{"id":127530,"date":"2026-10-05T14:07:03","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T08:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=127530"},"modified":"2026-10-05T14:07:03","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T08:37:03","slug":"central-secretariat-library-csl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/central-secretariat-library-csl\/","title":{"rendered":"Central Secretariat Library (CSL)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Central Secretariat Library Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Supreme Court has taken suo motu cognisance of the proposed relocation of the 135-year-old Central Secretariat Library, which reportedly has not been allocated space in the Central Vista redevelopment plan.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Central Secretariat Library\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is<\/span><b> one of the oldest libraries<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the Government of India.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It comes under the <\/span><b>Ministry of Culture.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Location<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><b>Shastri Bhawan<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>New Delhi.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>History<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The library,<\/span><b> originally set up<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as the<\/span><b> Imperial Secretariat Library in Kolkata in 1891,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was moved to Delhi<\/span><b> when the British shifted the capital <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in <\/span><b>1911<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was moved to North Block after its construction in the 1930s and finally to <\/span><b>Shastri Bhawan in 1969.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>In terms of size of collection<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, it is the <\/span><b>second largest Central Government library after <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the <\/span><b>National Library, Kolkata.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has a collection of more than <\/span><b>8.5 lakh books,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> rare publications, <\/span><b>government records, and gazettes.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>oldest book,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in a separate section of rare books in the library, is the<\/span><b> compilation of a French traveller\u2019s writings<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, dating back to <\/span><b>1702<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It serves the information needs of all ministries and departments of the Government of India. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/sc-to-hear-suo-motu-case-over-relocation-of-135-year-old-central-secretariat-library\/article71543501.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>TH<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Central Secretariat Library is one of the oldest libraries of the Government of India, under the Ministry of Culture. 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