UPGRADATION OF LIBRARIES THROUGH DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE
UPGRADATION OF LIBRARIES THROUGH DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE
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.
This information was given by Union Minister for Culture and Tourism Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
ANNEXURE-A
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
10.30
44.96
0.30
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
0.20
93.38
0.16
5.
GUJARAT
221.87
105.53
134.40
204.15
219.87
6.
GOA
26.58
20.88
23.03
5.63
19.83
7.
HARYANA
17.49
153.60
45.23
17.18
8.13
8.
HIMACHAL PRADESH
139.37
38.96
19.18
24.88
95.58
9.
JAMMU &KASHMIR
30.62
27.70
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
4.20
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
31.80
29.38
18.
ODISHA
27.62
95.47
31.49
24.88
4.15
19.
PUNJAB
11.64
0.68
0.10
9.57
0.08
20.
RAJASTHAN
120.70
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
168.70
80.69
144.67
23.
TRIPURA
61.46
53.48
71.53
68.57
164.81
24.
UTTAR PRADESH
58.31
5.80
8.70
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
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
28.
DADAR & NAGAR HEVALI
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
29.
DELHI
9.23
6.17
1.88
12.50
5.62
30.
LAKSHADWEEP
2.10
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
0.00
0.38
0.00
0.00
0.00
Total
2312.29
1478.17
1558.82
2107.22
2107.22
ANNEXURE-B
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
46746
Annexure-C
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
20
439
27
418
662
Annexure-D
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDED UNDER SETTINGUP OF NML MODEL LIBRARY IN VARIOUS STATE / UTs
(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
223.00
0.00
0
2
Andaman & Nicobar Island
District Library, Car Nicobar
87.00
0.00
0
3
Andhra Pradesh
State Regional Library, Guntur
50.00
0.00
0
4
Andhra Pradesh
Regional Library, Rajamundry
30.00
0.00
0
5
Arunachal Pradesh
State Central Library, Itanagar
223.00
219.71
98.52
6
Arunachal Pradesh
District Library, Phasighat
87.00
84.90
97.59
7
Assam
District Library, Jorhat, Assam
40.00
39.99
99.98
8
Assam
District Library, Guwahati, Assam
70.00
69.59
99.42
9
Bihar
District Central Library, Jamui, Bihar
81.41
62.21
76.42
10
Bihar
District Central Library, Hajipur, Vaishali
87.00
50.00
57.47
11
Chandigarh
Central State Library, Chandigarh
164.50
0.00
0.00
12
Chandigarh
Divisional Library
82.72
0.00
0.00
13
Chhattisgarh
District Library, Raigarh
87.00
41.32
47.49
14
Daman & Diu
District Library, Diu
87.00
0.00
0.00
15
Daman & Diu
Central Library, Daman
223.00
0.00
0.00
16
Goa
Dr. Francisco Luis Gomes District Library
87.00
3.38
3.88
17
Goa
Krishnadas Shama State Central Library
223.00
21.68
9.72
18
Gujarat
State Central Library, Gandhinagar
104.04
101.00
97.08
19
Gujarat
Government District Library, Bhavnagar
87.00
87.00
100.00
20
Haryana
State Central Library, Ambala Cantt.
223.00
122.65
55.00
21
Haryana
District Library, Narnaul
84.00
46.20
55.00
22
Himachal Pradesh
Government District Library, Bilaspur
86.87
74.66
85.95
23
Himachal Pradesh
Central State Library, Solan
223.00
0.00
0.00
24
Jammu & Kashmir
Gani Memorial U.T Central Library, Srinagar
223.00
100.00
44.84
25
Jammu & Kashmir
District Library, Samba
32.50
0.00
0.00
26
Jharkhand
State Central Library, Dhanbad
223.00
0.00
0.00
27
Jharkhand
District Library, Palamau
87.00
0.00
0.00
28
Karnataka
State Central Library, Bangalore
223.00
200.00
89.69
29
Karnataka
District Central Library, Shimoga
87.00
79.26
91.10
30
Kerala
State Central Library, Thiruvananthapuram
116.61
116.61
100.00
31
Kerala
State Public Library Research Centre
37.50
22.55
60.14
32
Lakshadweep
State Central Library, Kavaratti
168.00
0.00
0.00
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)
715.20
667.48
6
Rampur Raza Library, Rampur (Uttar Pradesh)
724.20
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%