Lok Sabha Question No. 2353 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-01
Subject: Status of National Virtual Library of India
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Chandra Sekhar Bellana, Midhun Reddy, Reddeppa Nallakonda Gari, Sanjay(Kaka) Ramchandra Patil

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2353 TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.08.2022

## STATUS OF NATIONAL VIRTUAL LIBRARY OF INDIA

SHRI CHANDRA SEKHAR BELLANA: SHRI P.V. MIDHUN REDDY: SHRI N. REDDEPPA: SHRI SANJAY KAKA PATIL:

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- a) the current status of the National Virtual Library of India (NVLI) project;
- b) the details of funds allocated and utilised towards the NVLI project;
- c) the steps taken by the Ministry to increase the amount of knowledge resources available on the National Virtual Library and to promote the usage of the NVLI in various educational institutions around the country;
- d) whether the Ministry has any plan of integrating NVLI with physical libraries in the country; and
- e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

## (G. KISHAN REDDY)

- a) National Virtual Library of India has been developed and launched as Indian Culture Portal (ICP) on  10.12.2019  by  the  then  Hon'ble  Culture  Minister,  to  showcase  all  forms  of  tangible  and intangible cultural heritage of India. The URL is https://indianculture.gov.in which is available on public domain. The current status of the portal is summarized below: -
- It has a total of about 3.04 lakh digital artefacts, with metadata. It also has more than 34.91 lakh bibliographic entries.
-  The  content  is  presented  in  18  curated  categories,  such  as  Rare  Books,  E-Books, Archives, Paintings, and Union Catalogues etc.
-  It  also  has  12 categories of created content, such as Stories, Snippets, Historical Cities, Fort, Ajanta Caves and The North- East Archive etc.
- The portal is currently available in English and Hindi.
-  The  portal  can  be  accessed  through  an  App  called  Indian  Culture,  available  on  both Android phones and iPhone.
7. (b) The details of funds towards the NVLI: -
8. (c) The Ministry ensures that all Organisations handover both bibliographical and digital resources to the National Virtual Library of India for integration on the Indian Culture Portal on a regular basis.

| Year    | Grant release to NVLI (in crore)   | Expenditure incurred (in crore)   |
|---------|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| 2015-16 | 7.50                               | --                                |
| 2016-17 | 23.50                              | 9.94                              |
| 2017-18 | 15.42                              | 24.90                             |
| 2018-19 | 25.37                              | 16.95                             |
| 2019-20 | --                                 | 7.26                              |
| 2020-21 | --                                 | 6.93                              |
| 2021-22 | --                                 | 5.17                              |
| 2022-23 | 5.63                               | 2.27 (Till 21.07.2022)            |
| TOTAL   | 77.42                              | 73.42 (as on 21.7.2022)           |

An Outreach team under the National Virtual Library of India has been constituted for promotion of Indian  Culture Portal at various Educational Institutions.  Various Presentations, Events etc. are organised  on  a  daily  basis  at  various  Educational  Institutions  for  promotion  of  Indian  Culture Portal (NVLI project).

- (d) No Sir. However, the content related to the following physical libraries under Ministry of Culture is already available in the Indian Culture Portal as on 26.07.2022: -
- (e) Library  is  a  State  subject  and  physical  libraries  function  under  the  administrative  control  of  the respective State/Union Territory authority.

| Organization   | Biblio Data   | Digital Data   |
|----------------|---------------|----------------|
| CRL, Kolkata   | 327,028       | 0              |
| CSL, New Delhi | 314,143       | 9,304          |
| KBOPL, Patna   | 0             | 1,394          |
| NL, Kolkata    | 1,494,868     | 17,428         |
| RRRLF, Kolkata | 35,270        | 0              |
| RRL, Rampur    | 0             | 11             |

Presently the data related to organisations under administrative control of Ministry of Culture only are collected and uploaded.