Lok Sabha Question No. 3784 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-16
Subject: Development of Libraries under NML in Bihar
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Shri Gopal Jee Thakur

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No.†3784 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.03.2026

## DEVELOPMENT OF LIBRARIES UNDER NML IN BIHAR

## †3784    SHRI GOPAL JEE THAKUR:

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- a) the details of the steps taken by the Government to promote libraries so far across the country and the details thereof, State/UT-wise;
- b) the details of the number of central and district-level libraries established and supported under the National Mission on Libraries (NML) Scheme;
- c) the details of the total funds allocated and utilized under NML Scheme; and
- d) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  develop  the  Central  Library  located  in  the campus  of  Lalit  Narayan  Mithila  University,  Darbhanga  and  the  Lakshmeshwar Singh Library located at Lalbagh, Darbhanga, under the Central National Mission on Libraries scheme and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF CULTURE AND TOURISM (SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT)

- (a) &(b)  As  per  the  Seventh  Schedule  under  Article  246  of  Constitution  of  India, Libraries is  enlisted in the State  List. Thus, the  public libraries  function  under the administrative control of the respective State / Union  Territory Authorities. 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 various purpose e.g. construction/renovation  of  library  buildings,  up-gradation  of  infrastructure  with furniture and equipment, modernization, procurement of books and reading resources, organization of seminar/training and capacity building of library professionals / workshop / outreach programmes, establishment of children corner, opening of various sections, creating facilities for specially-abled, brail  corner etc. The  assistance  provided  by  RRRLF  under  various  matching  and  non-matching scheme is determined on the basis of recommended applications and certified claims received from the State Library authority.

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

The details of libraries supported by NML is at Annexure-A .

- (c) The  total  funds  released  under  NML  during  F.Y.  2020-21  to  2025-26  are  Rs. 6350.75 lakhs.
- (d) The District Central Library, Jamui and District Central Library, Hajipur, Vaishali have already been funded in Bihar State under the NML Scheme. In this regard, no recommendation for Central Library located in the campus of Lalit Narayan Mithila University,  Darbhanga  and  the  Lakshmeshwar  Singh  Library  located  at  Lalbagh, Darbhanga was received from State Library Authority of Bihar.

Annexure referred to in reply to part (a&b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.†3784 for  reply  on  16 th March,  2026  regarding  'Development  of  Libraries  under  NML  in Bihar.

|   Sl. | State             | Name of the Library                             | Sanction Year   |   Amount sanctioned in lakh |   Total released |
|-------|-------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------------------|------------------|
|     1 | A&N Island        | State Central Library, Port Blair               | 2023-24         |                      223    |           223    |
|     2 | A&N Island        | District Library, Car Nicobar                   | 2023-24         |                       87    |            87    |
|     3 | Andhra Pradesh    | SCL, Amravati                                   | 2025-26         |                      223    |             0    |
|     4 | Andhra Pradesh    | Sri Gowthami Regional Library Rajamahendravaram | 2025-26         |                       87    |             0    |
|     5 | Arunachal Pradesh | State Central Library, Itanagar                 | 2014-15         |                      223    |           219.71 |
|     6 | Arunachal Pradesh | District Library, Phasighat                     | 2014-15         |                       87    |            84.9  |
|     7 | Assam             | District Library, Jorhat (1)                    | 2016-17         |                       40    |            39.99 |
|     8 | Assam             | District Library, Guwahati (2)                  | 2016-17         |                       70    |            69.59 |
|     9 | Bihar             | District Central Library, Jamui                 | 2018-19         |                       81.41 |            62.21 |
|    10 | Bihar             | District Central Library, Hajipur, Vaishali     | 2023-24         |                       87    |            50    |
|    11 | Chandigarh        | T.S. State Central Library                      | 2023-24         |                      164.5  |           164.5  |
|    12 | Chandigarh        | Divisional Library, South                       | 2023-24         |                       82.72 |            82.72 |
|    13 | Chhattisgarh      | District Library, Raigarh                       | 2014-15         |                       87    |            78.32 |
|    14 | Daman &Diu        | Central Library, Daman                          | 2023-24         |                      223    |           223    |
|    15 | Daman &Diu        | District Library, Diu                           | 2023-24         |                       87    |            87    |
|    16 | Goa               | Dr. Francisco Luis Gomes District Library       | 2014-15         |                       87    |             3.38 |
|    17 | Goa               | Krishnadas Shama State Central Library          | 2014-15         |                      223    |            21.68 |
|    18 | Gujarat           | State Central Library, Gandhinagar              | 2017-18         |                      104.04 |           101    |
|    19 | Gujarat           | Government District Library, Bhavnagar, Gujarat | 2022-23         |                       87    |            87    |
|    20 | Haryana           | State Central Library, Ambala Cantt.            | 2021-22         |                      223    |           223    |
|    21 | Haryana           | District Library, Narnaul                       | 2021-22         |                       84    |            46.2  |
|    22 | Himachal Pradesh  | Government District Library, Bilaspur           | 2018-19         |                       86.87 |            74.66 |
|    23 | Himachal Pradesh  | Central State Library, Solan, Himachal Pradesh  | 2022-23         |                      223    |           223    |
|    24 | Jammu &Kashmir    | Gani Memorial U.T Central Library, Srinagar     | 2021-22         |                      223    |           223    |
|    25 | Jammu &Kashmir    | District Library, Samba                         | 2021-22         |                       32.5  |            32.5  |
|    26 | Jharkhand         | State Central Library, Dhanbad                  | 2023-24         |                      223    |           223    |
|    27 | Jharkhand         | District Library, Palamau                       | 2023-24         |                       87    |            87    |
|    28 | Karnataka         | State Central Library, Bangalore                | 2014-15         |                      223    |           200    |
|    29 | Karnataka         | District Central Library, Shimoga               | 2014-15         |                       87    |            79.26 |
|    30 | Kerala            | State Central Library, Thiruvananthapuram       | 2015-16         |                      116.61 |           116.61 |
|    31 | Kerala            | State Public Library Research Centre            | 2021-22         |                       37.5  |            22.55 |
|    32 | Ladakh            | State Public Library, Kargil                    | 2025-26         |                      220    |             0    |
|    33 | Ladakh            | District Library, Leh                           | 2025-26         |                       80    |             0    |
|    34 | Lakshadweep       | State Central Library, Kavaratti                | 2023-24         |                      168    |           168    |

| Sl.   | State          | Name of the Library                                       | Sanction Year   | Amount sanctioned in lakh   |   Total released |
|-------|----------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------------------|------------------|
| 35    | Lakshadweep    | District Library, Kadmat                                  | 2023-24         | 27.64                       |            27.64 |
| 36    | Madhya Pradesh | Govt. District Library, Khandwa                           | 2016-17         | 73.20                       |            65.59 |
| 37    | Madhya Pradesh | Govt. Shri Ahilya Central Library, Indore                 | 2017-18         | 87.00                       |            43.67 |
| 38    | Maharashtra    | District Library, Nandurbar                               | 2016-17         | 21.90                       |            18.43 |
| 39    | Maharashtra    | Govt. Divisional Library, Aurangabad                      | 2017-18         | 60.55                       |            57.21 |
| 40    | Manipur        | State Central Library, Imphal                             | 2022-23         | 218.87                      |           218.87 |
| 41    | Manipur        | District Library, Senapati                                | 2022-23         | 85.53                       |            85.53 |
| 42    | Meghalaya      | State Central Library, Shillong                           | 2023-24         | 223.00                      |           223    |
| 43    | Meghalaya      | District Library, Tura                                    | 2023-24         | 87.00                       |            87    |
| 44    | Mizoram        | State Central Library, Aizwal                             | 2014-15         | 141.24                      |           137.04 |
| 45    | Mizoram        | District Library, Kolasib                                 | 2014-15         | 50.00                       |            50    |
| 46    | Nagaland       | State Central Library, Kohima                             | 2016-17         | 177.49                      |           175.48 |
| 47    | Nagaland       | District Library, Dimapur                                 | 2016-17         | 73.81                       |            69.75 |
| 48    | Odisha         | H.K.M.State Library, Bhubaneswar                          | 2014-15         | 223.00                      |           133    |
| 49    | Odisha         | District Library, Ganajam                                 | 2014-15         | 40.36                       |             0    |
| 50    | Pondicherry    | Romain Rolland Library, State Central Library             | 2016-17         | 166.47                      |           142.37 |
| 51    | Pondicherry    | Dr. S. R. Ranganathan Government Public Library, Karaikal | 2016-17         | 76.04                       |            66.17 |
| 52    | Punjab         | MMCentral State Library, Patiala                          | 2022-23         | 223.00                      |             0    |
| 53    | Punjab         | Gurunanak District Library, Kapurthala                    | 2022-23         | 87.00                       |             0    |
| 54    | Rajasthan      | Dr. Radhakrishnan Rajya KendriyaPustakalaya, Jaipur       | 2014-15         | 183.51                      |            94.81 |
| 55    | Rajasthan      | RajakiyaSarvajanik Mandal Pustakalaya, Kota               | 2016-17         | 63.46                       |            63.21 |
| 56    | Sikkim         | Sikkim State Central Library, Gangtok                     | 2021-22         | 217.2                       |           217.2  |
| 57    | Sikkim         | District Library, Mangan                                  | 2021-22         | 86.58                       |            86.58 |
| 58    | Tamil Nadu     | District Library, Tiruchirapalli                          | 2016-17         | 70.00                       |            68.16 |
| 59    | Tamil Nadu     | District Library, Vellore                                 | 2016-17         | 87.00                       |            79.27 |
| 60    | Telangana      | District Central Library, Mahabubnagar                    | 2014-15         | 52.00                       |            50    |
| 61    | Telangana      | State Central Library, Hyderabad                          | 2014-15         | 112.25                      |           103.72 |
| 62    | Tripura        | Birchandra State Central Library                          | 2014-15         | 223.00                      |           222.93 |
| 63    | Tripura        | Unakoti District Library                                  | 2014-15         | 87.00                       |            86.92 |
| 64    | Uttar Pradesh  | State Central Library, Allahabad                          | 2014-15         | 206.00                      |           203.75 |
| 65    | Uttar Pradesh  | Government District Library, Etawah                       | 2014-15         | 87.00k                      |            85.93 |
| 66    | Uttarakhand    | Government District Library, Suman Pustakalaya, New Tehri | 2018-19         | 86.2                        |            50    |
| 67    | Uttarakhand    | Central State Library, ALmora                             | 2025-26         | 188.77                      |             0    |
| 68    | West Bengal    | West Bengal State Central Library                         | 2014-15         | 222.81                      |           219.82 |
| 69    | West Bengal    | North Bengal State Library, Coochbehar                    | 2014-15         | 86.98                       |            79.73 |
|       |                |                                                           | Total           | 8671.01                     |          6716.56 |

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