Status of Proposals under RRRLF

Ministry of Culture Status of Proposals under RRRLF Posted On: 18 AUG 2025 4:12PM by PIB Delhi The Ministry of Culture, through the Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation (RRRLF), Kolkata—an autonomous organization—provides financial assistance for the development of public libraries across the country under its approved Matching and Non-Matching Schemes. These schemes support a range of initiatives, including enrichment of library resources, procurement of furniture, construction of library buildings, establishment of children’s and knowledge corners, creation of facilities for Divyangjan readers, and modernization of library services through the provision of computers, printers, and related infrastructure. Implementation is undertaken in active coordination with the respective State/UT Library Authorities. The quantum of financial assistance released is determined by the number of eligible applications received from the respective State/UT Library Authority along with their recommendations. Details of proposals received and sanctioned during the period 2014–15 to 2024–25 under various RRRLF schemes are placed at Annexure-I. This information was given by Union Minister for Culture and Tourism Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat in a written reply in Lok Sabha today. **** Sunil Kumar Tiwari pibculture[at]gmail[dot]com Annexure-I Details of State-Wise financial assistance sanctioned and released under various scheme of RRRLF for the year 2014-15 Number of Amount Sanctioned (in Amount Released (in S.No. State L i b r a r i e s Rs.) Rs.) Assisted 1 ANDHRA PRADESH 23 13813902 8799500 A R U N A C H A L 2 35 15722255 12472255 PRADESH 3 ASSAM 728 19007883 19007883 4 BIHAR 1 100000 100000 5 CHANDIGARH 5 1345778 1345778 6 CHHATISGARH 2 25100000 25100000 7 DELHI 3 400000 375000 8 GOA 153 1083997 1083997 9 GUJARAT 2487 47932959 47242317 10 HARYANA 33 2915075 2915075 H I M A C H A L 11 655 2651143 2651143 PRADESH12 JAMMU &KASHMIR 140 11710047 11710047 13 KARNATAKA 519 39664259 39464259 14 KERALA 104 5902049 2674799 15 MAHARASHTRA 5968 79284033 75646796 16 MANIPUR 324 24990893 23690893 17 MIZORAM 480 16061410 13961410 18 NAGALAND 850 27906505 26706505 19 ODISHA 905 36713500 36713500 20 RAJASTHAN 21 37718000 18482350 21 SIKKIM 16 11469043 9291352 22 TAMIL NADU 4571 51943182 51634057 23 TRIPURA 30 13769228 12169280 24 UTTAR PRADESH 1152 43288053 43288053 25 UTTARAKHAND 47 8960040 8960040 26 WEST BENGAL 5474 107969226 98696223 Details of State-Wise financial assistance sanctioned and released under various scheme of RRRLF for the year 2015-16 N u m b e r o f A m o u n t Amount Released S.No. State Libraries Assisted Sanctioned (in Rs.) (in Rs.) A N D A M A N & 1 16 3964495 3964495 NICCOBAR 2 ANDHRA PRADESH 46 5399428 2718440 A R U N A C H A L 3 33 22393945 22393945 PRADESH 4 ASSAM 373 49911541 49911541 5 CHANDIGARH 5 10495863 10495863 6 DELHI 5 675000 631250 7 GOA 154 4246889 4196889 8 GUJARAT 2544 57472248 55305581 9 HARYANA 1 100000 75000 10 HIMACHAL PRADESH 655 4659467 4659467 11 JAMMU & KASHMIR 140 34489147 34489147 12 JHARKHAND 1 100000 91850 13 KARNATAKA 7 798356 798356 14 KERALA 141 28459707 21932270 15 MAHARASHTRA 2356 27476520 26073520 16 MANIPUR 329 38530438 38530438 17 MEGHALAYA 6 2216667 221666718 MIZORAM 500 17765044 17630339 19 NAGALAND 798 35955942 35955942 20 ODISHA 18 1885879 905625 21 PUDUCHERRY 104 6924659 5924659 22 RAJASTHAN 282 74380130 30902971 23 SIKKIM 13 5947341 5947341 24 TAMIL NADU 2303 59653415 59176420 25 TRIPURA 31 21398089 20058997 26 UTTAR PRADESH 1283 70214936 70214936 27 UTTARAKHAND 47 156788 156788 28 WEST BENGAL 3401 115177167 106379544 Details of State-Wise financial assistance sanctioned and released under various scheme of RRRLF for the year 2016-17 Number of Amount Sanctioned (in Amount Released S.No. State L i b r a r i e s Rs.) (in Rs.) Assisted 1 ANDHRA PRADESH 5 380750 380750 A R U N A C H A L 2 10 10699625 10699625 PRADESH 3 ASSAM 334 36438516 34647039 4 CHANDIGARH 5 3259264 3259264 5 DELHI 2 500000 500000 6 GOA 152 1121569 1121569 7 GUJARAT 2544 29035147 27951213 8 HARYANA 23 1703887 1703887 H I M A C H A L 9 657 6540190 6442190 PRADESH J A M M U & 10 140 1859466 1859466 KASHMIR 11 JHARKHAND 1 100000 100000 12 KARNATAKA 508 33018584 32943267 13 KERALA 22 5749830 5702680 14 MAHARASHTRA 2073 18897472 18641097 15 MANIPUR 321 16086077 15867613 16 MEGHALAYA 13 3872225 3872226 17 MIZORAM 520 13480634 13293334 18 NAGALAND 752 35993076 35993076 19 ODISHA 906 15087425 1496242520 PUNJAB 1 100000 0 21 RAJASTHAN 89 37704324 29764309 22 TAMIL NADU 4534 6329493 6329493 23 TRIPURA 44 6296459 6242670 24 UTTAR PRADESH 1270 28417856 20706681 25 UTTARAKHAND 48 5065619 5065619 26 WEST BENGAL 2520 7295228 6517907 Details of State-Wise financial assistance sanctioned and released under various scheme of RRRLF for the year 2017-18 Number of Amount Sanctioned Amount Released S.No. State L i b r a r i e s (in Rs.) (in Rs.) Assisted A R U N A C H A L 1 32 7193065 7193065 PRADESH 2 ASSAM 237 33843241 33718241 3 BIHAR 1 150000 112500 4 CHANDIGARH 5 6862537 6862537 5 DAMAN & DIU 1 85570 85570 6 DELHI 5 700000 500000 7 GOA 134 4344146 4108021 8 GUJARAT 2486 55809948 51423497 9 HARYANA 13 2241262 2241262 H I M A C H A L 10 1256 10216098 4975226 PRADESH 11 JAMMU & KASHMIR 159 54386551 54386551 12 KARNATAKA 572 127200243 126769361 13 KERALA 16 7741290 7710907 14 MAHARASHTRA 2325 58872248 56083636 15 MANIPUR 162 18627737 18567737 16 MEGHALAYA 6 1379027 1379027 17 MIZORAM 492 10698270 10698270 18 NAGALAND 702 45155775 43855775 19 ODISHA 920 19412826 19326419 20 RAJASTHAN 398 29272200 23029014 21 SIKKIM 21 8329748 8329748 22 TAMIL NADU 5207 105876501 100711709 23 TELANGANA 8 719768 708472 24 TRIPURA 49 18965200 1888725125 UTTAR PRADESH 578 26049491 25969919 26 UTTARAKHAND 1 4944000 0 27 WEST BENGAL 2982 58779537 57621955 Details of State-Wise financial assistance sanctioned and released under various scheme of RRRLF for the year 2018-19 Number of A m o u n t Amount Released S.No. State Libraries Sanctioned (in (in Rs.) Assisted Rs.) 1 ANDHRA PRADESH 148 24098923 12950473 A R U N A C H A L 2 31 15490563 15490563 PRADESH 3 ASSAM 1 490000 490000 4 CHANDIGARH 2 4275751 4275751 5 DAMAN & DIU 1 150000 150000 6 DELHI 8 1920000 1869574 7 GOA 129 3580775 3580775 8 GUJARAT 2392 34849711 33888050 9 HARYANA 26 487729 487729 H I M A C H A L 10 1029 268108 268108 PRADESH 11 JAMMU & KASHMIR 141 17771696 17771696 12 JHARKHAND 1 200000 200000 13 KARNATAKA 338 45883313 40683043 14 KERALA 129 21409612 20309612 15 MAHARASHTRA 3282 54126355 41567153 16 MANIPUR 474 19420680 19420680 17 MIZORAM 517 12724930 12649930 18 NAGALAND 672 22766505 19641791 19 ODISHA 920 15477260 15346810 20 RAJASTHAN 361 42567738 27719508 21 SIKKIM 12 8999974 8999974 22 TAMIL NADU 1062 96685385 96605385 23 TELANGANA 81 19118732 16734362 24 TRIPURA 27 5324566 5324566 25 UTTAR PRADESH 113 6644140 1601948 26 UTTARAKHAND 3 144429 144429 27 WEST BENGAL 833 13160561 13067503Details of State-Wise financial assistance sanctioned and released under various scheme of RRRLF for the year 2019-20 Number of Amount Sanctioned Amount Released (in S.No. State Libraries (in Rs.) Rs.) Assisted A R U N A C H A L 1 13 8593100 8593100 PRADESH 2 ASSAM 86 7085340 7085340 3 CHANDIGARH 3 4036218 4036218 4 DELHI 3 700000 637500 5 GOA 130 3729446 3729446 6 GUJARAT 2356 31224001 29753545 7 HARYANA 1 110414 110414 H I M A C H A L 8 943 18670300 18670300 PRADESH 9 JAMMU & KASHMIR 140 2648948 2648948 10 KARNATAKA 305 26053838 25703838 11 KERALA 18 12368327 11268327 12 MADHYA PRADESH 1 150000 0 13 MAHARASHTRA 1237 33431248 31006248 14 MANIPUR 161 12599722 11599732 15 MEGHALAYA 6 695000 695000 16 MIZORAM 513 7908840 7908840 17 NAGALAND 163 6496167 5996167 18 ODISHA 3 451170 338377 19 PUDUCHERRY 1 200000 196206 20 PUNJAB 1 150000 150000 21 RAJASTHAN 9 14890662 10540021 22 SIKKIM 12 5861263 5861263 23 TAMIL NADU 1651 39838451 39838421 24 TELANGANA 48 11520228 10535728 25 TRIPURA 27 4869889 4869889 26 UTTAR PRADESH 4 750000 500000 27 UTTARAKHAND 1 9941000 9941000 28 WEST BENGAL 5 800000 750000 Details of State-Wise financial assistance sanctioned and released under various scheme of RRRLF for the year 2020-21Number of Amount Sanctioned Amount Released S.No. State L i b r a r i e s (in Rs.) (in Rs.) Assisted 1 ANDHRA PRADESH 34 5281150 1250000 2 ASSAM 1 798956 0 3 DELHI 1 300000 300000 4 GOA 130 3458717 3458717 5 GUJARAT 15705 18117500 17032500 6 HARYANA 26 25517772 25517772 H I M A C H A L 7 945 6359953 6359953 PRADESH J A M M U & 8 76 4503800 4503800 KASHMIR 9 KARNATAKA 242 33108742 33108742 10 KERALA 4 5600000 5600000 11 MAHARASHTRA 1200 24060 24060 12 MANIPUR 1 450000 45000 13 MIZORAM 530 10121735 9521735 14 NAGALAND 643 11030894 7530894 15 ODISHA 900 15662220 15662220 16 RAJASTHAN 3 1891992 363357 17 SIKKIM 16 5649718 5649718 18 TAMIL NADU 1126 20302195 20302195 19 TELANGANA 604 5038560 4038560 20 TRIPURA 62 5648210 4742087 21 WEST BENGAL 1 300000 300000 Details of State-Wise financial assistance sanctioned and released under various scheme of RRRLF for the year 2021-22 Number of A m o u n t Amount Released S.No. State Libraries Sanctioned (in Rs.) (in Rs.) Assisted A N D A M A N & 1 17 1952431 1952431 NICCOBAR 2 ANDHRA PRADESH 3 646600 343950 A R U N A C H A L 3 1 5000000 5000000 PRADESH 4 ASSAM 1 200000 150000 5 DELHI 1 250000 250000 6 GOA 165 3781051 37310517 GUJARAT 2039 29653612 29406169 8 HARYANA 25 7501360 7501360 9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 943 3153773 3153773 10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 128 14650000 14650000 11 KARNATAKA 259 37762738 35046956 12 KERALA 311 11755660 11650805 13 MADHYA PRADESH 2 447600 398200 14 MAHARASHTRA 12472 57123952 28132733 15 MANIPUR 13 165672 165672 16 MEGHALAYA 13 2994205 2894205 17 MIZORAM 548 14909671 11379671 18 NAGALAND 661 10528682 10228682 19 ODISHA 21 4096986 3281989 20 RAJASTHAN 4 13063485 7817295 21 SIKKIM 10 125499 125499 22 TAMILNADU 7 1647436 1527705 23 TELANGANA 625 19036286 17888286 24 TRIPURA 37 8431030 8320830 25 UTTAR PRADESH 6 1336107 1201428 26 UTTARAKHAND 1 145000 145000 27 WEST BENGAL 2501 43302922 42713420 Details of State-Wise financial assistance sanctioned and released under various scheme of RRRLF for the year 2022-23 Number of Amount Sanctioned Amount Released (in S.No. State Libraries (in Rs.) Rs.) Assisted A R U N A C H A L 1 32 11478078 11478078 PRADESH 2 ASSAM 222 4891491 4891491 3 BIHAR 16 12373568 12373568 4 CHHATISGARH 1 250000 250000 5 DELHI 6 1400000 1307537 6 GOA 1 300000 300000 7 GUJARAT 1541 35822239 34303877 8 HARYANA 1 250000 250000 9 KARNATAKA 2 5250000 4749471 10 KERALA 2 3700000 3700000 11 MADHYA PRADESH 2 500000 50000012 MAHARASHTRA 9 11083843 8223422 13 MANIPUR 1 250000 250000 14 MEGHALAYA 2 750000 748521 15 MIZORAM 3 1150000 850000 16 NAGALAND 654 832447 832447 17 ODISHA 4 900000 900000 18 RAJASTHAN 5 6234171 5109667 19 TAMIL NADU 7 1440000 1440000 20 TELANGANA 3 300000 0 21 TRIPURA 28 5276789 5276789 22 UTTAR PRADESH 1072 72316402 56917343 23 UTTARAKHAND 2 450000 390003 24 WEST BENGAL 11 2220000 2037785 Details of State-Wise financial assistance sanctioned and released under various scheme of RRRLF for the year 2023-24 Number of Amount Sanctioned Amount Released (in S.No. State L i b r a r i e s (in Rs.) Rs.) Assisted 1 ASSAM 208 4742189 0 2 BIHAR 1 250000 0 3 DELHI 2 500000 500000 4 GOA 150 3300000 3300000 5 GUJARAT 1526 39387160 37229106 6 HARYANA 4 900000 828231 H I M A C H A L 7 948 15894097 15894097 PRADESH J A M M U & 8 57 16427500 16427500 KASHMIR M A D H Y A 9 1 250000 250000 PRADESH 10 MAHARASHTRA 1070 40000000 32000000 11 MEGHALAYA 2 655888 655888 12 MIZORAM 600 8985228 8985228 13 ODISHA 1 250000 249517 14 PUDUCHERRY 1 250000 250000 15 RAJASTHAN 10 19127386 10514986 16 SIKKIM 16 5993843 5993843 17 TAMILNADU 1071 40313606 4031360618 TELANGANA 578 19190165 13396262 19 TRIPURA 52 24564278 18314332 20 UTTAR PRADESH 161 25188988 24901488 21 UTTARAKHAND 47 6945179 6945179 22 WEST BENGAL 4 900000 400000 Details of State-Wise financial assistance sanctioned and released under various scheme of RRRLF for the year 2024-25 Number of Amount Sanctioned (in Amount Released (in S.No. State L i b r a r i e s Rs.) Rs.) Assisted 1 ANDHRA PRADESH 1 250000 187500 A R U N A C H A L 2 26 13401155 9399104 PRADESH 3 BIHAR 1 250000 187500 4 CHHATISGARH 2 500000 431364 5 DELHI 3 750000 562500 6 GOA 154 4834388 4834388 7 GUJARAT 1559 32595386 32595386 H I M A C H A L 8 931 4070004 4032504 PRADESH 9 JAMMU & KASHMIR 1 250000 187500 10 KARNATAKA 1 250000 187500 11 MADHYA PRADESH 1 200000 150000 12 MAHARASHTRA 416 32750000 24687500 13 MANIPUR 114 2856342 2856342 14 MEGHALAYA 13 5703228 4840397 15 MIZORAM 639 11385106 7477156 16 NAGALAND 692 8963485 6547614 17 PUNJAB 2 400000 300000 18 RAJASTHAN 29 12143790 3652427 19 SIKKIM 22 8623188 4106727 20 TAMILNADU 2 500000 375000 21 TELANGANA 570 796974 657186 22 TRIPURA 9 6044375 2060160 23 UTTAR PRADESH 128 13078928 12953928 24 UTTARAKHAND 1 250000 187500 25 WEST BENGAL 3 750000 562500(Release ID: 2157477)