Lok Sabha Question No. 2392 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-31
Subject: Modernisation of Delhi Public Library
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: RAMESH BIDHURI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †2392 TO BE ANSWERED ON 31.07.2017

## MODERNISATION OF DELHI PUBLIC LIBRARY

## †2392. SHRI  RAMESH BIDHURI:

## Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of Government run libraries across the country including Delhi;
- (b) the annual expenditure made on such libraries during the last three years;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to modernise the Delhi Public Library;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to set up any extension branch of Delhi Public Library; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## (DR. MAHESH SHARMA)

## MINISTER OF STATE, CULTURE AND TOURISM (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)

## ANSWER

- (a) Most  of  the  government  run  Libraries  function  under  the  administrative  control  of  the respective State library authorities. There are six libraries under the administrative control of the Ministry of Culture namely:
- i. National Library
- ii. Central Secretariat Library
- iii. Central Reference Library
- iv. Delhi Public Library
- v. Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library
- vi. Rampur Raza Library
- (b) The annual expenditure  incurred  on  the  libraries  under  Ministry  of  Culture  during  the  last three years is at Annexure-I.
- (c) Modernization  and  upgradation  of  Delhi  Public  Library  is  an  ongoing  continuous  process. Every year grant-in-aid general for purchase of books, preservation/conservation, digitization, office  expenses  etc.,  grant-in-aid  for  creation  of  capital  assets  is  provided  to  Delhi  Public Library. Grants released to Delhi Public Library during last three years is at Annexure-I. Under the  scheme  of  Improvement  of  Infrastructure  and  Modernization  of  Library  of  National Mission  on  Libraries,  an  amount  of  Rs.  224.00  lakh  has  been  approved  for  Delhi  Public Library.
- (d) &  (e)  There  are  at  present  35  branches  and  62  mobile  library  points  under  Delhi  public Library in Delhi. Delhi Public Library proposes to open two branches - one at Ashok Vihar Phase-2 and one at Bawana in Delhi after completion of construction of library buildings.

## Annexure - I

Annexure referred in reply to Part (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. †2392 for 31.07.2017 on Modernisation of Delhi Public Library.

(Rs. in Lakhs)

|   S. No. | Name of the Library                  |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |
|----------|--------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|        1 | National Library                     |   3713.92 |   3807.79 |   4112.33 |
|        2 | Central Secretariat Library          |    201.67 |    208.94 |    194.5  |
|        3 | Central Reference Library            |    271.64 |    253.69 |    358.18 |
|        4 | Delhi Public Library                 |   2476.05 |   2700.78 |   2838.13 |
|        5 | Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library |    403.75 |    432.15 |    593.35 |
|        6 | Rampur Raza Library                  |    788.54 |    544.2  |    473.81 |

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