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UPGRADATION OF LIBRARIES THROUGH DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE

Posted On: 29 JUL 2024 4:05PM by PIB Delhi

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%

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