Lok Sabha Question No. 3532 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-08
Subject: National Mission for Manuscripts
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: DNV Senthilkumar. S., Supriya Sadanand Sule, Subhash Ramrao Bhamre, Amol Ramsing Kolhe, Kuldeep Rai Sharma

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3532

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.08.2022

## NATIONAL MISSION FOR MANUSCRIPTS

## 3532.  DR. DNV SENTHILKUMAR S:

SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:

DR. SUBHASH RAMRAO BHAMRE:

DR. AMOL RAMSING KOLHE:

SHRI KULDEEP RAI SHARMA:

Will the Minister of CULTURE संèक ृ ित मंğी be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has established National Mission for Manuscripts (NMM) and if so, the details including the aims and objective thereof;
- (b)  whether  NMM  has  been  able  to  achieve  the  objective  for  which  the  NMM  was established and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the total amount released by the Government for NMM during each of the last three years and the current year and the actual amount spent thereon;
- (d) whether the valuable manuscripts containing the practice of Siddha and Ayurvedic Medicines were documented and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the number of rare archives, documents and other manuscripts that have been digitized during each of the last three years and the current year?

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

## (G. KISHAN REDDY)

## ANSWER

- (a) & (b) Yes Sir. The main objectives of National Mission for Manuscripts (NMM) is to survey, document,  conserve,  preserve,  publish,  digitize  and  establish  a  digital  manuscripts  library  at Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA). The mission has been merged with IGNCA vide Ministry of Culture's  letter  No.  Akad.25/4/2019-Akad./194  dated  08.04.2021  &  the expenditure is being made under the General fund of IGNCA thereafter. In order to achieve its objectives, various activities, awareness programmes, workshops, seminars etc. are undertaken by NMM regularly.

Major achievements of NMM  are as follows :

1. Documentation of manuscripts: 44,44,636
2. Conservation of    manuscripts: 89.00 million folios
3. Digitization of manuscripts: 343.54 lakh pages
4. Publication of rare manuscripts: 110
5. Publication of newsletter 'Kriti Rakshana': 75
6. Reprinting of Mongolian Kanjur: 108 volumes
7. Workshop on Manuscriptology & Paleography: 103
8. Conservation workshop: 258
9. Seminar: 76
10. Tattvabodha lecture conducted: 128
11. (c) & (d) The details regarding total amount released by the Govt. to NMM during the last three years and the current year are given at Annexure-I . Till date, the following documentation have been completed :
1. Siddha manuscripts: 1050
2. Ayurvedic medicines manuscripts: 139774
14. (e) Till date, the NMM has documented 45 lakh manuscript data which also contains Siddha and Ayurveda Manuscripts.

List of Institutes digitized during last 3 year :-

1. Bangiya Sahitya Parishad, Kolkata, West Bengal
2. Dwarkadhish Sanskrit Academy, Dwarka, Gujarat
3. Chunnilal Institute of Indology, Gujrat
4. Kavikulguru Kalidas University, Ramtek, Maharashtra
5. Nakshatra Vedshala, DevPrayag, Uttrakhand
6. Madhavrao Spare Sangrahalaya, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
7. Sanskrit Sahitya Parishad, Kolkata, West Bengal
8. Nashika Private Collection, Maharashtra
9. Bhaduri Collection, Ramnagar, Uttar Pradesh

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## Annexure-I

DETAILS OF AMOUNT RELEASED TO THE NMM BY THE GOVT. (Rs In Lakhs)

| Financial Year   | Unspent balance carried forward   | Grant received                                                         | Total Amount   |   Expenditure |
|------------------|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------|---------------|
| 2019-20          | 438.33                            | 333.33                                                                 | 771.66         |        632.62 |
| 2020-21          | 191.03                            | 368.30                                                                 | 559.33         |        463.72 |
| 2021-22          | *                                 | 200.00 (For Thailand and Vietnam) implementation works are in progress |                |        536.79 |

*The  NMM  has  been  merged  with  IGNCA  vide  Ministry  of  Culture's  letter  No.  Akad 25/4/2019-Akad./194  dated  08.04.2021  &  the  expenditure  is  being  made  under  the General fund of IGNCA thereafter.