The Minister of Culture Smt. Chandresh
Kumari Katoch has said that State Governments are pursued for enactment of
Public Library Acts through Raja Rammohun Roy Library
Foundation which is the nodal agency of Ministry of Culture, Government of
India for development of Public Library System and services in the Country. Name
of the States and year of passing of Library legislation are given below:-
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Tamil
Nadu-1948
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Odisha-
2000
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Andhra
Pradesh-1960
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Gujarat-
2001
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Karnataka-
1965
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Uttaranchal-
2005
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Maharashtra-
1967
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Rajasthan-
2006
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West
Bengal- 1979
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Uttar
Pradesh- 2006
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Manipur-
1988
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Lakshadweep-
2007
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Haryana-
1989
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Bihar-
2008
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Kerala-
1989
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Chattisgarh-
2009
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Mizoram-
1993
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Arunachal
Pradesh-2009
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Goa-
1993
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In a written reply in
the Lok Sabha today Smt. Katoch said, the Government of India has constituted a
High Level Committee, i.e. National
Mission on Libraries for preparing long term plans and strategies for
development of the library sector, including conceptualization and approval of
projects and preparation of a ‘National policy on Library and Information
Systems for India’, interacting with State Governments on all library matters,
especially on public library matters, cutting standards, including quality
standards for library collections, services, technical work and infrastructure,
and devising in-built mechanisms to ensure compliance for all types of
libraries etc.
The Raja Rammohun Roy Library
Foundation works for development of Public Library System and services in the
country and implements Schemes in collaboration with Central/State
Governments/U.T. Administrations, the Minister added.
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