The High Level Committee' of National Mission on Libraries was set up by Ministry of Culture wide notification no.18-4/2009-Lib(Pt.) dated _________.

The Correct answer is 4th May 2012.

Key Points

• National Mission on Libraries-
  • It is an initiative of the Ministry of Culture under the Government of India, which works to modernize and digitally link libraries across India.
  • National Knowledge Commission has recommended setting up a National Mission on Libraries to ensure sustained attention to the development of libraries.
  • Accordingly, the Ministry of Culture set up a High Level Committee i.e., National Mission on Libraries on 4th May 2012.
  • RRRLF will be the central agency for the National Mission on Libraries for administrative, logistics, planning, and budgeting purposes
  • High-Level Committee held a number of meetings and formulated the scheme called "National Mission on Libraries. It includes the following four components:
    • Creation of the National Virtual Library of India;
    • Setting up of NML Model Libraries;
    • Quantitative & Qualitative Survey; and
    • Capacity Building.

Confusion Points

• National Knowledge Commission (NKC) was constituted on 13th June 2005.
• National Informatics Centre (NIC) was established in 1976.
• The National Mission for Manuscripts was established in February 2003.
• National Mission on Libraries has been set up by the Ministry of Culture, Government of India, on May 2012.
• DELNET, Developing Library Network was set up as a society in 1992.