Lok Sabha Question No. 1175 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-25
Subject: Amount spent for Construction and Maintenance of Public Libraries
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Naranbhai Bhikhabhai Kachhadiya, Gitaben Vajesingbhai Rathva, Jaswantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1175 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.11.2019

## AMOUNT SPENT FOR CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES

- †1175.  Shri Naranbhai Kachhadiya:

Smt. Rathva Gitaben Vajesingbhai:

Shri Jaswant Singh Bhabhor:

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether the Government has carried out construction or maintenance work of public libraries in the country including Gujarat during the last three years;
- (b) if so, the State-wise amount and details of funds spent for this purpose; and
- (c) the area-wise number and details of public libraries in Gujarat at present?

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

## ANSWER

- (a)  Library  is  a  state  subject  and  public  Libraries  in  States/Union  Territories  function under  the  administrative  control  of  the  respective  State/Union  Territory  authority. However,  Raja  Rammohun  Roy  Library  Foundation,  Kolkata,  an  autonomous organization under Ministry of Culture provides financial assistance to public libraries under  its  'Matching  Scheme'  of  'Assistance  to  Public  Libraries  towards  increasing Accommodation' on the basis of applications recommended by the respective State Library Authorities.

National Knowledge Commission, established in 2005, constituted a working group on Libraries which recommended setting up a National Mission on Libraries (NML) and under the subcomponent 'Upgradation of Infrastructure' of NML Model Library scheme,  financial  assistance  is  provided  for  infrastructural  development  of  public libraries.

- (b)  The  details  of  fund  sanctioned  for  the  purpose  by  Raja  Rammohun  Roy  Library Foundation,  Kolkata  is  at  Annexure  I  and  by  National  Mission  on  Libraries  is  at Annexure II.
- (c) The Ministry of Culture does not maintain details of any public library in the State of Gujarat.

## Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation

## State wise details of amount of fund sanctioned for Increasing Accommodation

|                        | 2016-17          | 2016-17                  | 2017-18          | 2017-18                  | Amount in Rs.    | Amount in Rs.            |
|------------------------|------------------|--------------------------|------------------|--------------------------|------------------|--------------------------|
| Name Of The State / UT | No. of libraries | Amount (Central + State) | No. of libraries | Amount (Central + State) | No. of libraries | Amount (Central + State) |
| Andhra Pradesh         | 5                | 2300000.00               | 0                | 0.00                     | 5                | 4502500.00               |
| Arunachal Pradesh      | 4                | 10000000.00              | 3                | 7500000.00               | 0                | 0.00                     |
| Assam                  | 2                | 3749500.00               | 1                | 2499500.00               | 0                | 0.00                     |
| Chhattisgarh           | 1                | 12500000.00              | 0                | 0.00                     | 0                | 0.00                     |
| Gujarat                | 7                | 3415483.00               | 6                | 2910653.00               | 2                | 1000000.00               |
| Karnataka              | 0                | 0.00                     | 0                | 0.00                     | 4                | 5855000.00               |
| Kerala                 | 16               | 6853787.00               | 11               | 4873286.00               | 20               | 9714500.00               |
| Maharashtra            | 17               | 8254385.00               | 14               | 6957967.00               | 15               | 7451231.00               |
| Manipur                | 5                | 12500000.00              | 3                | 7500000.00               | 2                | 5000000.00               |
| Mizoram                | 24               | 7200000.00               | 14               | 4400000.00               | 16               | 5000000.00               |
| Nagaland               | 14               | 7000000.00               | 23               | 10900000.00              | 18               | 8800000.00               |
| Rajasthan              | 15               | 20869000.00              | 12               | 17335850.00              | 8                | 16652000.00              |
| Tripura                | 2                | 1349604.00               | 4                | 3757852.00               | 1                | 588020.00                |
| Uttar Pradesh          | 2                | 3209000.00               | 0                | 0.00                     | 2                | 2598821.00               |
| West Bengal            | 1                | 411989.00                | 0                | 0.00                     | 1                | 224501.00                |
| TOTAL                  | 115              | 99612748.00              | 91               | 68635108.00              | 94               | 67386573.00              |

## Annexure I

## National Mission on Libraries

## State wise details of amount of fund sanctioned for infrastructural development of public libraries

|   Sl No | State / UTs      | Library Name                                                                | Amount sanctioned during the year   |   Amount Sanctioned under the subcomponent "Upgradation of Infrastructure" (in rupees) |
|---------|------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh   | State Regional Library, Guntur                                              | 2016-17                             |                                                                                5000000 |
|       2 | Andhra Pradesh   | Regional Library, Rajamundry                                                | 2016-17                             |                                                                                3000000 |
|       3 | Assam            | District Library, Jorhat, Assam                                             | 2016-17                             |                                                                                1679000 |
|       4 | Assam            | District Library, Guwahati, Assam                                           | 2016-17                             |                                                                                3300000 |
|       5 | Bihar            | District Central Library, Jamui, Bihar                                      | 2018-19                             |                                                                                4945775 |
|       6 | Gujarat          | State Central Library, Gandhinagar                                          | 2017-18                             |                                                                                4080000 |
|       7 | Himachal Pradesh | Government District Library, Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh                     | 2018-19                             |                                                                                5000000 |
|       8 | Madhya Pradesh   | Govt. District Library, Khandwa                                             | 2016-17                             |                                                                                5000000 |
|       9 | Madhya Pradesh   | Govt. Shri Ahilya Central Library,Indore                                    | 2017-18                             |                                                                                5000000 |
|      10 | Maharashtra      | District Library, Nandurbar, Maharastra                                     | 2016-17                             |                                                                                1275882 |
|      11 | Maharashtra      | Govt. Divisional Library, Aurangabad                                        | 2017-18                             |                                                                                3949240 |
|      12 | Nagaland         | State Central Library, Kohima, Nagaland                                     | 2016-17                             |                                                                               10000000 |
|      13 | Nagaland         | District Library, Dimapur, Nagaland                                         | 2016-17                             |                                                                                5000000 |
|      14 | Pondicherry      | Romain Rolland Library, State Central Library, Puducherry                   | 2016-17                             |                                                                                9999000 |
|      15 | Pondicherry      | Dr. S. R. Ranganathan Government Public Library, District Library, Karaikal | 2016-17                             |                                                                                4299000 |

| 16    | Rajasthan   | Rajakiya Sarbajanik Mandal Pustakalaya, Kota, Rajasthan               | 2016-17   |   5000000 |
|-------|-------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|
| 17    | Sikkim      | Sikkim State Central Library                                          | 2016-17   |    302000 |
| 18    | Tamil Nadu  | District Library, Vellore, Tamil Nadu                                 | 2016-17   |   5000000 |
| 19    | Tamil Nadu  | District Library, Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu                          | 2016-17   |   5000000 |
| 20    | Uttarakhand | Government District Library, Suman Pustakalya, New Tehri, Uttarakhand | 2018-19   |   5000000 |
| Total | Total       | Total                                                                 | Total     |  91829897 |