Source: TH
Context: The Union Ministry of Culture has announced plans to revitalize the National Mission for Manuscripts (NMM) by potentially transforming it into an autonomous body named the National Manuscripts Authority.
About National Mission for Manuscripts (NMM):
- Established: Founded in 2003 under the Ministry of Culture to address India’s manuscript preservation needs.
- Objective: The mission seeks to identify, document, conserve, and make accessible India’s manuscript heritage, estimated to include 10 million manuscripts.
- Achievements:
- Prepared metadata for 52 lakh manuscripts.
- Digitized over 3 lakh manuscript titles, though only about one-third are accessible online.
- Conserved approximately 9 crore folios through preventive and curative measures.
- Scope: Covers diverse themes, languages, scripts, and calligraphies; represents one of the largest manuscript collections worldwide.
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