Lok Sabha Question No. 106 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-22
Subject: Setup of Libraries in Mayurbhanj, Odisha
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Shri Naba Charan Majhi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.106 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.07.2024

## SETUP OF LIBRARIES IN MAYURBHANJ, ODISHA

## 106 SHRI NABA CHARAN MAJHI:

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- a) the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  increase  the  number  of  libraries  in  the country;
- b) the number of Central Libraries and District libraries setup or proposed to be setup under  the  National  Mission  on  Libraries,  State/UT-wise,  specially  in  Mayurbhanj district of Odisha; and
- c) the details of financial assistance provided so far for setting of libraries?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF CULTURE AND TOURISM

## (GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT)

- a) As per the Seventh schedule of Constitution of India, Library is a State subject and  public  libraries  function  under  the  administrative  control  of  the  respective State / Union Territory Authorities. Hence, increasing of number of Libraries does not come under the purview of National Mission on Libraries, Ministry of Culture.
- b) Setting up of Central and District Libraries also do not come under the purview of National Mission on Libraries.

However,  Raja  Rammohun  Roy  Library  Foundation  (RRRLF),  an  Autonomous Body under Ministry of Culture, through its matching and non-matching schemes provides financial assistance to public Libraries for the purpose of their development.

National Mission on Libraries (NML) Scheme, under its Setting up of NML Model Library component, provides financial assistance to 1 State Central Library and 1 District  Library  in  each  State  /UT,  as  per  the  recommendation  of  the  State Authority concerned and 6 Libraries identified by Ministry of Culture.

As  regards  the  State  of  Odisha,  NML  has  already  sanctioned  and  released  the amount as per the following details: -

| Name of   | Name of the Library              |   Amt Sanctioned | Total Payment Released                                    | (Rs. in crore) %of Amount released                        |
|-----------|----------------------------------|------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
| Odisha    | H.K.M.State Library, Bhubaneswar |            2.23  | 1.330                                                     | 59.64                                                     |
| Odisha    | District Library, Ganajam        |            0.403 | The claim is yet to be received from the State of Odisha. | The claim is yet to be received from the State of Odisha. |

- c) NML  provides assistance for setting up of Libraries under the following components  to  the  35  State  Central  Libraries  and  35  District  Libraries  and  6 Libraries identified by Ministry of Culture: -
- a) Improvement of Infrastructure
- b) Up-gradation of Technology & Modernization of Services
- c) Creation of Facilities for specially abled groups
- d) Procurement of Reading Resources to meet local need and Advocacy and Outreach

The details of assistance provided so far are annexed as Annexure-A .

## FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDED UNDER SETTINGUP OF NML MODEL LIBRARY IN VARIOUS STATE / UTs

## Annexure-A

(Amount in Rs.)

|   Sl No | State                    | Name of the Library                         |   Amt Sanctioned |   Total Payment Released |   %of Amount release d |
|---------|--------------------------|---------------------------------------------|------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
|       1 | Andaman & Nicobar Island | State Central Library, Port Blair           |      2.23e+07    |              0           |                   0    |
|       2 | Andaman & Nicobar Island | District Library, Car Nicobar               |      8.7e+06     |              0           |                   0    |
|       3 | Andhra Pradesh           | State Regional Library, Guntur              |      5e+06       |              0           |                   0    |
|       4 | Andhra Pradesh           | Regional Library, Rajamundry                |      3e+06       |              0           |                   0    |
|       5 | Arunachal Pradesh        | State Central Library, Itanagar             |      2.23e+07    |              2.19709e+07 |                  98.52 |
|       6 | Arunachal Pradesh        | District Library, Phasighat                 |      8.7e+06     |              8.48995e+06 |                  97.59 |
|       7 | Assam                    | District Library, Jorhat, Assam             |      4e+06       |              3.99926e+06 |                  99.98 |
|       8 | Assam                    | District Library, Guwahati, Assam           |      7e+06       |              6.95942e+06 |                  99.42 |
|       9 | Bihar                    | District Central Library, Jamui, Bihar      |      8.14065e+06 |              6.22134e+06 |                  76.42 |
|      10 | Bihar                    | District Central Library, Hajipur, Vaishali |      8.7e+06     |              5e+06       |                  57.47 |
|      11 | Chandigarh               | Central State Library, Chandigarh           |      1.645e+07   |              0           |                   0    |
|      12 | Chandigarh               | Divisional Library                          |      8.272e+06   |              0           |                   0    |
|      13 | Chhattisgarh             | District Library, Raigarh                   |      8.7e+06     |              4.132e+06   |                  47.49 |
|      14 | Daman & Diu              | District Library, Diu                       |      8.7e+06     |              0           |                   0    |
|      15 | Daman & Diu              | Central Library, Daman                      |      2.23e+07    |              0           |                   0    |
|      16 | Goa                      | Dr. Francisco Luis Gomes District Library   |      8.7e+06     |         337722           |                   3.88 |
|      17 | Goa                      | Krishnadas Shama State Central Library      |      2.23e+07    |              2.16756e+06 |                   9.72 |
|      18 | Gujarat                  | State Central Library, Gandhinagar          |      1.04036e+07 |              1.01003e+07 |                  97.08 |
|      19 | Gujarat                  | Government District Library, Bhavnagar      |      8.7e+06     |              8.7e+06     |                 100    |
|      20 | Haryana                  | State Central Library, Ambala Cantt.        |      2.23e+07    |              1.2265e+07  |                  55    |
|      21 | Haryana                  | District Library, Narnaul                   |      8.4e+06     |              4.62e+06    |                  55    |
|      22 | Himachal Pradesh         | Government District Library, Bilaspur       |      8.68697e+06 |              7.46614e+06 |                  85.95 |
|      23 | Himachal Pradesh         | Central State Library, Solan                |      2.23e+07    |              0           |                   0    |
|      24 | Jammu & Kashmir          | Gani Memorial U.T Central Library, Srinagar |      2.23e+07    |              1e+07       |                  44.84 |
|      25 | Jammu & Kashmir          | District Library, Samba                     |      3.25e+06    |              0           |                   0    |
|      26 | Jharkhand                | State Central Library, Dhanbad              |      2.23e+07    |              0           |                   0    |
|      27 | Jharkhand                | District Library, Palamau                   |      8.7e+06     |              0           |                   0    |
|      28 | Karnataka                | State Central Library, Bangalore            |      2.23e+07    |              2e+07       |                  89.69 |
|      29 | Karnataka                | District Central Library, Shimoga           |      8.7e+06     |              7.92571e+06 |                  91.1  |
|      30 | Kerala                   | State Central Library, Thiruvananthapuram   |      1.16609e+07 |              1.16609e+07 |                 100    |
|      31 | Kerala                   | State Public Library Research Centre        |      3.75043e+06 |              2.25536e+06 |                  60.14 |
|      32 | Lakshadweep              | State Central Library, Kavaratti            |      1.68e+07    |              0           |                   0    |
|      33 | Lakshadweep              | District Library, Kadmat                    |      2.764e+06   |              0           |                   0    |
|      34 | Madhya Pradesh           | Govt. District Library, Khandwa             |      7.32e+06    |              6.55946e+06 |                  89.61 |
|      35 | Madhya Pradesh           | Govt. Shri Ahilya Central Library, Indore   |      8.7e+06     |              4.36685e+06 |                  50.19 |
|      36 | Maharashtra              | District Library, Nandurbar, Maharastra     |      2.18951e+06 |              1.84346e+06 |                  84.2  |
|      37 | Maharashtra              | Govt. Divisional Library, Aurangabad        |      6.05524e+06 |              5.72071e+06 |                  94.48 |
|      38 | Manipur                  | State Central Library, Imphal, Manipur      |      2.1887e+07  |              4.525e+06   |                  20.67 |
|      39 | Manipur                  | District Library, Senapati, Manipur         |      8.55373e+06 |         100000           |                   1.17 |

| 40   | Meghalaya     | State Central Library, Shillong                           |   22300000.00 | 2777000.00                | 12.45               |
|------|---------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|---------------|---------------------------|---------------------|
| 41   | Meghalaya     | District Library, Tura                                    |   8.7e+06     | 0.00                      | 0.00                |
| 42   | Mizoram       | State Central Library, Aizwal, Mizoram                    |   1.41236e+07 | 13704485.00               | 97.03               |
| 43   | Mizoram       | District Library, Kolasib, Mizoram                        |   5e+06       | 5000000.00                | 100.00              |
| 44   | Nagaland      | State Central Library, Kohima                             |   1.7749e+07  | 17548000.00               | 98.87               |
| 45   | Nagaland      | District Library, Dimapur                                 |   7.381e+06   | 6974980.00                | 94.50               |
| 46   | Odisha        | H.K.M.State Library, Bhubaneswar                          |   2.23e+07    | 13300000.0 0              | 59.64               |
| 47   | Odisha        | District Library, Ganajam                                 |   4.036e+06   | The claim from the Odisha | is awaited State of |
| 48   | Pondicherry   | Romain Rolland Library, State Central Library,            |   1.6647e+07  | 14236603.00               | 85.52               |
| 49   | Pondicherry   | Dr. S. R. Ranganathan Government Public Library, Karaikal |   7.604e+06   | 6617262.00                | 87.02               |
| 50   | Punjab        | Guru Nanak District Library, Kapurthala                   |   8.7e+06     | 0.00                      | 0.00                |
| 51   | Punjab        | MM Central State Library, Patiala                         |   2.23e+07    | 0.00                      | 0.00                |
| 52   | Rajasthan     | Dr. Radhakrishnan Rajya KendriyaPustakalaya, Jaipur       |   1.8351e+07  | 9481000.00                | 51.66               |
| 53   | Rajasthan     | RajakiyaSarvajanik Mandal Pustakalaya, Kota               |   6.346e+06   | 6321059.00                | 99.61               |
| 54   | Sikkim        | Sikkim State Central Library, Gangtok                     |   2.17205e+07 | 6529766.00                | 30.06               |
| 55   | Sikkim        | District Library, Mangan                                  |   8.65804e+06 | 1078061.00                | 12.45               |
| 56   | Tamil Nadu    | District Library, Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu              |   7e+06       | 6815635.00                | 97.37               |
| 57   | Tamil Nadu    | District Library, Vellore, Tamil Nadu                     |   8.7e+06     | 7926873.00                | 91.11               |
| 58   | Telangana     | District Central Library, Mahabubnagar                    |   5.2e+06     | 5000000.00                | 96.15               |
| 59   | Telangana     | State Central Library, Hyderabad                          |   1.1225e+07  | 10372005.00               | 92.40               |
| 60   | Tripura       | Birchandra State Central Library                          |   2.23e+07    | 22292954.00               | 99.97               |
| 61   | Tripura       | Unakoti District Library                                  |   8.7e+06     | 8691969.00                | 99.91               |
| 62   | Uttar Pradesh | State Central Library, Prayagraj                          |   2.06e+07    | 20375039.00               | 98.91               |
| 63   | Uttar Pradesh | Government District Library, Etawah                       |   8.7e+06     | 8592793.00                | 98.77               |
| 64   | Uttarakhand   | Government District Library, Suman Pustakalaya, New Tehri |   8.62e+06    | 5000000.00                | 58.00               |
| 65   | West Bengal   | West Bengal State Central Library                         |   2.2281e+07  | 21981711.00               | 98.66               |
| 66   | West Bengal   | North Bengal State Library, Coochbehar                    |   8.698e+06   | 7972889.00                | 91.66               |
|      |               |                                                           |   7.95224e+08 | 233215084. 00             |                     |

## FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDED UNDER SETTINGUP OF NML MODEL LIBRARY TO 6 NOS. OF MoC IDENFIED LIBRARIES

|   Sl.N o | Name of the MoC Library                             |   Amount Sanctioned (Rs. in lakhs) | Amount Released ( Rs. in Lakhs)   |
|----------|-----------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|        1 | National Library, Kolkata                           |                             431.04 | 84.67                             |
|        2 | Central Secretariat Library, New Delhi              |                             207.38 | 126.28                            |
|        3 | Delhi Public Library, New Delhi                     |                             391.37 | 274.19                            |
|        4 | Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library, Patna (Bihar) |                             398.78 | 199.39                            |
|        5 | Thanjavur MSSM Library, Thanjavur (Tamil Nadu)      |                             715.2  | 667.48                            |
|        6 | Rampur Raza Library, Rampur (Uttar Pradesh)         |                             724.2  | NIL                               |