Lok Sabha Question No. 49 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-18
Subject: Knowledge Resource Centres
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Diya Kumari

†49. MS. DIYA KUMARI :

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is operating Knowledge Resource Centers;
- (b) if so, the number of such centres operating in the country at present, State/UT-wise;
- (c) the details of the funds allocated in this regard, State/UT-wise;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to set up New Knowledge Resource Centres; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise including Rajasthan?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF CULTURE, TOURISM, AND DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION (SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)

- (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 is given below:-

(Rs. in crore)

|   S.No | Organizations                                               | State/UT          |   BE 2022-23 |
|--------|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|--------------|
|      1 | Central Secretariat Library, New Delhi                      | Delhi             |         2.13 |
|      2 | Delhi Public Library, New Delhi                             | Delhi             |        33.67 |
|      3 | Gandhi Smriti & Darshan Samiti, New Delhi                   | Delhi             |        13.66 |
|      4 | National Archives of India, New Delhi                       | Delhi             |        60.25 |
|      5 | Nehru Memorial Museum & Library, New Delhi                  | Delhi             |        32.48 |
|      6 | Anthropological Survey of India, Kolkata                    | West Bengal       |        50.3  |
|      7 | Central Reference Library, Kolkata                          | West Bengal       |         5.62 |
|      8 | Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Kolkata | West Bengal       |         4.77 |
|      9 | National Library, Kolkata                                   | West Bengal       |        61.89 |
|     10 | Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation, Kolkata               | West Bengal       |        27.52 |
|     11 | Asiatic Society, Kolkata                                    | West Bengal       |        25.42 |
|     12 | Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies, Sarnath        | Uttar Pradesh     |        49.09 |
|     13 | Rampur Raza Library, Rampur                                 | Uttar Pradesh     |         6.72 |
|     14 | Khuda Baksh Oriental Public Library, Patna                  | Bihar             |         5.81 |
|     15 | Nava Nalanda Mahavihara, Nalanda                            | Bihar             |        16.78 |
|     16 | Central Institute of Himalayan Cultural Studies, Dahung     | Arunachal Pradesh |        11.66 |
|     17 | Central Institute of Buddhist Studies, Leh                  | J &K              |        27.07 |
|     18 | Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sanghralaya, Bhopal           | Madhya Pradesh    |        17.02 |

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †49

TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.07.2022

## KNOWLEDGE RESOURCE CENTRES