Lok Sabha Question No. 458 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-02-05
Subject: Setting up of Public Libraries
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: JAGDAMBIKA PAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 458 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.02.2018

## SETTING UP OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES

## 458. SHRI JAGDAMBIKA PAL:

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

- (a) the number of public libraries set up in the country and the number of libraries proposed to be set up in various parts of the country including at panchayats and districts level, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the Central assistance made available and utilized in this regard during the last three years and current year, State/UT-wise;
- (c) whether there is any proposal to enhance the financial assistance for such libraries;
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the measures taken by the Government for the improvement of public libraries; and
- (e) the number of libraries/cultural centres set up/opened abroad, country-wise?

## (DR. MAHESH SHARMA) MINISTER OF STATE FOR CULTURE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) AND MINISTER OF STATE FOR ENVIRONMENT AND FOREST

## ANSWER

- (a) There  are  six  Public  Libraries  under  administrative  control  of  Ministry  of  Culture  namely  National  Library,  Kolkata,  Central Reference Library, Kolkata, Central Secretariat Library, New Delhi, Delhi Public Library, Delhi, Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library, Patna and Rampur Raza Library, Rampur.

Data  regarding  state-wise  number  of  public  libraries  or  number  of  libraries  proposed  to  be  set  up  in  various  parts  of  the country  is  not  maintained  by  Ministry  of  Culture  as  Public  Libraries  function  under  the  administrative  control  of  respective State/UT Library Authorities being State Subject.

- (b) National  Mission  on  Libraries  has  a  scheme  for  providing  financial  assistance  for  upgradation  of  infrastructure  of  one  State Central Library and one District Library in each State/UT as NML Model library.

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State-wise financial assistance sanctioned and payment released is at annexure 'A'.

State/UT-wise Central assistance rendered for development of public libraries under Matching and Non-Matching scheme of Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation (RRRLF) is at Annexure 'B'.

- (c) No, Madam.
- (d) For improvement of public libraries, the Ministry of Culture through matching and non-matching schemes of Raja Rammohun Roy Library  Foundation  (RRRLF)  and  through  National  Mission  on  Libraries  (NML)  is  providing  financial  assistance  for  various purposes  e.g.  construction/renovation  of  library  buildings,  upgradation  of  infrastructure  with  furniture  and  equipment, modernization, procurement of books and reading resources, organization of seminar/training and capacity building of library professionals/workshop/outreach programmes, establishment of children corner, opening of various sections, creating facilities for specially-abled readers, brail corner etc.
- (e) This  Ministry  has  not  opened  any  libraries  abroad.  However,  Ministry  of  External  Affairs  has  informed  that  almost  all  Indian Missions have set up libraries abroad.

Indian  Council  of  Cultural  Relations,  an  organization  under  Ministry  of  External  Affairs  has  set  up  Cultural  Centres  in  37 countries. Country wise list of Culture Centres is at Annexure 'C'.

Annexure "A"

## Annexure in reply to Part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 458 for reply on 05.02.2018

## Statement of amount sanctioned and payment released to State Libraries under NML Model Library Scheme

## Rs in Lakh

Year wise payment released

|    | State / UTs       | Library Name                                         |   Amount sanctioned Rs in Lakh |   Total payment released |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |
|----|-------------------|------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|  1 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH | State Central Library, Itanagar                      |                         223    |                   166.08 |      0    |     98.29 |     67.79 |
|  2 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH | District Library Phasighat                           |                          87    |                    66.31 |      0    |     32.29 |     34.02 |
|  3 | KARNATAKA         | State Central Library, Bangalore                     |                         223    |                   159.29 |     33    |     89.8  |     36.49 |
|  4 | KARNATAKA         | Government District Library, Shimoga                 |                          87    |                    35.78 |     16.5  |      0    |     19.28 |
|  5 | MIZORAM           | State Central Library, Aizwal                        |                         128.7  |                   108.12 |     33    |     67    |      8.12 |
|  6 | MIZORAM           | District Library Building Kolasib.                   |                          50    |                    50    |     16.5  |     33.5  |      0    |
|  7 | ORISSA            | State Library Odisha, Bhubaneswar                    |                         223    |                   133    |     33    |    100    |      0    |
|  8 | ORISSA            | District Library, Ganajam Odisha                     |                          40.36 |                     0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |
|  9 | RAJASTHAN         | Dr. Radhakrishnan Rajya Kendriya Pustakalaya, Jaipur |                         183.51 |                    64.81 |      0    |     33.83 |     30.98 |
| 10 | RAJASTHAN         | Sarbajanik Mandal Pustakalaya, Kota                  |                          63.46 |                    16.5  |      0    |      0    |     16.5  |
| 11 | TRIPURA           | Birchandra State Central Library, Agartala           |                         223    |                   104.14 |     59.39 |     44.75 |      0    |
| 12 | TRIPURA           | Unakoti District Library,Unakoti                     |                          87    |                    36.79 |     16.01 |     16.33 |      4.45 |
| 13 | UTTAR PRADESH     | State Central Library, Allahabad                     |                         206    |                   203.75 |    131.68 |     72.07 |      0    |
| 14 | UTTAR PRADESH     | Government District Library, Etawah                  |                          87    |                    85.93 |     46.48 |     39.45 |      0    |
| 15 | WEST BENGAL       | West Bengal State Central library, Kolkata           |                         222.81 |                   170.35 |     72.54 |     97.81 |      0    |
| 16 | WEST BENGAL       | North Bengal State Library, Coochbehar               |                          86.98 |                    67.82 |     28.01 |     28.26 |     11.55 |
| 17 | Telangana         | State Central Library Hyderabad                      |                         112.25 |                    50.31 |      0    |     39.39 |     10.92 |
| 18 | Telangana         | District Central Library Mahaboobnagar               |                          52    |                    16.5  |      0    |     16.5  |      0    |
| 19 | ASSAM             | District Library, Jorhat, Assam                      |                          40    |                    34.29 |     13.2  |     21.09 |      0    |
| 20 | ASSAM             | District Library, Guwahati, Assam                    |                          70    |                    69.59 |      0    |     35.39 |     34.2  |
| 21 | CHHATISGARH       | District Library, Dhantawada                         |                          87    |                     0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |
| 22 | CHHATISGARH       | District Library, Raigarh                            |                          87    |                    13.64 |      0    |      0    |     13.64 |

| 23   | GOA            | Krishnadas Shama State Central Library, Panaji     | 223.00   |    0.49 |   0.00 |   0.00 |   0.49 |
|------|----------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------|---------|--------|--------|--------|
| 24   | GOA            | Dr. Francisco Luis Gomes District Library, Navelin | 87.00    |    2.38 |   0    |   0    |   2.38 |
| 25   | GUJARAT        | State Central Library, Gandhinagar                 | 106.01   |    0    |   0    |   0    |   0    |
| 26   | ANDHRA PRADESH | State Regional Library, Guntur                     | 50.00    |    0    |   0    |   0    |   0    |
| 27   | ANDHRA PRADESH | Regional Library, Rajamundry                       | 30.00    |    0    |   0    |   0    |   0    |
| 28   | MANIPUR        | State Central Library, Imphal, Manipur             | 40.00    |    0    |   0    |   0    |   0    |
| 29   | MANIPUR        | District Library, Senapati, Manipur                | 20.00    |    0    |   0    |   0    |   0    |
| 30   | TAMILNADU      | District Library Vellore, Tamil Nadu               | 90.00    |   51.48 |   0    |   0    |  51.48 |
| 31   | TAMILNADU      | District Library Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu        | 70.00    |   23.1  |   0    |   0    |  23.1  |
| 32   | KERALA         | State Central Library, Thiruvananthapuram          | 116.61   |   11.94 |   0    |   0    |  11.94 |
| 33   | PONDICHERRY    | Romain Rolland Library, Puducherry                 | 166.54   |   33    |   0    |   0    |  33    |
| 34   | PONDICHERRY    | District Library, Karaikal                         | 76.04    |    0    |   0    |   0    |   0    |
| 35   | Nagaland       | State Central Library, Kohima, Nagaland            | 177.49   |   85.58 |   0    |   0    |  85.58 |
| 36   | Nagaland       | District Library, Dimapur                          | 73.81    |   38.18 |   0    |   0    |  38.18 |
| 37   | Maharastra     | District Library, Nandurbar, Maharastra            | 21.90    |    0    |   0    |   0    |   0    |
| 38   | Maharastra     | Div. Library, Aurangabad                           | 60.55    |    0    |   0    |   0    |   0    |
| 39   | Sikkim         | Sikkim State Central Library                       | 3.02     |    0    |   0    |   0    |   0    |
| 40   | Madhya Pradesh | Govt. District Library, Khandwa,MP                 | 73.20    |    0    |   0    |   0    |   0    |
| 41   | Madhya Pradesh | Govt. Ahilya Central Libarary                      | 87.00    |    0    |   0    |   0    |   0    |
|      |                |                                                    |          |    0    |   0    |   0    |   0    |
|      | Total          |                                                    | 4242.24  | 1899.15 | 499.31 | 865.75 | 534.09 |

## Annexure in reply to Part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 458 for reply on 05.02.2018

| NAMEOFTHESTATE/UT   | 2014-15     | 2014-15      | 2015-16     | 2015-16      | 2016-17     | 2016-17      | 2017-18 (as on 31.01.2018)   | 2017-18 (as on 31.01.2018)   |
|---------------------|-------------|--------------|-------------|--------------|-------------|--------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
| NAMEOFTHESTATE/UT   | Matching    | Non-Matching | Matching    | Non-Matching | Matching    | Non-Matching | Matching                     | Non-Matching                 |
| ANDHRAPRADESH       | 1450000.00  | 5586544.43   | 2738739.50  | 4075302.63   | 1509480.50  | 14575795.93  | 51375.00                     | 2542608.41                   |
| ARUNACHALPRADESH    | 7400029.50  | 2533097.22   | 8544550.50  | 5675151.32   | 11699662.50 | 10275397.97  | 8544001.50                   | 2878593.96                   |
| ASSAM               | 14881394.70 | 3645204.05   | 37847329.20 | 5940535.49   | 22053748.50 | 12038981.96  | 28095388.20                  | 7812855.87                   |
| BIHAR               | 0.00        | 1474213.67   | 0.00        | 1230862.35   | 0.00        | 4477167.98   | 0.00                         | 1356057.82                   |
| GUJARAT             | 21088744.50 | 3862107.47   | 21934126.00 | 4269573.08   | 14382222.50 | 13483698.95  | 25726935.00                  | 4042931.32                   |
| GOA                 | 440398.20   | 571776.71    | 2308133.40  | 416357.79    | 672941.40   | 747146.00    | 2375217.60                   | 219507.23                    |
| HARYANA             | 1749045.00  | 2061320.51   | 36630.00    | 1921293.52   | 1034230.20  | 6715751.97   | 1344757.20                   | 2034086.73                   |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH    | 1590685.80  | 2233097.22   | 2795680.20  | 2000151.32   | 3776094.00  | 7275397.97   | 1613375.40                   | 2203593.96                   |
| JAMMU&KASHMIR       | 7026028.20  | 1374213.67   | 20693488.20 | 1230862.35   | 1115679.60  | 4477167.98   | 28812594.60                  | 1356057.82                   |
| KARNATAKA           | 19735379.50 | 4001085.89   | 612500.00   | 3724781.67   | 16358660.50 | 11959800.94  | 19551624.50                  | 3940535.78                   |
| KERALA              | 3822899.50  | 2448917.09   | 5556546.00  | 3302656.94   | 3476893.50  | 7372157.97   | 2625886.00                   | 3127795.28                   |
| MADHYAPRADESH       | 466710.00   | 4466194.43   | 0.00        | 4000302.63   | 0.00        | 14550795.93  | 0.00                         | 4407187.92                   |
| MAHARASHTRA         | 22292543.00 | 10267355.52  | 18221437.00 | 9764236.57   | 11536489.00 | 23963492.90  | 6173319.50                   | 8341541.19                   |
| MANIPUR             | 19606538.70 | 1499726.96   | 21624694.20 | 1493504.56   | 22447872.90 | 4218721.98   | 18396171.90                  | 1797243.59                   |
| MEGHALAYA           | 0.00        | 687106.84    | 1995000.30  | 615431.17    | 3177689.40  | 2238583.99   | 307314.00                    | 678028.91                    |
| MIZORAM             | 12025269.00 | 1030660.25   | 8177556.60  | 1522846.76   | 12447894.60 | 4827220.98   | 8655408.00                   | 2379543.37                   |
| NAGALAND            | 17760446.10 | 1374213.67   | 33595756.20 | 1230862.35   | 30053768.40 | 4477167.98   | 27014694.30                  | 1356057.82                   |
| ODISHA              | 19972549.80 | 4286370.63   | 210927.00   | 2895211.90   | 8611776.00  | 9130169.96   | 8862430.80                   | 5290550.41                   |
| PUNJAB              | 0.00        | 1202436.96   | 0.00        | 1077004.56   | 0.00        | 3917521.98   | 0.00                         | 1356057.82                   |
| RAJASTHAN           | 2586783.40  | 5161230.14   | 1388853.00  | 4154160.43   | 16581460.80 | 16726249.93  | 15225613.20                  | 4751275.14                   |
| SIKKIM              | 7828587.90  | 687106.84    | 6398003.70  | 615431.17    | 0.00        | 2238583.99   | 0.00                         | 678028.91                    |
| TAMILNADU           | 25437851.00 | 5465244.72   | 20611057.00 | 6125790.84   | 2978496.50  | 26273388.93  | 39827736.00                  | 6409320.69                   |

## ANNEXURE "B"

| TRIPURA           |      11250850.50 |       2419856.84 |     14935478.40 |        765275.17 |   7136876.70 |       2802833.99 |   13846995.90 |        790528.91 |
|-------------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|--------------|------------------|---------------|------------------|
| UTTAR PRADESH     |      2.83106e+07 |      4.01015e+06 |     4.06244e+07 |      3.94362e+06 |  9.97439e+06 |      1.37507e+07 |   1.79356e+07 |      4.49533e+06 |
| WEST BENGAL       |      2.87509e+07 |      8.08948e+06 |     6.00169e+07 |      7.344e+06   |  1.23136e+07 |      1.57495e+07 |   2.4943e+07  |      6.72792e+06 |
| ANDAMAN&NICCOBAR  |      0           | 343553           |     2.3787e+06  | 307716           |  0           |      1.11929e+06 |   0           | 339014           |
| CHANDIGARH        | 807467           | 171777           |     6.29752e+06 | 153858           |  1.95556e+06 | 559646           |   1.43368e+06 |      0           |
| DADAR&NAGARHEVALI |      0           |      0           |     0           |      0           |  0           |      0           |   0           |      0           |
| DELHI             |      0           | 400000           |     0           | 481250           |  0           | 550000           |   0           | 525000           |
| LAKSHADWEEP       |      0           | 171777           |     0           | 153858           |  0           | 559646           |   0           | 169507           |
| PONDICHERRY       |      0           | 515330           |     0           | 461573           |  2.96233e+06 |      1.67894e+06 |   0           | 508522           |
| CHHATRISGARH      |      7.5e+06     | 933884           |     0           | 794289           |  7.5e+06     |      2.79823e+06 |   0           | 847536           |
| JHARKHAND         |      0           | 515330           |     0           | 536573           |  0           |      1.79579e+06 |   0           | 508522           |
| UTTARAKHAND       |      5.37602e+06 | 858884           | 94072.8         | 769289           |  2.97937e+06 |      2.87323e+06 |   0           | 872536           |
| TELENGANA         |      0           |      0           |     0           |      0           |  0           |      0           |   0           |      1.89847e+06 |
| TOTAL             |      2.89158e+08 |      8.43492e+07 |     3.39638e+08 |      8.29936e+07 |  2.28737e+08 |      2.50198e+08 |   3.01363e+08 |      8.66423e+07 |

## Annexure in reply to part (e) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 458 for reply on 05.02.2018

## LIST OF INDIAN CULTURAL CENTRES ABROAD

## Sl. No. Name of Centres with Country

1. The Tagore Centre, Berlin, Germany.
2. Jawaharlal Nehru Cultural Centre Moscow, Russia.
3. Indian Cultural Centre Astana, Kazakhstan.
4. Lal Bahadur Shastri Centre for Indian Culture Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
5. Indian Cultural Centre Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
6. Indian Cultural Centre Kabul, Afghanistan.
7.  Indian Cultural Centre Colombo, Sri Lanka.
8. Jawaharlal Nehru Indian Cultural Centre, Jakarta, Indonesia.
9.  Indira Gandhi Centre for Indian Culture Port Louis, Mauritius.

## ANNEXURE 'C'

10. Maulana Azad Centre for Indian Culture, Cairo, Egypt.

11. Indian Cultural Centre

Johannesburg, South Africa.

12. Indian Cultural Centre

Georgetown, Guyana.

13. Mahatma Gandhi Institute For Cultural Cooperation Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago.

14. Indian Cultural Centre

Paramaribo, Suriname.

15. Indian Cultural Centre

Suva, Fiji.

16.      The Nehru Centre

London (U.K.).

17. Indian Cultural Centre

Beijing, China.

18. Indian Cultural Wing

Kathmandu, Nepal.

19. Indian Cultural Centre Bangkok, Thailand

20. NSCB Indian Cultural Centre

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

21. Vivekanand Cultural Centre Tokyo, Japan

22. Gurudev Tagore Indian Cultural Centre Mexico.
23. Nehru Wangchuck Cultural Centre Thimphu, Bhutan.
24. Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre Dhaka, Bangladesh.
25. Indian Cultural Centre Yangon, Myanmar.
26. Indian Cultural Centre Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
27. Indian Cultural Centre Seoul, South Korea.
28. Amrita Sher-Gill Cultural Centre Budapest, Hungary.
29. Indian Cultural Centre Prague, Czech Republic
30. Indian Cultural Centre Male, Maldives.
31. Indian Cultural Centre Sao Paulo, Brazil.
32. Indian Cultural Centre The Hague, Netherlands.
33. Indian Cultural Centre

Tehran, Iran

34. Indian Cultural Centre

Durban, South Africa

35.    Indian Cultural Centre

Sydney, Australia

36. Indian Cultural Centre

Hanoi, Vietnam

## Sub-Centre

37. Sub-Cultural Centre

Bali, Indonesia

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