I remember some official declaring in a lecture a few years ago that IGNCA's sole mandate and authorization was preservation. 

Rosane Rocher
Professor Emerita of South Asia Studies
University of Pennsylvania 
On Tue, 3 Feb 2026 at 17:05, Jean Michel DELIRE via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:

I am wondering what is the point of the IGNCA, at least concerning their collecting copies of manuscripts of which they don't give copies without the permission of the libraries owning the originals.