Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore today said that government has plans to digitise all books of national interest.
Replying to a supplementary during the Question Hour in Rajya Sabha, he said the government, as of now, has no plans to extend financial help to states for digitisation of books.
Though the progress on digitisation of such books has been slow for last two years, present dispensation has been trying to expedite the process, Rathore said, but did not give any time-frame.
The Publications Division of I&B Ministry publishes books and periodicals in English, Hindi and regional languages. In the 12th Plan, the sub-scheme of the Division has a component for creating a digital archive of its publications.