Lok Sabha Question No. 131 (STARRED), answered on 2019-07-01
Subject: Knowledge Resource Centres
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Naranbhai Bhikhabhai Kachhadiya

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION No. 131 TO BE ANSWERED ON 1 ST  JULY, 2019

## KNOWLEDGE RESOURCE CENTRES 131. SHRI NARANBHAI KACHHADIYA:

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

- (a) whether any Knowledge Resource Centres are being run by the Government
- (b) if so, the number of the said centres running presently in the country, State/ UT-wise; and
- (c) the State/ UT-wise details of the amount of the fund allocated in this regard?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR CULTURE AND TOURISM (SHRI PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL)

- (a) to (c): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## Statement  referred  to  in  reply  to  part  (a)  to  (c)  of  Lok  Sabha  Starred Question No. 131 for 1.7.2019.

(a) to (c)  :- Ministry of Culture has a number of  Knowledge Heritage Resources. The details of such institutions and libraries and amount of fund allocated during the current year are given in the Annexure.

## Annexure in reply to the part (c) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No.131 for 1.7.2019

|   S.No. | Name of organization                                        | State/ UT         |   Funds allocation 2019-2020 (Rupees in crore) |
|---------|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Central Secretariat Library, New Delhi                      | Delhi             |                                           2.1  |
|       2 | Delhi Public Library, New Delhi                             | Delhi             |                                          29.58 |
|       3 | Gandhi Smriti and Darshan, Samiti, New Delhi                | Delhi             |                                          15.91 |
|       4 | National Archives of India , New Delhi                      | Delhi             |                                          43.42 |
|       5 | Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi                | Delhi             |                                          23.66 |
|       6 | Anthropological Surveys of India , Kolkata                  | West Bengal       |                                          92.72 |
|       7 | Central Reference Library, Kolkata                          | West Bengal       |                                           5.12 |
|       8 | Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Kolkata | West Bengal       |                                           5.06 |
|       9 | National Library, Kolkata                                   | West Bengal       |                                          52.77 |
|      10 | Raja Rammohan Roy Library Foundation, Kolkata               | West Bengal       |                                          51.29 |
|      11 | The Asiatic Society, Kolkata                                | West Bengal       |                                          28.62 |
|      12 | Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies, Sarnath        | Uttar Pradesh     |                                          38.04 |
|      13 | Rampur Raza Library, Rampur                                 | Uttar Pradesh     |                                           6.51 |
|      14 | Khuda Baksh Oriental Public Library, Patna                  | Bihar             |                                           5.83 |
|      15 | Nava Nalanda Maha Vihara, Nalanda                           | Bihar             |                                          19.85 |
|      16 | Central Institute of Himalayan Cultural Studies, Dahung     | Arunachal Pradesh |                                           7.89 |
|      17 | Central Institute of Buddhist Studies, Leh                  | J&K               |                                          25.12 |
|      18 | Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya, Bhopal          | Madhya Pradesh    |                                          19.36 |