National Library Mission
The Ministry of Culture through its National Mission on Libraries (NML) Scheme, under its setting up of the NML Model Library component, provides financial assistance to one state central and one district library in each State /UT. Given that this is as per the recommendation of the concerned state authorities and six libraries under Ministry of Culture for following categories:
- 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
The details of financial assistance till date to all participating States/ UTs are given in Annexure-A (Download the full article below).
Since as per the Seventh schedule of Constitution of India, library is a state subject, there is no plan to digitise these across the country. However, the Ministry of Culture through the National Mission on Libraries Scheme provides financial assistance under its component of Up-gradation of Technology & Modernization of Services.
The Union Minister for Culture and Tourism Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat shared this information in a written reply in Rajya Sabha.
Reference: PIB
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