National Library Mission
National Library Mission
Ministry of Culture through its National Mission on Libraries (NML) Scheme, under its 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 Authorities concerned and six Libraries under Ministry of Culture for following categories: –
The details of financial assistance provided till date to all participating States/ UTs are given in Annexure-A.
Since as per the Seventh schedule of Constitution of India, Library is a State subject, there is no plan to digitise libraries across the country. However, Ministry of Culture through National Mission on Libraries Scheme provides financial assistance under its component of Up-gradation of Technology & Modernization of Services.
This information was given by Union Minister for Culture and Tourism Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.
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Annexure-A
A
Financial Assistance Provided Under Setting-up of NML Model Library in Various State / 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
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0.00
2
Andaman & Nicobar Island
District Library, Car Nicobar
87.00
0.00
3
*Andhra Pradesh
State Regional Library, Guntur
50.00
0.00
4
*Andhra Pradesh
Regional Library, Rajamundry
30.00
0.00
5
Arunachal Pradesh
State Central Library, Itanagar
223.00
219.71
6
Arunachal Pradesh
District Library, Phasighat
87.00
84.90
7
*Assam
District Library, Jorhat, Assam
40.00
39.99
8
*Assam
District Library, Guwahati, Assam
70.00
69.59
9
*Bihar
District Central Library, Jamui, Bihar
81.41
62.21
10
*Bihar
District Central Library, Hajipur, Vaishali
87.00
50.00
11
Chandigarh
Central State Library, Chandigarh
164.50
0.00
12
Chandigarh
Divisional Library
82.72
0.00
13
Chhattisgarh
District Library, Raigarh
87.00
41.32
14
Daman & Diu
District Library, Diu
87.00
0.00
15
Daman & Diu
Central Library, Daman
223.00
0.00
16
Goa
Dr. Francisco Luis Gomes District Library
87.00
3.38
17
Goa
Krishnadas Shama State Central Library
223.00
21.68
18
Gujarat
State Central Library, Gandhinagar
104.04
101.00
19
Gujarat
Government District Library, Bhavnagar
87.00
87.00
20
Haryana
State Central Library, Ambala Cantt.
223.00
122.65
21
Haryana
District Library, Narnaul
84.00
46.20
22
Himachal Pradesh
Government District Library, Bilaspur
86.87
74.66
23
Himachal Pradesh
Central State Library, Solan
223.00
95.00
24
Jammu & Kashmir
Gani Memorial U.T Central Library, Srinagar
223.00
100.00
25
Jammu & Kashmir
District Library, Samba
32.50
32.50
26
Jharkhand
State Central Library, Dhanbad
223.00
0.00
27
Jharkhand
District Library, Palamau
87.00
0.00
28
Karnataka
State Central Library, Bangalore
223.00
200.00
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
37.50
22.55
32
Lakshadweep
State Central Library, Kavaratti
168.00
88.00
33
Lakshadweep
District Library, Kadmat
27.64
27.64
34
Madhya Pradesh
Govt. District Library, Khandwa
73.20
65.59
35
Madhya Pradesh
Govt. Shri Ahilya Central Library, Indore
87.00
43.67
36
*Maharashtra
District Library, Nandurbar, Maharastra
21.90
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
1.00
40
Meghalaya
State Central Library, Shillong
223.00
27.77
41
Meghalaya
District Library, Tura
87.00
0.00
42
Mizoram
State Central Library, Aizwal, Mizoram
141.24
137.04
43
Mizoram
District Library, Kolasib, Mizoram
50.00
50.00
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
223.00
133.00
47
Odisha
District Library, Ganajam
40.36
0.00
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
87.00
0.00
51
Punjab
MM Central State Library, Patiala
223.00
0.00
52
Rajasthan
Dr. Radhakrishnan Rajya Kendriya Pustakalaya, Jaipur
183.51
94.81
53
Rajasthan
Rajakiya Sarvajanik Mandal Pustakalaya, Kota
63.46
63.21
54
Sikkim
Sikkim State Central Library, Gangtok
217.20
65.30
55
Sikkim
District Library, Mangan
86.58
10.78
56
Tamil Nadu
District Library, Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu
70.00
68.16
57
Tamil Nadu
District Library, Vellore, Tamil Nadu
87.00
79.27
58
Telangana
District Central Library, Mahabubnagar
52.00
50.00
59
Telangana
State Central Library, Hyderabad
112.25
103.72
60
Tripura
Birchandra State Central Library
223.00
222.93
61
Tripura
Unakoti District Library
87.00
86.92
62
Uttar Pradesh
State Central Library, Prayagraj
206.00
203.75
63
Uttar Pradesh
Government District Library, Etawah
87.00
85.93
64
Uttarakhand
Government District Library, Suman Pustakalaya, New Tehri
86.20
50.00
65
West Bengal
West Bengal State Central Library
222.81
219.82
66
West Bengal
North Bengal State Library, Coochbehar
86.98
79.73
TOTAL
7,952.25
4302.91
*Since, the States of Andhra Pradesh; Assam; Bihar and Maharashtra do not have Central Libraries, hence two District Libraries in each these states have been identified.
B
Financial Assistance Provided Under Setting Up of NML Model Library to MoC Idenfied Libraries
(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)
715.20
667.48
6
Rampur Raza Library, Rampur (Uttar Pradesh)
724.20
NIL
Total
2867.97
- Improvement of Infrastructure
- Up-gradation of Technology & Modernization of Services
- Creation of Facilities for Specially Abled groups
- Procurement of Reading Resources to meet local need and Advocacy and Outreach Programmes