**Summary:**
The Ministry of Culture has launched the Gyan Bharatam Mission with the objective of preserving, digitizing, and disseminating knowledge contained within Indian manuscripts. Key goals include: identifying and cataloging all Indian manuscripts; creating a comprehensive metadata list; ensuring proper conservation using standardized scientific methods; establishing a National Digital Repository (NDR); facilitating monetization opportunities for manuscript custodians; publishing selected manuscripts; and providing controlled access to the NDR for research and scholarly activities under a monetization model. The mission also aims to create a physical storage facility for rare manuscripts using long-term archival materials. Digital tools such as virtual museums, online archives, AI, cloud platforms, and mobile apps will be leveraged to enhance access, research, translation, and monetization while preserving the manuscripts. The allocated financial outlay for the fiscal year 2025-2026 is Rs. 60 Crore. Union Minister for Culture and Tourism Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat provided this information. For further inquiries, contact Sunil Kumar Tiwari at pibcultureatgmaildotcom. The Release ID is 2159093.
Key Entities Referenced
Ministry of Culture: The Indian government ministry responsible for the Gyan Bharatam Mission.
Gyan Bharatam Mission: A mission by the Ministry of Culture to identify, preserve, digitize, and provide access to Indian manuscripts.
National Digital Repository: A digital repository (NDR) to be created as part of the Gyan Bharatam Mission for storing and providing access to digitized Indian manuscripts.
Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat: Union Minister for Culture and Tourism who provided information about the Gyan Bharatam Mission.
Rajya Sabha: The Council of States, the upper house of the Parliament of India, where information about the Gyan Bharatam Mission was provided.
Indian Manuscripts: The primary focus of the Gyan Bharatam Mission, which aims to identify, preserve, and digitize them.
Delhi: Location where the press release was posted by PIB.
Ministry of Culture
Gyan Bharatam Mission
Posted On: 21 AUG 2025 4:14PM by PIB Delhi
The primary objectives of the Gyan Bharatam Mission are as follows:
1. To identify all Indian manuscripts.
2.To collect metadata and prepare a comprehensive list of manuscripts preserved by institutions and
individuals.
3. To ensure the proper conservation of rare and important manuscripts.
4. To implement a standardized framework for the scientific preservation and conservation of manuscripts
held by institutions and individuals.
5. To create a National Digital Repository (NDR) for all identified manuscripts.
6. To facilitate monetization for the benefit of thecustodians of the identified manuscripts.
7. To publish selected manuscripts for the wider dissemination of knowledge.
8. To provide controlled access to manuscripts in the National Digital Repository (NDR) for research,
translation, publication, and other scholarly activities under a monetization model.
9. To establish a physical storage facility for rare and important manuscripts using long-term archival
materials such as archival paper, plastic imaging, wafer-fiche, etc.
The mission aims to use digital tools like virtual museums, online archives, and a National Digital Repository
(NDR) to digitize and showcase Indian Manuscripts. Technologies such as AI, cloud platforms, and mobile
apps will enable easy access, research, translation, and monetization, while ensuring preservation and wider
dissemination of knowledge.
The quantum of financial outlay allocated of "Gyan Bharatam Mission" for the current financial year (2025-
2026) is Rs. 60 Crore.
This information was given by Union Minister for Culture and Tourism Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat in a
written reply in Rajya Sabha today.
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Sunil Kumar Tiwari
pibculture[at]gmail[dot]com
(Release ID: 2159093)