GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF CULTURE
LOK SABHA
STARRED QUESTION NO. †*213
TO BE ANSWERED ON 15TH DECEMBER, 2025
MISSING OF IMPORTANT LETTERS FROM PMML
†*213. DR. SAMBIT PATRA:
Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:
(a) whether the Prime Minister's Museum and Library (PMML) has formulated any policy
for conducting annual audit of the documents available in the museum and if so,...
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. †*213 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15TH DECEMBER, 2025 MISSING OF IMPORTANT LETTERS FROM PMML †*213. DR. SAMBIT PATRA:
Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:
(a) whether the Prime Minister's Museum and Library (PMML) has formulated any policy for conducting annual audit of the documents available in the museum and if so, the details thereof;
(b) whether certain documents related to India's first Prime Minister, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru have been found missing from the museum during the annual inspection of the Prime Minister's Museum and Library (PMML) in the year 2025 and if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether the said documents were improperly and illegally removed from the Prime Minister's Museum;
(d) if so, whether the persons who are responsible for the same have been identified and if so, the details thereof along with the action taken against them as per rules; and
(e) whether any decision has been taken in the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Prime Minister's Museum and Library (PMML) in the year 2025 regarding the non- availability of documents related to Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, if so, the details thereof? ANSWER MINISTER OF CULTURE AND TOURISM (SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT)
(a) to (e) : A statement is laid on the table of the House.STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (A) TO (E) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. †*213 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.12.2025 ASKED BY DR. SAMBIT PATRA, HON`BLE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT REGARDING MISSING OF IMPORTANT LETTERS FROM PMML
(a) : No, there is no annual audit of documents in Prime Ministers Museum and Library
(PMML).
(b) : No documents related to India's first Prime Minister, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru have been found missing from the museum during the annual inspection of the PMML in the year 2025.
(c) & (d) : Does not arise.
(e) : In the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the PMML in the year 2025, no decision regarding the non-availability of documents related to Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, was taken.
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