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Gyan Bharatam Mission and NMM
- 04 Feb 2025
- 2 min read
The Union Budget 2025-26 has introduced the ‘Gyan Bharatam Mission’, aimed at surveying, documenting, and conserving India’s vast manuscript heritage.
- Objective: The initiative seeks to conserve over one crore manuscripts housed in academic institutions, museums, libraries, and private collections.
- Budget Allocation: To accommodate this new initiative, the budget allocation for the National Manuscripts Mission (NMM), has been increased from Rs 3.5 crore to Rs 60 crore.
National Manuscripts Mission (NMM):
- NMM was launched by the Ministry of Culture in 2003 under the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts (IGNCA).
- It aims to preserve and make accessible India's vast manuscript heritage.
- IGNCA was established in 1987 as an autonomous institution for research, academic pursuit, and dissemination in the arts.
Manuscript:
- A manuscript is a handwritten composition created on materials such as paper, bark, cloth, metal, or palm leaf, and it must be at least 75 years old.
- India holds an estimated 5 million manuscripts, probably the largest collection in the world.
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