https://librarylearningspace.com/india-policy-memo-released-to-build-free-li... The memo seeks to establish a standard for what qualifies as a decent library and establish a curriculum for librarians so they can become ‘repositories for delivering constitutional rights’ instead of being ‘merely record keepers’. It also seeks to decentralise control so individual communities can decide how to start and run their local libraries, with help from union and state governments as well as bodies like the National Digital Library and Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation (RRRLF). It also advocates for robust data collection –according to the union government, of a total of 27,671 government-run libraries in India, only 7,836 exist outside southern states like Kerala, Tamil Nadu https://indianexpress.com/article/when-is/tamil-nadu-lok-sabha-elections-202... and Karnataka https://indianexpress.com/article/when-is/karnataka-lok-sabha-elections-2024... .