Why in the news?

• Prime Minister Modi launched the Gyan Bharatam portal at the International Conference on Gyan Bharatam.

Gyan Bharatam Portal

• Bharatam Portal is a dedicated digital platform to accelerate manuscript digitisation, preservation, and public access, and address the gathering on the occasion. 

Gyan Bharatam Mission

• Objectives
  • Survey, documentation and conservation of our manuscript heritage with academic institutions, museums, libraries and private collectors will be undertaken to cover more than 1 crore manuscripts.
  • Set up a National Digital Repository of Indian knowledge systems for knowledge sharing.
• Support: To support the initiative union budget the funding for National Mission for Manuscripts (NMM) has been increased from ₹3.5 crore to ₹60 crore.
• Funding:Central Sector Scheme for the period 2024-31.