwal, Pithoragarh, Rudraprayag, Tehri Garhwal, Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarkashi
35.	WEST BENGAL	18	Alipurduar, Bankura, Birbhum, Burdwan, Coochbehar, Dakshin Dinajpur, Darjeeling, East Medinipur, Hooghly, Howrah, Jalpaiguri, Murshidabad, North 24 Parganas, Nadia, Purulia, South 24 Parganas – II, North Dinajpur, West Medinipur
TOTAL		649

The State of Tamil Nadu is yet to accept the Navodaya Vidyalaya Scheme.

ANNEXURE-II

State/UT-wise details of JNVs opened during the last four years

S.No.	Name of State / UT	No. of JNVs Opened	JNVs (Districts)
1.	ARUNACHAL PRADESH	1	Tirap
2.	GUJARAT	3	Morbi, Chhota Udepur, Surat
3.	JAMMU & KASHMIR	2	Pulwama, Bandipura
4.	MEGHALAYA	3	South West Khasi Hills, North Garo Hills, West Garo Hills
5.	PUNJAB	1	Gurdaspur
6.	TRIPURA	2	West Tripura, Unakoti
7.	UTTAR PRADESH	2	Sultanpur, Hapur
TOTAL		14

ANNEXURE-III

Year, State, organization/ public representative-wise details of the requests received for setting up of JNVs

S. No.	Year	State/UT	Public Representative/ Organization
1.	2022	Jammu & Kashmir	Sh. Shantanu Thakur, MoS, Govt. of India
2.		Odisha	Sh. Bishweswar Tudu, MoS, Govt. of India
3.		Manipur	Sh. H. Pamreishan, Headman, K Ashang Kullen Ato Village
4.		Rajasthan	Sh. Arjun Lal Meena, MP
5.		Manipur	Sh. Haokholet Kipgen, MLA
6.		Karnataka	Sh. Y. Devendrappa, MP
7.	2021	Manipur	Sh. Awangbow Newmai, Minister, Govt. of Manipur
8.		Karnataka	Sh. Ananda Chandrashekara Mamani, Deputy Speaker of Karnataka Legislative Assembly
9.		Madhya Pradesh	Smt. Riti Pathak, MP and Sh. Amar Singh, MP
10.		Uttar Pradesh	Sh. Neeraj Shekhar, MP
11.		Maharashtra	Smt. Supriya Sule, MP
12.		Tamil Nadu	Sh. S Jeyapandi, President, Samaynallur Mandal
13.		Karnataka	Sh. Mangal Suresh Angadi, MP
14.		Arunachal Pradesh	Sh. Ojing Tasing, MLA
15.		Telangana	Sh. Arvind Dharmapuri, MP

Source: Lok Sabha Q&A

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