DIGITISATION OF MANUSCRIPTS (GYAN BHARATAM MISSION)

• Gyan Bharatam Mission (GBM) is a Central Sector Scheme of the Ministry of Culture for survey, documentation, conservation, digitisation and publication of India's manuscript wealth, announced in Union Budget 2025-26.
• It restructures and absorbs the legacy National Mission for Manuscripts (NMM, 2003) with a far larger outlay and a technology-driven framework.
• Targets India's estimated 5 million+ manuscript corpus — relevant for GS-I (Indian Culture) and GS-II (Government Schemes).