Lok Sabha Question No. 5138 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-04-03
Subject: Funds Spent on National Mission on Libraries
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Parbatbhai Savabhai Patel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †5138 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.04.2023

## FUNDS SPENT ON NATIONAL MISSION ON LIBRARIES

†5138. SHRI PARBATBHAI SAVABHAI PATEL:

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- a) the manner in which the students, researchers, scientists, artists, divyang persons, and  the  common  people  are  benefitted  by  the  programme  named  as  Rashtriya Pustakalaya Mission (National Mission on Libraries) including the details thereof;
- b) the State-wise amount of funds spent so far on the programme including Gujarat;
- c) the number of States in which Central Libraries and District Libraries are proposed to be set up under the said programme being run by the Ministry; and
- d) the number of districts in Gujarat in which the facility of library is likely to be provided under the said programme?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF CULTURE, TOURISM and DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION

(SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)

- (a)  The  Indian  Culture  Portal  (ICP)  has  been  developed  by  Ministry  of  Culture  in collaboration with IIT  Bombay  under  National  Virtual Library of India (NVLI) component of its Scheme 'National Mission on Libraries'. The Portal was launched on 10.12.2019 by the then Hon'ble Culture Minister.

ICP hosts data from all Organisations  under Ministry of Culture  and  has  digital  as well as bibliographical data which people from all walks of life can refer to depending upon their requirement. The Digital data available on ICP includes E-Books, RareBooks,  Audio-Visual  Content,  Images,  Archival  Documents,  Stories,  Snippets  etc. along with relevant metadata which are accessible to public including students, researchers, artists, divyang persons and common man.

For visually impaired, high contrast view functionality has been embedded along with facility  to  increase  or  decrease  font  size.  The  Indian  Culture  Portal  is  bilingual  for ease of understanding.

Besides, under Setting up of Model Library component of NML, financial assistance is provided to 1 State Central Library & 1 District Library of each State / UT and 6 Ministry of Culture Libraries for i) Up-gradation of Infrastructure, ii) Modernization of Technology & Modernization of Services, iii) Creation of Facilities for Specially abled users and iv) Subscription of E-journals / E-books for selected Libraries under NML, v) Network Connectivity for District Libraries, vi) Procurement of Reading resources and Advocacy & Outreach programs etc. The benefit of the Model Libraries is also accessible to general public who are the members of the respective Libraries.

## (b) The State-wise funds spent including Gujarat are at Annexure-A .

(c)  Under  Setting  up  of  NML  Model  Library  component,  financial  assistance  is provided to 1 State Central Library and 1 District Library in each State/UT as per the recommendation of the State Authority concerned.

(d) Presently, the facility of library is provided in following two Districts in Gujarat: -

- i. Government District Library, Bhavnagar
- ii. State Central Library, Gandhinagar

## Annexure referred to in Reply to Part (b) in respect of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.†5138 to be answered on 03.04.2023

## List of the Libraries and their respective sanctioned amount and released payment

| Sl. No.   | State/UT               | Name of the Library                                     | Total Amount sanctioned In Rs.   | Total Payment Released (As on 27.3.2023) In Rs.   |
|-----------|------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh         | State Regional Library, Guntur                          | 50,00,000.00                     | 0.00                                              |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh         | Regional Library, Rajamundry                            | 30,00,000.00                     | 0.00                                              |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh      | State Central Library, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh      | 2,23,00,000.00                   | 2,19,70,899.00                                    |
| 4         | Arunachal Pradesh      | District Library, Phasighat, Arunachal Pradesh          | 87,00,000.00                     | 84,89,949.00                                      |
| 5         | Assam                  | District Library, Jorhat, Assam                         | 40,00,000.00                     | 39,99,262.00                                      |
| 6         | Assam                  | District Library, Guwahati, Assam                       | 70,00,000.00                     | 69,59,420.00                                      |
| 7         | Bihar                  | District Central Library, Jamui, Bihar                  | 81,40,646.00                     | 44,50,062.00                                      |
| 8         | Bihar                  | District Central Library, Hajipur, Vaishali, Bihar      | 87,00,000.00                     | 0.00                                              |
| 9         | Chhattisgarh           | District Library, Dantewada                             | 87,00,000.00                     | 0.00                                              |
| 10        | Chhattisgarh           | District Library, Raigarh                               | 87,00,000.00                     | 27,27,120.00                                      |
| 11        | Goa                    | Krishnadas Shama State Central Library, Goa             | 2,23,00,000.00                   | 18,05,432.00                                      |
| 12        | Goa                    | Dr. Francisco Luis Gomes District Library, Goa          | 87,00,000.00                     | 3,37,722.00                                       |
| 13        | Gujarat                | State Central Library, Gandhinagar                      | 1,04,03,610.00                   | 1,01,00,299.00                                    |
| 14        | Gujarat                | Government District Library, Bhavnagar, Gujarat         | 87,00,000.00                     | 0.00                                              |
| 15        | Haryana                | State Central Library, Ambala Cantt.                    | 2,23,00,000.00                   | 0.00                                              |
| 16        | Haryana                | District Library, Narnaul                               | 84,00,000.00                     | 0.00                                              |
| 17        | Himachal Pradesh       | Government District Library, Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh | 86,86,969.00                     | 14,99,520.00                                      |
| 18        | Himachal Pradesh       | Central State Library, Solan, Himachal Pradesh          | 2,23,00,000.00                   | 0.00                                              |
| 19        | Jammu & Kashmir        | Gani Memorial U.T Central Library, Srinagar             | 2,23,00,000.00                   | 0.00                                              |
| 20        | Jammu & Kashmir        | District Library, Samba                                 | 32,50,000.00                     | 0.00                                              |
| 21        | Karnataka              | State Central Library, Bangalore, Karnataka             | 2,23,00,000.00                   | 1,59,28,928.00                                    |
| 22        | Karnataka              | District Central Library, Shimoga, Karnataka            | 87,00,000.00                     | 79,25,706.00                                      |
| 23        | Kerala                 | State Central Library, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala       | 1,16,60,882.00                   | 74,90,956.00                                      |
| 24        | Kerala                 | District Central Library, Kozhikode                     | 37,50,428.00                     | 18,76,722.00                                      |
| 25        | Madhya                 | Govt. Shri Ahilya Central Library, Indore               | 87,00,000.00                     | 43,66,850.00                                      |
| 26        | Pradesh Madhya Pradesh | Govt. District Library, Khandwa                         | 73,20,000.00                     | 65,59,461.00                                      |
|           | Maharashtra            | District Library, Nandurbar,                            | 21,89,507.00                     | 18,43,460.00                                      |
| 27 28     | Maharashtra            | Maharastra Govt. Divisional Library, Aurangabad         | 60,55,240.00                     | 57,20,714.00                                      |
| 29        | Manipur                | State Central Library, Imphal, Manipur                  | 2,18,86,958.00                   | 0.00                                              |
| 30        | Manipur                | District Library, Senapati, Manipur                     | 85,53,726.00                     | 0.00                                              |
| 31        | Mizoram                | State Central Library, Aizwal, Mizoram                  | 1,41,23,565.00                   | 1,37,04,485.00                                    |

| 32    | Mizoram       | District Library, Kolasib, Mizoram                                     | 50,00,000.00    | 50,00,000.00    |
|-------|---------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
| 33    | Nagaland      | State Central Library, Kohima, Nagaland                                | 1,77,49,000.00  | 1,75,48,000.00  |
| 34    | Nagaland      | District Library, Dimapur, Nagaland                                    | 73,81,000.00    | 69,74,980.00    |
| 35    | Odisha        | H.K.M.State Library, Bhubaneswar, Odisha                               | 2,23,00,000.00  | 1,33,00,000.00  |
| 36    | Odisha        | District Library, Ganajam, Odisha                                      | 40,36,000.00    | 0.00            |
| 37    | Pondicherry   | Romain Rolland Library, State Central Library, Puducherry              | 1,66,47,000.00  | 1,42,36,603.00  |
| 38    | Pondicherry   | Dr. S. R. Ranganathan Government Public Library, Karaikal              | 76,04,000.00    | 66,17,262.00    |
| 39    | Punjab        | MM Central State Library Patiala                                       | 2,23,00,000.00  | 0.00            |
| 40    | Punjab        | Guru Nanak District Library, Kapurthala                                | 87,00,000.00    | 0.00            |
| 41    | Rajasthan     | Dr. Radhakrishnan Rajya Kendriya Pustakalaya, Jaipur, Rajasthan        | 1,83,51,000.00  | 94,81,000.00    |
| 42    | Rajasthan     | Rajakiya Sarvajanik Mandal Pustakalaya, Kota, Rajasthan                | 63,46,000.00    | 63,21,059.00    |
| 43    | Sikkim        | Sikkim State Central Library, Gangtok                                  | 2,17,20,482.00  | 0.00            |
| 44    | Sikkim        | District Library, Mangan                                               | 86,58,041.00    | 0.00            |
| 45    | Tamil Nadu    | District Library, Vellore, Tamil Nadu                                  | 87,00,000.00    | 79,26,873.00    |
| 46    | Tamil Nadu    | District Library, Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu                           | 70,00,000.00    | 68,15,635.00    |
| 47    | Telangana     | State Central Library, Hyderabad, Telangana                            | 1,12,25,000.00  | 94,03,019.00    |
| 48    | Telangana     | District Central Library, Mahabubnagar, Telangana                      | 52,00,000.00    | 50,00,000.00    |
| 49    | Tripura       | Birchandra State Central Library, Tripura                              | 2,23,00,000.00  | 2,08,18,961.00  |
| 50    | Tripura       | Unakoti District Library, Tripura                                      | 87,00,000.00    | 78,83,370.00    |
| 51    | Uttar Pradesh | State Central Library, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh                        | 2,06,00,000.00  | 2,03,75,039.00  |
| 52    | Uttar Pradesh | Government District Library, Etawah, Uttar Pradesh                     | 87,00,000.00    | 85,92,793.00    |
| 53    | Uttarakhand   | Government District Library, Suman Pustakalaya, New Tehri, Uttarakhand | 86,20,000.00    | 25,00,000.00    |
| 54    | West Bengal   | West Bengal State Central Library, West Bengal                         | 2,22,81,000.00  | 2,19,81,711.00  |
| 55    | West Bengal   | North Bengal State Library, Coochbehar, West Bengal                    | 86,98,000.00    | 79,72,889.00    |
| Total | Total         | Total                                                                  | 63,56,38,054.00 | 32,65,06,161.00 |

| Ministry of Culture Identified Library   | Ministry of Culture Identified Library   | Ministry of Culture Identified Library      | Ministry of Culture Identified Library   | Ministry of Culture Identified Library          |
|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.                                  | State/UT                                 | Name of the Library                         | Total Amount sanctioned In Rs.           | Total Payment Released (As on 27.3.2023) In Rs. |
| 1                                        | West Bengal                              | National Library, Kolkata                   | 4,26,84,000                              | 84,67,000                                       |
| 2                                        | New Delhi                                | Central Secretariat Library, New Delhi      | 2,07,38,000                              | 92,84,000                                       |
| 3                                        | Delhi                                    | Delhi Public Library, Delhi                 | 2,86,72,000                              | 1,69,54,000                                     |
| 4                                        | Bihar                                    | Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library, Patna | 89,36,000                                | 89,36,000                                       |
| 5                                        | Tamil Nadu                               | Thanjavur MSSM Library, Tamil Nadu          | 7,15,20,000                              | 6,67,48,000                                     |
| Total                                    | Total                                    | Total                                       | 17,25,50,000                             | 11,03,89,000                                    |

Note: Release of payment depends upon the claim submitted by the State Authorities from time to time.