Lok Sabha Question No. 5012 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-26
Subject: Schemes under National Mission on Libraries
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: ANJU BALA, Tejpratap Singh,Yadav, B. SREERAMULU

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5012 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.03.2018

## SCHEMES UNDER NATIONAL MISSION ON LIBRARIES

5012.  SHRIMATI ANJU BALA: SHRI TEJ PRATAP SINGH YADAV: SHRI B. SRIRAMULU:

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the progress in implementation of schemes under the National Mission on Libraries (NML)  is  not  satisfactory  and  if  so,  the  details  along  with  the  implementation  status thereof and the reaction of the Government thereto, scheme-wise;
- (b) whether the National Knowledge Commission (NKC) Report on Libraries recommended  including  libraries  in  Concurrent  List  of  Constitution  to  facilitate  the coordinated development of libraries across various sectors and if so, the details thereof and the reaction of the Government thereto;
- (c) whether  the  Centre  for  Development  of  Advanced  Computing  (C-DAC)  has  recently launched  the  National  Virtual  Library  of  India  (NVLI)  under  NML  covering  thousands  of fields,  ranging  from  arts,  music,  dance,  culture,  theatre,  science  and  technology  to education etc. and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to enact a National Public Library Act as only few States have enacted and implemented library legislations and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the corrective steps taken/being taken by the Government for development of the Library Sector including creation of a separate library division in the country?

## (DR. MAHESH SHARMA)

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR CULTURE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) AND MINISTER OF STATE FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## ANSWER

- (a) The components of National Mission on Libraries are: -
- (i) Creation  of  National  Virtual  Library  of  India  (NVLI)  to  facilitate  a  comprehensive database  on  digital  resources  of  India  on  information  about  India  in  an  open  access environment. NVLI will facilitate federated searching through multilingual user interfaces. The  project  had  been  entrusted  to  Indian  Institute  of  Technology,  Bombay  (in collaboration with C-DAC, Pune and IGNOU, Delhi) to be completed in a period of three years (2016-19). A Three Petabyte Datacloud has been established at IIT, Bombay for hosting of NVLI. Soft launch of NVLI has been done on 15 th February, 2018.

- (ii) Setting  up  of  NML  Model  Libraries.  The  NML  will  cover  35  State  Central  Libraries,  35 District  Libraries  and  6  Libraries  under  the  Ministry  of  Culture.  So  far  41  proposals received  from  22  States/UTs  for  State  Central  Library/District  Library  have  been sanctioned as per details at Annexure-I.
- (iii) Quantitative and Qualitative Survey of Libraries to prepare baseline data of libraries in India through a survey of 5000 libraries. The work had been assigned to Indian Market Research  Bureau  (IMRB)  which  has  conducted  survey  of  5140  Libraries  across  the States/UTs, 4082 users of public libraries, 1003 users of private libraries and 2035 nonusers and submitted its report.
- (iv) Capacity  Building  to  enhance  the  professional  competence  of  library  personnel.  18 training  programmes  have  been  conducted  and  685  library  professionals  have  been trained. IFLIBNET conducted 10 training programmes and Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation (RRRLF) has conducted 8 training programmes so far.
- (b) National  Knowledge  Commission  in  its  report  on  libraries  had  recommended  'In  order  to facilitate the coordinated development of libraries across different sectors and to provide the  legislative  framework,  required  legal  support  and  financial  backing  to  the  Library Sector,  the  Government  could,  in  course  of  time,  consider  including  libraries  in  the Concurrent  List  of  the  Constitution  of  India.  This  should  be  done  without  in  any  way abrogating  the  existing  responsibilities  of  the  States  towards  libraries'.  No  decision  has been taken by the Government in this regard.
- (c) National Virtual Library of India Portal under the aegis of National Mission on Libraries has been soft launched on 15 th February, 2018. This will allow access to various organizations under Ministry of Culture to use it and provide feedback for further improvements in the functionality of NVLI Portal.

NVLI Portal includes data from ten (10) National Museums, ASI Site Museums, ASI Library, National  Mission  on  Monuments  and  Antiquities  (NMMA),  National  Cultural  Audiovisual Archive (NCAA), NPTEL, Union Catalogue (bibliographic collections from National Libraries),  Catalogues  of  National  Archive  of  India,  Open  repositories,  web  crawling  of government websites and newspapers, and sample data received from many organizations. Presently the total record count in NVLI is 69,95,669 records.

- (d) Library is a State subject thus any Public Library Act has to be enacted by the respective State Governments.
- (e) Ministry of Culture has launched the scheme 'National Mission on Libraries - Upgradation of Libraries providing Services to the Public' in 2014 for sustained development of Libraries in  India.  Also  Raja  Rammohun  Roy  Library  Foundation  under  its  matching  and  nonmatching  schemes  provides  financial  assistance  for  development  of  public  libraries  for various purposes eg. Books, furniture & equipments, modernization, construction of library buildings, mobile library services, establishment of children corner, facilities for speciallyabled readers, seminars/workshops etc. As library is a State subject, Government of India cannot enforce any National Level Policy on the States.

## Annexure in reply to Part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 5012 for reply on 26.03.2018

|    | State / UTs       | Library Name                                         |   Amount sanctioned Rs in Lakh |
|----|-------------------|------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|  1 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH | State Central Library, Itanagar                      |                         223    |
|  2 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH | District Library Pasighat                            |                          87    |
|  3 | KARNATAKA         | State Central Library, Bengaluru                     |                         223    |
|  4 | KARNATAKA         | Government District Library, Shimoga                 |                          87    |
|  5 | MIZORAM           | State Central Library, Aizwal                        |                         128.7  |
|  6 | MIZORAM           | District Library Building Kolasib.                   |                          50    |
|  7 | ODISHA            | State Library Odisha, Bhubaneswar                    |                         223    |
|  8 | ODISHA            | District Library, Ganjam Odisha                      |                          40.36 |
|  9 | RAJASTHAN         | Dr. Radhakrishnan Rajya Kendriya Pustakalaya, Jaipur |                         183.51 |
| 10 | RAJASTHAN         | Sarbajanik Mandal Pustakalaya, Kota                  |                          63.46 |
| 11 | TRIPURA           | Birchandra State Central Library, Agartala           |                         223    |
| 12 | TRIPURA           | Unakoti District Library, Unakoti                    |                          87    |
| 13 | UTTAR PRADESH     | State Central Library, Allahabad                     |                         206    |
| 14 | UTTAR PRADESH     | Government District Library, Etawah                  |                          87    |
| 15 | WEST BENGAL       | West Bengal State Central library, Kolkata           |                         222.81 |
| 16 | WEST BENGAL       | North Bengal State Library, Cooch Behar              |                          86.98 |
| 17 | TELANGANA         | State Central Library Hyderabad                      |                         112.25 |
| 18 | TELANGANA         | District Central Library Mahbubnagar                 |                          52    |
| 19 | ASSAM             | District Library, Jorhat, Assam                      |                          40    |
| 20 | ASSAM             | District Library, Guwahati, Assam                    |                          70    |
| 21 | CHHATTISGARH      | District Library, Dantewada                          |                          87    |
| 22 | CHHATTISGARH      | District Library, Raigarh                            |                          87    |
| 23 | GOA               | Krishnadas Shama State Central Library, Panaji       |                         223    |
| 24 | GOA               | Dr. Francisco Luis Gomes District Library, Navelim   |                          87    |

| 25   | GUJARAT        | State Central Library, Gandhinagar           |   106.01 |
|------|----------------|----------------------------------------------|----------|
| 26   | ANDHRA PRADESH | State Regional Library, Guntur               |    50    |
| 27   | ANDHRA PRADESH | Regional Library, Rajamundry                 |    30    |
| 28   | MANIPUR        | State Central Library, Imphal, Manipur       |    40    |
| 29   | MANIPUR        | District Library, Senapati, Manipur          |    20    |
| 30   | TAMILNADU      | District Library Vellore, Tamil Nadu         |    90    |
| 31   | TAMILNADU      | District Library Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu |    70    |
| 32   | KERALA         | State Central Library, Thiruvananthapuram    |   116.61 |
| 33   | PUDUCHERRY     | Romain Rolland Library, Puducherry           |   166.54 |
| 34   | PUDUCHERRY     | District Library, Karaikal                   |    76.04 |
| 35   | NAGALAND       | State Central Library, Kohima, Nagaland      |   177.49 |
| 36   | NAGALAND       | District Library, Dimapur                    |    73.81 |
| 37   | MAHARASHTRA    | District Library, Nandurbar, Maharashtra     |    21.9  |
| 38   | MAHARASHTRA    | Divisional Library, Aurangabad               |    60.55 |
| 39   | SIKKIM         | Sikkim State Central Library                 |     3.02 |
| 40   | MADHYA PRADESH | Govt. District Library, Khandwa, MP          |    73.2  |
| 41   | MADHYA PRADESH | Govt. Ahilya Central Library                 |    87    |
|      | TOTAL          |                                              |  4242.24 |