India, Aug. 3 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
Gyan Bharatam Mission (GBM), announced during Union Budget 2025-26, is an initiative of the Ministry of Culture (MoC), Government of India to undertake manuscripts related activities. The objectives of this initiative are as follows:
To support the initiative, the Standing Finance Committee (SFC) has sanctioned Rs.491.66 crore for the period 2025-2031. National Manuscript Survey was launched in March, 2026 across all States and Union Territories (UTs) of the country to identify and document manuscript holdings, repositories and custodians representing diverse languages and scripts. During the survey, more than 1.19 crore manuscripts have been reported. The total number of dig...