Gyan Bharatam Mission

Gyan Bharatam Mission: National Archives of India (NAI) is currently working on the world’s largest digitization program. The success of this digitization program has inspired the launch of the ‘Gyan Bharatam Mission,’.

• About: Announced in Union Budget 2025-26, it is a special mission for the survey, documentation, and conservation of India’s manuscript heritage lying with academic institutions, museums, libraries, and private collectors.

o It intends to cover more than one crore manuscripts.

o A key component of the Gyan Bharatam Mission is the national digital repository of the Indian knowledge system. 

o It will serve as a platform for knowledge sharing. 

o This storehouse will help in digitising and centralising India’s traditional knowledge. 

o It will be accessible to researchers, students, and institutions worldwide.

• Manuscript: It is a handwritten composition on paper, bark, cloth, metal, palm leaf, or any other material dating back at least seventy-five years that has significant scientific, historical, or aesthetic value. Lithographs and printed volumes are not manuscripts.