[INDOLOGY] National Manuscript Mission data to be put in public domain

[Dhaval Patel]

On Sun, 18 Dec 2022 at 3:32 AM, Harry Spier <vasishtha.spier at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Dear Dhavalji,
> Thank you for the update.
> 1)  If at the end of the day, the NMM keeps ignoring the court order in
> spite of your non-compliance complaint, is there an enforcement mechanism
> the Indian courts can use to compel compliance?
>

Yes, there is.

>
> 2) I also followed your instructions and also got 27,049 records, but when
> I accessed any one of them. There was info and a link but the link did not
> download anything.  So I'm not sure if any manuscripts have been put in the
> public domain.
>

When you click on the link on the search page, it leads to another page
which provides info about the specific manuscript e.g.
https://www.bharatiyakritisampada.nic.in/manus/search-view?id=MjgzNzYy

You will be able to see a link to PDF just above the heading “Title of the
Text”. Clicking on it will open a PDF viewer. The PDFs are not
downloadable. See the link below:
https://www.bharatiyakritisampada.nic.in/manus/pdf-view?content=MjgzNzYyL3BkZi9WQkkwMDAwMTIyNTVfQmFsaWTEgW5hdmlkaMSBbmFfMTc4MF9QREZBLnBkZg%253D%253D

Thanks again for your great efforts.
>
> Harry Spier
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 16, 2022 at 8:35 PM Dhaval Patel <drdhaval2785 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear Harry and list members,
>>
>> I regret to inform that there has not been compliance to the order by
>> NMM. I have filed a non-compliance complaint. It was heard in November end.
>> Order is yet to be received.
>>
>> In the meanwhile, there seems to be certain manuscripts which are put in
>> public domain by NMM.
>> Steps:
>> 1. Visit https://www.bharatiyakritisampada.nic.in/
>> 2. Click on Digital Manuscripts.
>> 3. Search for the manuscript.
>>
>> I checked with writing only “a” and searched with the presumption that
>> every name of title would have at least one “a” in its spelling. It gave me
>> a response stating that there are 27,049 manuscripts matching the query. I
>> have not checked, but it seems that these many manuscripts are available in
>> digital format for viewing online. If the presumption is good, this is a
>> substantial improvement.
>>
>> With best wishes,
>> Dhaval
>>
>>
>> On Sat, 17 Dec 2022 at 6:58 AM, Harry Spier <vasishtha.spier at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear list members,
>>> Its now over a year since Dhaval Patel informed the list that through
>>> his great efforts the NMM (National Mission for Manuscripts) was ordered by
>>> the Central Information Commission to put all the manuscripts it had
>>> photographed into the public domain.
>>>
>>> Does anyone know the current status of this.  Has the order been
>>> complied with either partially or in full.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Harry Spier
>>>
>>> Harry Spier
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Nov 1, 2021 at 12:57 PM Dhaval Patel via INDOLOGY <
>>> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear scholars,
>>>>
>>>> This information may be of interest to those of you who work with
>>>> manuscripts for their research. It is regarding access of manuscripts
>>>> digitized by National Mission for Manuscripts, Government of India.
>>>>
>>>> I would like to bring it to the notice of this august gathering that my
>>>> second appeal in honourable Central Information Commission was decided on
>>>> 30.10.2021. The order is attached herewith.
>>>>
>>>> Honourable Information Commissioner Mr. Uday Mahurkar has decided this
>>>> matter with a well reasoned order.
>>>>
>>>> The order directs NMM to do two things.
>>>> 1. Put the digitized manuscripts (roughly 3 lacs) in public domain
>>>> within a period of 1 year
>>>> and
>>>> 2. Allow me access of 30000 manuscripts for downloading the same within
>>>> a period of 1 month.
>>>>
>>>> This order would surely pave the way for easier access of manuscripts
>>>> digitized by NMM to research scholars.
>>>>
>>>>  I once again pay my respects to the honourable Information
>>>> Commissioner for enabling access to this centuries old manuscript treasure
>>>> of India. I also place my appreciation on record for NMM and manuscript
>>>> repositories without whose support the manuscripts would not have been
>>>> digitized, and their digital access would have been impossible.
>>>>
>>>> Dr. Dhaval Patel
>>>>
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>>> --
>> Dr. Dhaval Patel
>> www.sanskritworld.in
>>
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Dr. Dhaval Patel
www.sanskritworld.in
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