Lok Sabha Question No. 1142 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-29
Subject: Upgradation of Libraries through Digital Infrastructure
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Ms. S Jothimani

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1142 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.07.2024

## UPGRADATION OF LIBRARIES THROUGH DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE

## 1142  MS. S. JOTHIMANI:

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- a) the  details  of  funds  allocated  and  spent  on  setting  up  of  libraries  under various schemes in the country, State-wise from 2019 to 2024;
- b) the  details  of  new  libraries  set  up  during  the  last  five  years  in  the  country, State-wise from 2019 to 2024 especially in Tamil Nadu State;
- c) whether  the  Government  establish  or  have  a  plan  to  establish  a  library  in Karur, Tamil Nadu, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- d) the numbers and list of libraries functioning in the country, State-wise;
- e) the  details  of  libraries  upgraded  in  the  country,  State-wise  with  a  digital infrastructure from 2019 - 2024, especially Tamil Nadu; and
- f) whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  initiative  to  build  a  gap  in  digital literacy in rural India through this scheme, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## 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, setting up of Libraries does not come under the purview of National Mission on Libraries, Ministry of Culture.

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.

Details  of  Public  libraries  provided  Financial  Assistance  by  RRRLF,  Kolkata across the country including Tamil Nadu under the said scheme is provided at Annexure A; B and C .

Also, 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. The details  of  financial  assistance  provided  for  setting  up  of  libraries  during the last three years are annexed as Annexure-D .

- b) Reply as under (a) above please.
- c) No, Sir
- d) The subject does not fall under Ministry of Culture.
- e) Reply as under (a) above please.
- f) The subject does not fall under Ministry of Culture.

## Annexure-A

## Annexure referred to in Reply to Part (a) in respect of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.1142 to be answered on 29.07.2024

## Details of State-wise Financial Assistance released under various schemes of RRRLF During 2019 to 2024 is provided below:

(Rs. in Lakhs)

| Sl. No.   | State Name           |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |   2023-24 |
|-----------|----------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1.        | ANDHRA PRADESH       |     37.87 |     20.23 |     10.3  |     44.96 |      0.3  |
| 2.        | ARUNACHAL PRADESH    |     89.18 |     56.13 |     90.42 |    159.25 |      7.08 |
| 3.        | ASSAM                |     76.95 |      2.82 |     43.54 |     93.77 |      0.43 |
| 4.        | BIHAR                |     21.04 |      0.62 |      0.2  |     93.38 |      0.16 |
| 5.        | GUJARAT              |    221.87 |    105.53 |    134.4  |    204.15 |    219.87 |
| 6.        | GOA                  |     26.58 |     20.88 |     23.03 |      5.63 |     19.83 |
| 7.        | HARYANA              |     17.49 |    153.6  |     45.23 |     17.18 |      8.13 |
| 8.        | HIMACHAL PRADESH     |    139.37 |     38.96 |     19.18 |     24.88 |     95.58 |
| 9.        | JAMMU &KASHMIR       |     30.62 |     27.7  |     88.04 |     13.39 |     98.68 |
| 10.       | KARNATAKA            |    186.51 |    183.27 |    105.58 |    152.28 |      0.39 |
| 11.       | KERALA               |     82.77 |     43.43 |     76.49 |     46.95 |     18.72 |
| 12.       | MADHYA PRADESH       |     88.36 |      2.58 |      4.2  |     93.91 |      2.56 |
| 13.       | MAHARASHTRA          |    223.33 |    180.65 |    166.73 |     86.23 |    173.89 |
| 14.       | MANIPUR              |    110.12 |      9.88 |      3.03 |     15.27 |      1.74 |
| 15.       | MEGHALAYA            |     16.83 |      6.75 |     25.79 |     17.88 |      9.67 |
| 16.       | MIZORAM              |    132.01 |     63.67 |     90.23 |     38.28 |     93.43 |
| 17.       | NAGALAND             |     50.48 |    116.48 |     53.97 |     31.8  |     29.38 |
| 18.       | ODISHA               |     27.62 |     95.47 |     31.49 |     24.88 |      4.15 |
| 19.       | PUNJAB               |     11.64 |      0.68 |      0.1  |      9.57 |      0.08 |
| 20.       | RAJASTHAN            |    120.7  |     38.48 |      7.17 |    105.02 |    147.26 |
| 21.       | SIKKIM               |     61.17 |     51.09 |      1.13 |      7.78 |     52.67 |
| 22.       | TAMIL NADU           |    174.06 |     79.82 |    168.7  |     80.69 |    144.67 |
| 23.       | TRIPURA              |     61.46 |     53.48 |     71.53 |     68.57 |    164.81 |
| 24.       | UTTAR PRADESH        |     58.31 |      5.8  |      8.7  |    393.73 |    153.64 |
| 25.       | WEST BENGAL          |     55.75 |     15.55 |    227.99 |     60.42 |     20.49 |
| 26.       | ANDAMAN & NICCOBAR   |      4.21 |      0.12 |     11.75 |      3.83 |      0.03 |
| 27.       | CHANDIGARH           |     24.22 |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |
| 28.       | DADAR & NAGAR HEVALI |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |
| 29.       | DELHI                |      9.23 |      6.17 |      1.88 |     12.5  |      5.62 |
| 30.       | LAKSHADWEEP          |      2.1  |      0.06 |      0.02 |      1.91 |      0.02 |
| 31.       | PONDICHERRY          |      7.81 |      0.65 |      0.06 |      5.74 |      1.92 |
| 32.       | CHHATRISGARH         |     37.87 |      1.11 |      0.36 |     36.32 |      0.92 |
| 33.       | JHARKHAND            |      6.81 |      0.18 |      0.06 |      5.74 |      0.05 |
| 34.       | UTTARAKHAND          |      8.42 |     59.89 |      1.17 |     11.39 |     42.26 |
| 35.       | TELENGANA            |     89.49 |     36.05 |     46.37 |    139.95 |     92.54 |
| 36.       | DAMAN & DIU          |      0    |      0.38 |      0    |      0    |      0    |
| Total     | Total                |   2312.29 |   1478.17 |   1558.82 |   2107.22 |   2107.22 |

## Annexure-B

## Annexure referred to in Reply to Part (a) in respect of

## Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.1142 to be answered on 29.07.2024

## No. of Public Libraries in different States and Union Territories as received from the respective State/UT:

| Sl. No.   | State Name               |   Total No. of Libraries |
|-----------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
| 1.        | ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLAND |                       18 |
| 2.        | ANDHRA PRADESH           |                      978 |
| 3.        | ARUNACHAL PRADESH        |                      118 |
| 4.        | ASSAM                    |                      240 |
| 5.        | BIHAR                    |                      192 |
| 6.        | CHANDIGARH               |                        8 |
| 7.        | CHHATISGARH              |                       28 |
| 8.        | DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI     |                       10 |
| 9.        | DAMAN & DIU              |                        2 |
| 10.       | GOA                      |                      136 |
| 11.       | GUJARAT                  |                     3464 |
| 12.       | HARYANA                  |                       27 |
| 13.       | HIMACHAL PRADESH         |                      945 |
| 14.       | JAMMU & KASHMIR          |                      140 |
| 15.       | JHARKHAND                |                       21 |
| 16.       | KARNATAKA                |                     6798 |
| 17.       | KERALA                   |                     8415 |
| 18.       | LAKSHADWEEP              |                       10 |
| 19.       | MADHYA PRADESH           |                       42 |
| 20.       | MAHARASHTRA              |                    12191 |
| 21.       | MANIPUR                  |                      157 |
| 22.       | MEGHALAYA                |                        8 |
| 23.       | MIZORAM                  |                      506 |
| 24.       | NAGALAND                 |                      622 |
| 25.       | ORISSA                   |                       27 |
| 26.       | PONDICHERRY              |                       81 |
| 27.       | PUNJAB                   |                       15 |
| 28.       | RAJASTHAN                |                      323 |
| 29.       | SIKKIM                   |                       13 |
| 30.       | TAMILNADU                |                     4622 |
| 31.       | TELANGANA                |                      672 |
| 32.       | TRIPURA                  |                       46 |
| 33.       | UTTAR PRADESH            |                      573 |
| 34.       | UTTARANCHAL/ UTTARAKHAND |                       47 |
| 35.       | WEST BENGAL              |                     5251 |
| Total     | Total                    |                    46746 |

## Annexure-C

## Annexure referred to in Reply to Part (a) in respect of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.1142 to be answered on 29.07.2024

## Details of number of Public Libraries assisted under modernization scheme of RRRLF during 2019 to 2024

| Sl. No.   | State Name           |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |   2023-24 |
|-----------|----------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1.        | ANDHRA PRADESH       |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 2.        | ARUNACHAL PRADESH    |         0 |         0 |         0 |         1 |         1 |
| 3.        | ASSAM                |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 4.        | BIHAR                |         0 |         0 |         0 |         8 |         0 |
| 5.        | GUJARAT              |        16 |        28 |        26 |        50 |        11 |
| 6.        | GOA                  |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 7.        | HARYANA              |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 8.        | HIMACHAL PRADESH     |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |         5 |
| 9.        | JAMMU &KASHMIR       |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 10.       | KARNATAKA            |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 11.       | KERALA               |         0 |         0 |         1 |         2 |         1 |
| 12.       | MADHYA PRADESH       |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 13.       | MAHARASHTRA          |         0 |       404 |         0 |         0 |       150 |
| 14.       | MANIPUR              |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 15.       | MEGHALAYA            |         0 |         6 |         0 |         0 |         2 |
| 16.       | MIZORAM              |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 17.       | NAGALAND             |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 18.       | ODISHA               |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 19.       | PUNJAB               |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 20.       | RAJASTHAN            |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |         8 |
| 21.       | SIKKIM               |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 22.       | TAMIL NADU           |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |       401 |
| 23.       | TRIPURA              |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |         1 |
| 24.       | UTTAR PRADESH        |         0 |         0 |         0 |       356 |        76 |
| 25.       | WEST BENGAL          |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 26.       | ANDAMAN & NICCOBAR   |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 27.       | CHANDIGARH           |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 28.       | DADAR & NAGAR HEVALI |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 29.       | DELHI                |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 30.       | LAKSHADWEEP          |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 31.       | PONDICHERRY          |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 32.       | CHHATRISGARH         |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 33.       | JHARKHAND            |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 34.       | UTTARAKHAND          |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 35.       | TELENGANA            |         4 |         1 |         0 |         1 |         6 |
| 36.       | DAMAN & DIU          |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| Total     | Total                |        20 |       439 |        27 |       418 |       662 |

## Annexure-D

## Annexure referred to in Reply to Part (a) in respect of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.1142 to be answered on 29.07.2024

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

(A)                                                                                     (Rs. in Lakhs)

|   Sl No | State                    | Name of the Library                         |   Amt Sanctioned |   Total Payment Released |   %of Amount released |
|---------|--------------------------|---------------------------------------------|------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|       1 | Andaman & Nicobar Island | State Central Library, Port Blair           |           223    |                     0    |                  0    |
|       2 | Andaman & Nicobar Island | District Library, Car Nicobar               |            87    |                     0    |                  0    |
|       3 | Andhra Pradesh           | State Regional Library, Guntur              |            50    |                     0    |                  0    |
|       4 | Andhra Pradesh           | Regional Library, Rajamundry                |            30    |                     0    |                  0    |
|       5 | Arunachal Pradesh        | State Central Library, Itanagar             |           223    |                   219.71 |                 98.52 |
|       6 | Arunachal Pradesh        | District Library, Phasighat                 |            87    |                    84.9  |                 97.59 |
|       7 | Assam                    | District Library, Jorhat, Assam             |            40    |                    39.99 |                 99.98 |
|       8 | Assam                    | District Library, Guwahati, Assam           |            70    |                    69.59 |                 99.42 |
|       9 | Bihar                    | District Central Library, Jamui, Bihar      |            81.41 |                    62.21 |                 76.42 |
|      10 | Bihar                    | District Central Library, Hajipur, Vaishali |            87    |                    50    |                 57.47 |
|      11 | Chandigarh               | Central State Library, Chandigarh           |           164.5  |                     0    |                  0    |
|      12 | Chandigarh               | Divisional Library                          |            82.72 |                     0    |                  0    |
|      13 | Chhattisgarh             | District Library, Raigarh                   |            87    |                    41.32 |                 47.49 |
|      14 | Daman & Diu              | District Library, Diu                       |            87    |                     0    |                  0    |
|      15 | Daman & Diu              | Central Library, Daman                      |           223    |                     0    |                  0    |
|      16 | Goa                      | Dr. Francisco Luis Gomes District Library   |            87    |                     3.38 |                  3.88 |
|      17 | Goa                      | Krishnadas Shama State Central Library      |           223    |                    21.68 |                  9.72 |
|      18 | Gujarat                  | State Central Library, Gandhinagar          |           104.04 |                   101    |                 97.08 |
|      19 | Gujarat                  | Government District Library, Bhavnagar      |            87    |                    87    |                100    |
|      20 | Haryana                  | State Central Library, Ambala Cantt.        |           223    |                   122.65 |                 55    |
|      21 | Haryana                  | District Library, Narnaul                   |            84    |                    46.2  |                 55    |
|      22 | Himachal Pradesh         | Government District Library, Bilaspur       |            86.87 |                    74.66 |                 85.95 |
|      23 | Himachal Pradesh         | Central State Library, Solan                |           223    |                     0    |                  0    |
|      24 | Jammu & Kashmir          | Gani Memorial U.T Central Library, Srinagar |           223    |                   100    |                 44.84 |
|      25 | Jammu & Kashmir          | District Library, Samba                     |            32.5  |                     0    |                  0    |
|      26 | Jharkhand                | State Central Library, Dhanbad              |           223    |                     0    |                  0    |
|      27 | Jharkhand                | District Library, Palamau                   |            87    |                     0    |                  0    |
|      28 | Karnataka                | State Central Library, Bangalore            |           223    |                   200    |                 89.69 |
|      29 | Karnataka                | District Central Library, Shimoga           |            87    |                    79.26 |                 91.1  |
|      30 | Kerala                   | State Central Library, Thiruvananthapuram   |           116.61 |                   116.61 |                100    |
|      31 | Kerala                   | State Public Library Research Centre        |            37.5  |                    22.55 |                 60.14 |
|      32 | Lakshadweep              | State Central Library, Kavaratti            |           168    |                     0    |                  0    |

| 33   | Lakshadweep    | District Library, Kadmat                                  | 27.64    | 0.00     | 0.00   |
|------|----------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|----------|----------|--------|
| 34   | Madhya Pradesh | Govt. District Library, Khandwa                           | 73.20    | 65.59    | 89.61  |
| 35   | Madhya Pradesh | Govt. Shri Ahilya Central Library, Indore                 | 87.00    | 43.67    | 50.19  |
| 36   | Maharashtra    | District Library, Nandurbar, Maharastra                   | 21.90    | 18.43    | 84.20  |
| 37   | Maharashtra    | Govt. Divisional Library, Aurangabad                      | 60.55    | 57.21    | 94.48  |
| 38   | Manipur        | State Central Library, Imphal, Manipur                    | 218.87   | 45.25    | 20.67  |
| 39   | Manipur        | District Library, Senapati, Manipur                       | 85.54    | 1.00     | 1.17   |
| 40   | Meghalaya      | State Central Library, Shillong                           | 223.00   | 27.77    | 12.45  |
| 41   | Meghalaya      | District Library, Tura                                    | 87.00    | 0.00     | 0.00   |
| 42   | Mizoram        | State Central Library, Aizwal, Mizoram                    | 141.24   | 137.04   | 97.03  |
| 43   | Mizoram        | District Library, Kolasib, Mizoram                        | 50.00    | 50.00    | 100.00 |
| 44   | Nagaland       | State Central Library, Kohima                             | 177.49   | 175.48   | 98.87  |
| 45   | Nagaland       | District Library, Dimapur                                 | 73.81    | 69.75    | 94.50  |
| 46   | Odisha         | H.K.M.State Library, Bhubaneswar                          | 223.00   | 133.00   | 59.64  |
| 47   | Odisha         | District Library, Ganajam                                 | 40.36    | 0.00     | 0.00   |
| 48   | Pondicherry    | Romain Rolland Library, State Central Library,            | 166.47   | 142.37   | 85.52  |
| 49   | Pondicherry    | Dr. S. R. Ranganathan Government Public Library, Karaikal | 76.04    | 66.17    | 87.02  |
| 50   | Punjab         | Guru Nanak District Library, Kapurthala                   | 87.00    | 0.00     | 0.00   |
| 51   | Punjab         | MM Central State Library, Patiala                         | 223.00   | 0.00     | 0.00   |
| 52   | Rajasthan      | Dr. Radhakrishnan Rajya Kendriya Pustakalaya, Jaipur      | 183.51   | 94.81    | 51.66  |
| 53   | Rajasthan      | Rajakiya Sarvajanik Mandal Pustakalaya, Kota              | 63.46    | 63.21    | 99.61  |
| 54   | Sikkim         | Sikkim State Central Library, Gangtok                     | 217.20   | 65.30    | 30.06  |
| 55   | Sikkim         | District Library, Mangan                                  | 86.58    | 10.78    | 12.45  |
| 56   | Tamil Nadu     | District Library, Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu              | 70.00    | 68.16    | 97.37  |
| 57   | Tamil Nadu     | District Library, Vellore, Tamil Nadu                     | 87.00    | 79.27    | 91.11  |
| 58   | Telangana      | District Central Library, Mahabubnagar                    | 52.00    | 50.00    | 96.15  |
| 59   | Telangana      | State Central Library, Hyderabad                          | 112.25   | 103.72   | 92.40  |
| 60   | Tripura        | Birchandra State Central Library                          | 223.00   | 222.93   | 99.97  |
| 61   | Tripura        | Unakoti District Library                                  | 87.00    | 86.92    | 99.91  |
| 62   | Uttar Pradesh  | State Central Library, Prayagraj                          | 206.00   | 203.75   | 98.91  |
| 63   | Uttar Pradesh  | Government District Library, Etawah                       | 87.00    | 85.93    | 98.77  |
| 64   | Uttarakhand    | Government District Library, Suman Pustakalaya, New Tehri | 86.20    | 50.00    | 58.00  |
| 65   | West Bengal    | West Bengal State Central Library                         | 222.81   | 219.82   | 98.66  |
| 66   | West Bengal    | North Bengal State Library, Coochbehar                    | 86.98    | 79.73    | 91.66  |
|      |                |                                                           | 7,952.25 | 4,059.77 |        |

## FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDED UNDER SETTING UP OF NML MODEL

## LIBRARY TO MoC IDENFIED LIBRARIES (B)

(Rs. in Lakhs)

| Sl. No   | Name of the MoC Library                            |   Amount Sanctioned | Amount Released   |
|----------|----------------------------------------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
| 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 Baksh 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               |
|          | Total                                              |             2867.97 | 1352.01           |

Total amount sanctioned (A) + (B)

=

Rs. 10820.22 Lakhs

Total Amount released (A) + (B)

=

Rs. 5411.78 Lakhs

Percentage of Amount released

=

50.01%