Library legislation is intended to provide a legal framework and adequate financial support for public libraries. Various Indian states have passed public library acts between 1948-2009, which establish funding sources like property taxes, land revenue taxes, alcohol taxes, and house taxes to support public libraries. The document provides a timeline of the years different states in India passed public library acts.

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2. • Library legislation is intended to provide a legal framework
along with adequate financial support to run the Public
Libraries smoothly and effectively.
((This is also otherwise known as Public Libraries Act.))
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3. 1948
1960
1965
1967
1979
1988
1989
1989
1993
1993
2001
2001
2005
2006
2006 2008
2008
2009

4. 1. Tamil Nadu 1948. FTE & PB [Property or House Tax 5%]
2. Andhra Pradesh 1960. (Hyderabad PL Act 1955) [Property or House Tax 8%]
3. Karnataka 1965. (Mysore PL Act) [3% of the Land Revenue]
4. Maharashtra 1967. (Kolhapur PL Act, 1945 non-functional) [No Library Cess]
5. West Bengal 1979. [No Library Cess]
6. Manipur 1988. [No Library Cess]
7. Kerala, Haryana 1989. [Building or Property Tax/ Property or House Tax]
8. Mizoram, Goa 1993. [.50p/proof liter of the IMFL & .50p / bulk liter of
beer.]
9. Gujarat, Orissa 2001.
10. Uttaranchal 2005.
11. Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh 2006. (UP in 1949 Bill drafted by Ranganathan)
12. Bihar, Chhattisgarh, 2008. (Bihar PL & IC Act)
13. Arunachal Pradesh 2009.

24. Thank you
RAJESH KUMAR GUPTA
Librarian, College of Teacher Education (CTE), Allahabad.
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