Culture Ministry signs Gyan Bharatam MoUs with 17 institutions for manuscript heritage
The Ministry of Culture signed MoUs with 17 institutions under its Gyan Bharatam manuscript mission at the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, on 25 October 2025.
Summary
On 25 October 2025 at the National Gallery of Modern Art (Jaipur House), New Delhi, the Ministry of Culture signed Memoranda of Understanding with 17 institutions under Gyan Bharatam, its flagship mission for India's manuscript heritage. Under the framework, 12 Cluster Centres and 5 Independent Centres have been set up as implementing partners. Gyan Bharatam was announced in the Union Budget 2025β26 (Para 84). It aims to identify, document, conserve, digitise and promote manuscripts and to build a National Digital Repository. Culture Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat called for India to become a 'Praṇamya Bhārat', a living repository of knowledge, and said quality must not be sacrificed for speed.
Key facts
- Date & venue
- 25 Oct 2025, NGMA (Jaipur House), New Delhi
- MoUs
- 17 institutions
- Centres
- 12 Cluster Centres + 5 Independent Centres
- Announced in
- Union Budget 2025β26 (Para 84)
- Planned
- National Digital Repository of manuscripts
- Minister's call
- 'Praṇamya Bhārat'
Practice MCQs 3 questions
Under the Gyan Bharatam framework, how many centres have been established as implementing partners, as stated in October 2025?
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Correct answer: B β 12 Cluster Centres and 5 Independent Centres
PIB: under the Gyan Bharatam framework, 12 Cluster Centres and 5 Independent Centres have been established β 17 in all, matching the 17 MoUs signed.
The Gyan Bharatam initiative of the Ministry of Culture is mainly concerned with:
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Correct answer: A β India's manuscript heritage
PIB: Gyan Bharatam is dedicated to identifying, documenting, conserving, digitising and promoting India's manuscript legacy, with a planned National Digital Repository.
Consider the following statements about Gyan Bharatam: 1. The Ministry of Culture signed MoUs with 17 institutions under it in October 2025. 2. It was announced in the Interim Budget 2024. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: A β 1 only
Only 1 is correct. PIB: MoUs were signed with 17 institutions; Gyan Bharatam was announced in the Union Budget 2025β26 (Para 84), not the Interim Budget 2024.