Lok Sabha Question No. 2212 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-09
Subject: Promotion of Libraries under NML
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Shri Gopal Jee Thakur, Thiru D M Kathir Anand

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2212 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.12.2024

## PROMOTION OF LIBRARIES UNDER NML

## 2212. SHRI THIRU D M KATHIR ANAND: SHRI GOPAL JEE THAKUR:

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- a) the details of the steps taken by the Government to increase the number of libraries in the country, State-wise;
- b) the number of Central Libraries and District Libraries set up or proposed to be set up and promoted by the Government in the country including Tamil Nadu State under the National Mission on Libraries, State-wise;
- c) the details of financial assistance provided and spent so far for setting up of libraries in the country;
- d) whether  the  Government  has  allocated  funds  for  the  development,  restoration, renovation  and  maintenance  of  Saraswathi  Mahal  Library  and  the  world  renowned Connemara Library Building in Chennai, if so the details thereof, if not, the reasons therefor;
- e) whether the Government proposes to develop Central Library located in the premises of Lalit Narayan Mithila University as well as the one located at Lalbagh, Darbhanga namely Lakshmeshwar Singh Library under Central National Mission Library; and
- f) if so, the details thereof?

## 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.

Increasing the number of Libraries in the country, therefore, falls under the purview of the respective States/UTs.

- b) & c) As mentioned in (a) above, setting up of libraries comes under the purview of the respective States/UTs.  However, Ministry of Culture through its 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  Authorities  concerned  and  6 Libraries under Ministry of Culture.  The details of financial assistance provided to States/UTs, including Tamil Nadu under NML Scheme is annexed at Annexure-A .
- d) No.  It  may,  however,  please  be  seen  from  the Annexure-A that  District  Library, Tiruchirappalli and District Library, Vellore in the State of Tamil Nadu have been provided the Financial Assistance of Rs.68.16 Lakhs and Rs.79.27 Lakhs respectively.
- e) No such proposal has been received.
- f) Not applicable in view of (e) above.

## Annexure-A

## Annexure referred to in Reply to Part (c&d) in respect of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question Dy. No.5918 to be answered on 09.12.2024

## (A) FINANCIAL  ASSISTANCE  PROVIDED  UNDER  SETTINGUP  OF  NML  MODEL LIBRARY IN VARIOUS STATES / UTs

(Rs. in Lakhs)

|   Sl No | State                    | Name of the Library                         |   Amt. Sanctioned |   Total Payment Released |
|---------|--------------------------|---------------------------------------------|-------------------|--------------------------|
|       1 | Andaman & Nicobar Island | State Central Library, Port Blair           |            223    |                     0    |
|       2 | Andaman & Nicobar Island | District Library, Car Nicobar               |             87    |                     0    |
|       3 | *Andhra Pradesh          | State Regional Library, Guntur              |             50    |                     0    |
|       4 | *Andhra Pradesh          | Regional Library, Rajamundry                |             30    |                     0    |
|       5 | Arunachal Pradesh        | State Central Library, Itanagar             |            223    |                   219.71 |
|       6 | Arunachal Pradesh        | District Library, Phasighat                 |             87    |                    84.9  |
|       7 | *Assam                   | District Library, Jorhat, Assam             |             40    |                    39.99 |
|       8 | *Assam                   | District Library, Guwahati, Assam           |             70    |                    69.59 |
|       9 | *Bihar                   | District Central Library, Jamui, Bihar      |             81.41 |                    62.21 |
|      10 | *Bihar                   | District Central Library, Hajipur, Vaishali |             87    |                    50    |
|      11 | Chandigarh               | Central State Library, Chandigarh           |            164.5  |                     0    |
|      12 | Chandigarh               | Divisional Library                          |             82.72 |                     0    |
|      13 | Chhattisgarh             | District Library, Raigarh                   |             87    |                    41.32 |
|      14 | Daman &Diu               | District Library, Diu                       |             87    |                     0    |
|      15 | Daman &Diu               | Central Library, Daman                      |            223    |                     0    |
|      16 | Goa                      | Dr. Francisco Luis Gomes District Library   |             87    |                     3.38 |
|      17 | Goa                      | KrishnadasShama State Central Library       |            223    |                    21.68 |
|      18 | Gujarat                  | State Central Library, Gandhinagar          |            104.04 |                   101    |
|      19 | Gujarat                  | Government District Library, Bhavnagar      |             87    |                    87    |
|      20 | Haryana                  | State Central Library, Ambala Cantt.        |            223    |                   122.65 |
|      21 | Haryana                  | District Library, Narnaul                   |             84    |                    46.2  |
|      22 | Himachal Pradesh         | Government District Library, Bilaspur       |             86.87 |                    74.66 |
|      23 | Himachal Pradesh         | Central State Library, Solan                |            223    |                     0    |
|      24 | Jammu& Kashmir           | Gani Memorial U.T Central Library, Srinagar |            223    |                   100    |
|      25 | Jammu& Kashmir           | District Library, Samba                     |             32.5  |                     0    |
|      26 | Jharkhand                | State Central Library, Dhanbad              |            223    |                     0    |
|      27 | Jharkhand                | District Library, Palamau                   |             87    |                     0    |
|      28 | Karnataka                | State Central Library, Bangalore            |            223    |                   200    |

|   29 | Karnataka      | District Central Library, Shimoga                         |   87.00 |   79.26 |
|------|----------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|---------|---------|
|   30 | Kerala         | State Central Library, Thiruvananthapuram                 |  116.61 |  116.61 |
|   31 | Kerala         | State Public Library Research Centre                      |   37.5  |   22.55 |
|   32 | Lakshadweep    | State Central Library, Kavaratti                          |  168    |    0    |
|   33 | Lakshadweep    | District Library, Kadmat                                  |   27.64 |    0    |
|   34 | Madhya Pradesh | Govt. District Library, Khandwa                           |   73.2  |   65.59 |
|   35 | Madhya Pradesh | Govt. Shri Ahilya Central Library, Indore                 |   87    |   43.67 |
|   36 | *Maharashtra   | District Library, Nandurbar, Maharastra                   |   21.9  |   18.43 |
|   37 | *Maharashtra   | Govt. Divisional Library, Aurangabad                      |   60.55 |   57.21 |
|   38 | Manipur        | State Central Library, Imphal, Manipur                    |  218.87 |   45.25 |
|   39 | Manipur        | District Library, Senapati, Manipur                       |   85.54 |    1    |
|   40 | Meghalaya      | State Central Library, Shillong                           |  223    |   27.77 |
|   41 | Meghalaya      | District Library, Tura                                    |   87    |    0    |
|   42 | Mizoram        | State Central Library, Aizwal, Mizoram                    |  141.24 |  137.04 |
|   43 | Mizoram        | District Library, Kolasib, Mizoram                        |   50    |   50    |
|   44 | Nagaland       | State Central Library, Kohima                             |  177.49 |  175.48 |
|   45 | Nagaland       | District Library, Dimapur                                 |   73.81 |   69.75 |
|   46 | Odisha         | H.K.M.State Library, Bhubaneswar                          |  223    |  133    |
|   47 | Odisha         | District Library, Ganajam                                 |   40.36 |    0    |
|   48 | Pondicherry    | Romain Rolland Library, State Central Library,            |  166.47 |  142.37 |
|   49 | Pondicherry    | Dr. S. R. Ranganathan Government Public Library, Karaikal |   76.04 |   66.17 |
|   50 | Punjab         | Guru Nanak District Library, Kapurthala                   |   87    |    0    |
|   51 | Punjab         | MMCentral State Library, Patiala                          |  223    |    0    |
|   52 | Rajasthan      | Dr. RadhakrishnanRajyaKendriyaPustakal aya, Jaipur        |  183.51 |   94.81 |
|   53 | Rajasthan      | RajakiyaSarvajanik Mandal Pustakalaya, Kota               |   63.46 |   63.21 |
|   54 | Sikkim         | Sikkim State Central Library, Gangtok                     |  217.2  |   65.3  |
|   55 | Sikkim         | District Library, Mangan                                  |   86.58 |   10.78 |
|   56 | Tamil Nadu     | District Library, Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu              |   70    |   68.16 |
|   57 | Tamil Nadu     | District Library, Vellore, Tamil Nadu                     |   87    |   79.27 |
|   58 | Telangana      | District Central Library, Mahabubnagar                    |   52    |   50    |
|   59 | Telangana      | State Central Library, Hyderabad                          |  112.25 |  103.72 |
|   60 | Tripura        | Birchandra State Central Library                          |  223    |  222.93 |
|   61 | Tripura        | Unakoti District Library                                  |   87    |   86.92 |
|   62 | Uttar Pradesh  | State Central Library, Prayagraj                          |  206    |  203.75 |
|   63 | Uttar Pradesh  | Government District Library, Etawah                       |   87    |   85.93 |
|   64 | Uttarakhand    | Government District Library, Suman                        |   86.2  |   50    |

|    |             | Pustakalaya, New Tehri                 |          |          |
|----|-------------|----------------------------------------|----------|----------|
| 65 | West Bengal | West Bengal State Central Library      | 222.81   | 219.82   |
| 66 | West Bengal | North Bengal State Library, Coochbehar | 86.98    | 79.73    |
|    |             |                                        | 7,952.25 | 4,059.77 |

## (B) FINANCIAL  ASSISTANCE  PROVIDED  UNDER  SETTING  UP  OF  NML  MODEL LIBRARY TO MoC IDENTIFIED LIBRARIES:-

| Sl.N o   | Name of the MoC identified Library                  |   Amt. Sanctioned |   Total Payment 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 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  |                     0    |
|          | Total                                               |           2867.97 |                  1352.01 |

Total amount sanctioned (A) + (B)

=

Rs. 10820.22 Lakhs

Total Amount released (A) + (B)

=

Rs. 5411.78 Lakhs