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Five Year Plans, important developments and their impact on establishment of the public library system
Five Year Plans,important developments and their impact
1948 — Madras Public Library Bill passed
1950 — Connemara Public Library designated state central library
1951 — Delhi Public Library established
1951 — First Five Year Plan
1954 — Delivery of Books Act enacted
1955 — Central Reference Library established
1956 — Second Five Year Plan
1957 — Advisory Committee for Libraries appointed
1960 — Andhra Pradesh Public Library Bill passed
1962 — Model Public Library Bill sent to states
1962 — Third Five Year Plan
1964 — Working Group on Libraries appointed
1965 — Karnataka Public Library Bill passed
1967 — Maharashtra Public Library Bill passed
1969 — Fourth Five Year Plan
1972 — Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation established
1972 — Working Group on Development of Public Libraries appointed
1974 — Fifth Five Year Plan
1978 — National Adult Education program adopted
1979 — Library Section established in Department of Culture of Central Government
1979 — West Bengal Public Library Bill passed
1980 — Sixth Five Year Plan
1983 — Working Group on Modernization of Library Services and Informatics appointed
1985 — Committee on National Policy on Library and Information Systems appointed
1985 — Seventh Five Year Plan
1986 — National Book Policy adopted
1986 — National Literacy Mission established
1986 — National Policy on Education adopted
1988 — Manipur Public Library Bill passed
1989 — Assam Public Library Bill passed
1989 — Haryana Public Library Bill passed
1989 — Kerala Public Library Bill passed
1990 — Model Public Libraries Act published
1992 — Eighth Five Year Plan
1993 — National Cultural Policy (not yet adopted)
National Policy on Public Libraries in India
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