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Ministry of Culture approves 400 crore for up gradation of libraries

| | Dec 28, 2015, at 10:07 pm
New Delhi, Dec 28 (IBNS) The Ministry of Culture has approved Rs 400 crore under its National Mission on Libraries programme, undertaken for upgradation of libraries nationwide, according to a government release on Monday.

The components of the National Mission on Libraries (NML) are Creation of National Virtual Library of India (NVLI), Setting up of NML model libraries, Quantitative and Qualitative Survey of Libraries and Capacity Building.  

Under the Scheme, the Mission will upgrade infrastructure of selected libraries and upgrade technology in 35 State Central Libraries and 35 District Libraries (to be identified by State Governments) and 6 Libraries under the Ministry of Culture. 11 State Central Libraries and 11 District Libraries have been identified so far.

Six Libraries under the Ministry of Culture are  Delhi Public Library, Delhi; Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library, Patna; National Library, Kolkata; Central Secretariat Library; Rampur Raza Library, Uttar Pradesh; and Thanjavur Maharaja Serfoji’s Saraswati Mahal Library, Tamil Nadu. The proposals of 12 states have been approved and fund released to three states.

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