The National Mission on Monuments and Antiquities (NMMA) is digitizing unprotected monuments, sites and antiquities, adhering to the NMMA's digitization policy. A user-friendly mobile application called ‘Indian Heritage’ was launched in September 2023 to provide access to built heritage, including high-resolution images, architectural details, and geotagged locations of protected national monuments. The Central Archaeological Library, ASI, has already digitized 12,247 books and 10 lakh pages that fall outside of copyright. Digitized materials from the Archaeological Survey of India are stored using cloud services, and the digital documentation initiative for monuments and antiquities is ongoing. Librarians of ASI regularly participate in training programs. This information was provided by Union Minister for Culture and Tourism Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat. Contact: Sunil Kumar Tiwari, pibculture[at]gmail[dot]com.
Key Entities Referenced
National Digital Preservation Policy: The core policy document focusing on the digital preservation of national heritage.
National Mission on Monuments and Antiquities (NMMA): A mission focused on digitizing unprotected monuments, sites, and antiquities.
Archaeological Survey of India (ASI): An organization involved in the digitization and preservation of archaeological materials.
Ministry of Culture: The government ministry responsible for the policy and related initiatives.
Indian Heritage: A mobile application functioning as a single access platform for protected monuments and sites.
Ministry of Culture
Need For National Digital Preservation Policy
प्रव तथ: 08 DEC 2025 3:33PM by PIB Delhi
National Mission on Monuments and Antiquities (NMMA) is digitizing unprotected monuments, sites &
antiquities of the country as per the digitization policy of the NMMA. A depository of built heritage in the
form of a user friendly mobile application named ‘Indian Heritage’ as a single access platform for
protected monuments of national importance and sites has been launched in September 2023. This digital
platform provides access to build heritage through features like high-resolution images, architectural
details, and geo tagged locations of protected national monuments across states.
The Digitization is guided by the accepted and published policy of respective organisations. The Central
Archaeological Library, ASI has already digitized 12,247 books and 10 lakh pages, falling outside the
copyrighted materials domain.
Digitized materials of the Archaeological Survey of India are stored with the help of cloud services. The
digital documentation initiative for monuments & antiquities of the ASI is currently ongoing. Librarians of
the Archaeological Survey of India regularly take part in various training programmes.
This information was given by Union Minister for Culture and Tourism Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat in
a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
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Sunil Kumar Tiwari
pibculture[at]gmail[dot]com
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