TNPSC Thervupettagam

National Mission for Manuscripts 2024

November 4 , 2024 38 days 217 0
  • The Union Ministry of Culture is set to “revive and relaunch” the National Mission for Manuscripts (NMM).
  • It is also considering the formation of an autonomous body to help preserve ancient texts in India.
  • Presently, NMM is a part of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts.
  • The new body, likely to be named the National Manuscripts Authority, will be an autonomous entity under the Ministry.
  • The NMM informed that till date a metadata of 52 lakh manuscripts has been prepared and roughly over 3 lakh titles have been digitised.
  • Around 80% of manuscripts in India are with private parties.

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