Lok Sabha Question No. 3574 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-20
Subject: Construction and Maintenance of Public Libraries
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Janardan Singh Sigriwal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3574 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.12.2021

## CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES

3574.  SHRI JANARDAN SINGH SIGRIWAL:

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) the  number  of  Public  Libraries  functioning  at  present  in  the  country,  State/UT-  wise including Bihar;
- (b) whether the Government is planning to carry out construction or maintenance work of public libraries located in various parts of the country including Gujarat during the last three years;
- (c) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise including Bihar;
- (d) the details of funds spent for this purpose, State/ UT-wise?

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

## (SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)

## ANSWER

(a) Library is a State subject as per the Seventh Schedule under Article 246 of Constitution of India. Data regarding State wise number of functional Public Libraries in the Country is not maintained by Ministry of Culture as Public Libraries function under the administrative control of respective State/UT Library Authorities being State Subject. However, there are six Public Libraries  functioning  under  Ministry  of  Culture  namely  National  Library,  Kolkata,  Central Reference  Library,  Kolkata,  Central  Secretariat  Library,  New  Delhi,  Delhi  Public  Library, Delhi, Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library, Patna and Rampur Raza Library, Rampur.

(b), (c) & (d) 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 Schemes of Assistance to Public Libraries' towards increasing Accommodation on the basis of applications recommended by the respective State Library Authorities.

This Ministry operates National Mission on Libraries Scheme. Under the subcomponent of 'Up-gradation of Infrastructure', financial assistance is provided for infrastructural development  in  one  (1)  State  Central  Library  and  one  (1)  District  Library  in  participating States/UTs.

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 including the State of Gujarat and Bihar.

## RAJA RAMMOHUN ROY LIBRARY  FOUNDATION, KOLKATA

STATE WISE DETAILS OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDED UNDER THE MATCHING INCREASING ACCOMMODATION SCHEME OF RRRLF DURING 2018-19, 2019-20 AND 2020-21

| Name of State/UT    | 2020-21          | 2020-21         | 2019-20          | 2019-20         | 2018-19          | 2018-19         |
|---------------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
| Name of State/UT    | No. of Libraries | Amount (in Rs.) | No. of Libraries | Amount (in Rs.) | No. of Libraries | Amount (in Rs.) |
| Andhra Pradesh      | 3                | 28,50,000/-     | 0                | 0               | 5                | 45,02,500/-     |
| Arunachal Pradesh   | 1                | 25,00,000/-     | 1                | 50,00,000/-     | 0                | 0               |
| Assam               | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               |
| Bihar               | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               |
| Gujarat             | 4                | 20,00,000/-     | 2                | 10,00,000/-     | 2                | 10,00,000/-     |
| Goa                 | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               |
| Haryana             | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               |
| Himachal Pradesh    | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               |
| Jammu &Kashmir      | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               |
| Karnataka           | 2                | 32,50,000/-     | 1                | 25,00,000/-     | 4                | 58,55,000/-     |
| Kerala              | 14               | 79,59,500/-     | 21               | 1,01,92,000/-   | 20               | 97,14,500/-     |
| Madhya Pradesh      | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               |
| Maharashtra         | 16               | 79,96,544/-     | 19               | 94,93,793/-     | 15               | 74,51,231/-     |
| Manipur             | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               | 2                | 50,00,000/-     |
| Meghalaya           | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               |
| Mizoram             | 6                | 18,00,000/-     | 20               | 60,00,000/-     | 16               | 50,00,000/-     |
| Nagaland            | 0                | 0               | 8                | 36,00,000/-     | 18               | 88,00,000/-     |
| Odisha              | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               |
| Punjab              | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               |
| Rajasthan           | 3                | 35,45,668/-     | 4                | 74,90,896/-     | 8                | 1,66,52,000/-   |
| Sikkim              | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               |
| Tamil Nadu          | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               |
| Tripura             | 2                | 22,63,251/-     | 1                | 5,29,150/-      | 1                | 5,88,020/-      |
| Uttar Pradesh       | 1                | 3,14,000/-      | 1                | 3,14,000/-      | 2                | 25,98,821/-     |
| West Bengal         | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               | 1                | 2,24,501/-      |
| Andaman &Niccobar   | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               |
| Chandigarh          | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               |
| Delhi               | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               |
| Lakshadweep         | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               |
| Pondicherry         | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               |
| Chhattisgarh        | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               |
| Jharkhand           | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               |
| Uttarakhand         | 2                | 99,41,000/-     | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               |
| Telangana           | 1                | 25,00,000/-     | 2                | 34,50,000/-     | 2                | 50,00,000/-     |
| Daman& Diu          | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               |
| Total               | 55               | 4,69,19,963/-   | 80               | 4,95,69,839/-   | 96               | 7,23,86,573/-   |

## NATIONAL MISSION ON LIBRARIES

STATE  WISE  DETAILS  OF  FINANCIAL  ASSISTANCE  PROVIDED  FOR  INFRASTRUCTURAL  DEVELOPMENT  OF  PUBLIC LIBRARIES, SINCE INCEPTION OF NATIONAL MISSION ON LIBRARIES.

|       |                   |                                                                 | Amt. sanctioned (In Rs.)      | Payment Released (In Rs.)     |
|-------|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| Sl No | State             | Name of the Library                                             | Upgradation of Infrastructure | Upgradation of Infrastructure |
| 1     | Uttar Pradesh     | State Central Library, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh                 | 98,00,000/-                   | 98,00,000/-                   |
| 2     | Uttar Pradesh     | Government District Library, Etawah, Uttar Pradesh              | 50,00,000/-                   | 50,00,000/-                   |
| 3     | West Bengal       | West Bengal State Central Library, West Bengal                  | 99,81,000/-                   | 99,81,711/-                   |
| 4     | West Bengal       | North Bengal State Library, Coochbehar, West Bengal             | 49,98,000/-                   | 44,72,889/-                   |
| 5     | Odisha            | H.K.M.State Library, Bhubaneswar, Odisha                        | 1,00,00,000/-                 | 1,00,00,000/-                 |
| 6     | Odisha            | District Library, Ganajam, Odisha                               | 40,36,000/-                   | 0                             |
| 7     | Karnataka         | State Central Library, Bangalore, Karnataka                     | 1,00,00,000/-                 | 1,00,00,000/-                 |
| 8     | Karnataka         | District Central Library, Shimoga, Karnataka                    | 50,00,000/-                   | 50,00,000/-                   |
| 9     | Arunachal Pradesh | State Central Library, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh              | 1,00,00,000/-                 | 99,99,485/-                   |
| 10    | Arunachal Pradesh | District Library, Phasighat, Arunachal Pradesh                  | 50,00,000/-                   | 49,98,850/-                   |
| 11    | Tripura           | Birchandra State Central Library, Tripura                       | 1,00,00,000/-                 | 86,78,787/-                   |
| 12    | Tripura           | Unakoti District Library, Tripura                               | 50,00,000/-                   | 44,38,875/-                   |
| 13    | Mizoram           | State Central Library, Aizwal, Mizoram                          | 1,00,00,000/-                 | 1,00,00,000/-                 |
| 14    | Mizoram           | District Library, Kolasib, Mizoram                              | 50,00,000/-                   | 50,00,000/-                   |
| 15    | Assam             | District Library, Jorhat, Assam                                 | 16,79,000/-                   | 16,78,262/-                   |
| 16    | Assam             | District Library, Guwahati, Assam                               | 33,00,000/-                   | 33,00,000/-                   |
| 17    | Telangana         | State Central Library, Hyderabad, Telangana                     | 11,04,000/-                   | 2,91,045/-                    |
| 18    | Telangana         | District Central Library, Mahabubnagar, Telangana               | 50,00,000/-                   | 50,00,000/-                   |
| 19    | Rajasthan         | Dr. Radhakrishnan Rajya Kendriya Pustakalaya, Jaipur, Rajasthan | 1,00,00,000/-                 | 93,98,000/-                   |
| 20    | Rajasthan         | Rajakiya Sarvajanik Mandal Pustakalaya, Kota, Rajasthan         | 50,00,000/-                   | 50,00,000/-                   |
| 21    | Goa               | Krishnadas Shama State Central Library, Goa                     | 1,00,00,000/-                 | 12,13,920/-                   |
| 22    | Goa               | Dr. Francisco Luis Gomes District Library, Goa                  | 50,00,000/-                   | 0                             |
| 23    | Tamil Nadu        | District Library, Vellore, Tamil Nadu                           | 50,00,000/-                   | 50,00,000/-                   |
| 24    | Tamil Nadu        | District Library, Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu                    | 50,00,000/-                   | 50,00,000/-                   |
| 25    | Nagaland          | State Central Library, Kohima, Nagaland                         | 1,00,00,000/-                 | 1,00,00,000/-                 |
| 26    | Nagaland          | District Library, Dimapur, Nagaland                             | 50,00,000/-                   | 47,27,980/-                   |
| 27    | Manipur           | State Central Library, Imphal, Manipur                          | 22,65,000/-                   | 0                             |
| 28    | Manipur           | District Library, Senapati, Manipur                             | 12,67,000/-                   | 0                             |
| 29    | Kerala            | State Central Library, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala               | 1,00,00,000/-                 | 59,52,600/-                   |
| 30    | Chhattisgarh      | District Library, Dantewada                                     | 50,00,000/-                   | 0                             |

| 31    | Chhattisgarh     | District Library, Raigarh                                              | 50,00,000/-    | 27,27,120/-    |
|-------|------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------|----------------|
| 32    | Andhra Pradesh   | State Regional Library, Guntur                                         | 50,00,000/-    | 0              |
| 33    | Andhra Pradesh   | Regional Library, Rajamundry                                           | 30,00,000/-    | 0              |
| 34    | Pondicherry      | Romain Rolland Library, State Central Library, Puducherry              | 99,99,000/-    | 89,53,859/-    |
| 35    | Pondicherry      | Dr. S. R. Ranganathan Government Public Library, Karaikal              | 42,99,000/-    | 28,76,280/-    |
| 36    | Gujarat          | State Central Library, Gandhinagar                                     | 40,80,000/-    | 39,81,907/-    |
| 37    | Sikkim           | Sikkim State Central Library                                           | 3,02,000/-     | 0              |
| 38    | Maharashtra      | District Library, Nandurbar, Maharastra                                | 12,75,882/-    | 12,35,040/-    |
| 39    | Maharashtra      | Govt. Divisional Library, Aurangabad                                   | 39,49,240/-    | 36,21,214/-    |
| 40    | Madhya Pradesh   | Govt. Shri Ahilya Central Library, Indore                              | 50,00,000/-    | 16,50,000/-    |
| 41    | Madhya Pradesh   | Govt. District Library, Khandwa                                        | 50,00,000/-    | 42,52,000/-    |
| 42    | Uttarakhand      | Government District Library, Suman Pustakalaya, New Tehri, Uttarakhand | 50,00,000/-    | 0              |
| 43    | Himachal Pradesh | Government District Library, Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh                | 50,00,000/-    | 0              |
| 44    | Bihar            | District Central Library, Jamui, Bihar                                 | 49,45,775/-    | 19,47,116/-    |
| Total | Total            | Total                                                                  | 25,02,80,897/- | 18,51,76,940/- |