Gyan Bharatam Mission:
The Union Budget 2025-26 announced the Gyan Bharatam Mission, under which one crore manuscripts will be conserved and documented.
- Gyan Bharatam Mission is a special mission for the survey, documentation, and conservation of India’s manuscript heritage lying with academic institutions, museums, libraries, and private collectors.
- It intends to cover more than one crore manuscripts.
- A key component of the Gyan Bharatam Mission is the national digital repository of the Indian knowledge system.
- It will serve as a platform for knowledge sharing.
- It will help in digitising and centralising India’s traditional knowledge.
- It will be accessible to researchers, students, and institutions worldwide.
- A manuscript is a handwritten composition on paper, bark, cloth, metal, palm leaf, or any other material dating back at least 75 years that has significant scientific, historical and aesthetic value.
