Central Secretariat Library

address

G Wing, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi - 110001

established

1891

hours

Mon to Fri: 9.00 am to 6.00 pm/ Sat: 9.00 am to 5.30 pm (for consultation only)

institution head

Sh. Ajit Kumar (Director)

introduction

Central Secretariat Library (CSL), Ministry of Culture (MoC) is one of the largest government libraries in the country. Indian and foreign official documents are a valuable part of its core collection. CSL’s resources are an amalgamation of a number of libraries of pre-independent India and many other old institutions such as Imperial Secretariat Library. It performs the function of a secretariat library with its collection of government reports and gazettes. Central Secretariat Library mainly caters to the needs of all the ministries/ departments of the Government of India. Non-official users such as research scholars, academicians, students and others can also become a member of this library. As of date, the total collection of the library is 8.5 lakh documents which include books, government publications, reports and gazettes.

state

Delhi

phone

011-23389383, 23389684

records available in

Hindi and English

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total collection in organi

333611