The central government-run schools will be set up by the HRD Ministry at the initiative of the Home Ministry which has identified the areas where basic education was lacking.
Those districts where the KVs will be set up include Nawada (Bihar), Sukma, Kondagaon, Bijapur (all Chhattisgarh), Khunti, Giridhi, Chatra, Dumka, Palamu (all Jharkhand) and Gadchiroli (Maharashtra), official sources said.
There are 35 worst Naxal-hit districts among the ten Maoist affected states in the country. Out of these districts, 24 districts presently have 52 KVs.
At present there are 33 NVs in 30 Naxal-hit districts.
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