The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime
Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has approved opening of one Jawahar Navodaya
Vidyalaya (JNV) in each of the 62 uncovered districts with an outlay of
Rs.2,871 crore.
The expenditure for this purpose during the 12th Plan will be
Rs.109.53 crore with a spill over amount of Rs.2,761.56 crore from 2017-18 to
2024-25. These JNVs will provide good quality modern education to the talented
children prominently from rural areas. It is expected that nearly 35,000
students will be benefitted from these JNVs.
A full fledged Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya provide employment to 47
persons and accordingly 62 JNVs will provide direct permanent employment to
2914 individuals.
As JNVs are residential and co-educational in nature, it is compulsory
for all the staff and students to reside in the Vidyalaya campus. Due to its
residential nature, each JNV will generate opportunities to the local vendors
for supply of essential commodities such as food, consumables, furniture,
teaching material etc. It will also create large opportunity for local service
providers such as barber, tailor cobbler, manpower for housekeeping and
security services etc.
Background:
As on date, there are 598 sanctioned JNVs in 576 districts spread
across 35 States / Union Territories. Out of these, 591 are functional. Each
JNV has classes from VI to XII with a sanctioned strength of 80 students per
class and total strength of 560 students. Admissions to JNVs in class VI are
done through an entrance examination. At least 75% of the seats in a district
are filled by candidates selected from rural areas of the district.
Further, reservation of seats in favour of children belonging to
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes is provided in proportion to their
population in the concerned district subject to the condition that in no
district such reservation is less than the national reservation percentage (15%
for SC and 7.5% for ST). One third of the total seats are reserved for girls.
List of the 62 uncovered
districts in the country where new JNVs will be opened
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S.No.
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STATE
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NAME OF DISTRICT
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1.
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Andaman & Nicobar
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1. South Andaman
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2.
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Arunachal Pradesh
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2. Tirap
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3. Capital Complex (Itanagar)
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3.
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Karnataka
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4. Kolar
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5.
Ramanagara
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6. Gulbarga
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4.
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Delhi
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7. East Delhi
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8.West Delhi
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9. North Delhi
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10. South Delhi
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11. North East Delhi
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12.
Shahdara
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13. South East Delhi
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5.
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Rajasthan
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14. Pratapgarh
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6.
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Haryana
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15. Palwal
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7.
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West Bengal
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16. Malda
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17.
Jalpaiguri
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8.
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Jharkhand
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18. Ramgarh
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19. Khunti
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9.
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Vlaharashtra
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20. Bhandara
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10.
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Gujarat
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21.Surat
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22. Dwarka
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23. Junagarh
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24. Botad
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25. Mahisagar
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26. Chota Udaipur
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27. Morbi
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28. Sabar Kantha
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11.
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Chattisgarh
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29. Narayanpur (Bastar)
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30. Bijapur (Dantewada)
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31. Balodabazar
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32. Gariyaband
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33. Bemetara
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34. Balod
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35. Mungeli
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36. Sukma
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37. Kondagaon
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38. Balrampur
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39. Surguja
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12.
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Madhya Pradesh
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40. Singrauli
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41. Jhabua
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42. Agar Malwa
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13.
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Punjab
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43. Gurdaspur
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-
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44. Fazilaka
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14.
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Jammu & Kashmir
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45. Srinagar
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46. Bandipura
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47. Ramban
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48. Kishtwar
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49. Phulwama
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15.
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Uttar Pradesh
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50. Kasganj
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51. Sultanpur
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52. Shamli
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53. Hapur
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54. Badayun
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16.
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Tripura
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55. Shepahijala
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56. Unakoti
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57. West Tripura
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58. South Tripura
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18.
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Meghalaya
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59. East Jantia Hills
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60. South West Khasi
Hills
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61. South West Garo
Hills
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62. North Garo Hills
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