India, Aug. 10 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
State / UT
Institutions
Arunachal Pradesh
Central Institute of Himalayan Culture Studies
Bihar
Bihar State Archives; Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library
Delhi (NCT)
Central Secretariat Library; Centre for Cultural Resources and Training; Delhi Public Library; Delhi State Archives; Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti; Harijan Sevak Sangh; Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts; Lalit Kala Akademi; National Archives of India; National Gallery of Modern Art; National Institute of Defence Estates Management; National Mission on Monuments and Antiquities; National Museum; National Museum Institute of the History of Art, Conservation and Museology; Prime Ministers Museum & Library; Sahitya Akademi; Sangeet Natak Akademi; Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
Gujarat
Government of Gujarat
Karnataka
Government of Karnataka; National Gallery of Modern Art
Kerala
Government of Kerala
Madhya Pradesh
Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya
Maharashtra
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya; Maharashtra State Archives; Mani Bhavan; South Central Zone Cultural Centre
Mizoram
Mizoram State Library
Odisha
Government of Odisha
Punjab
North Zone Cultural Centre
Rajasthan
Planning (Manpower) Department, Rajasthan Government; West Zone Cultural Centre
Sikkim
Sikkim State Archives
Tamil Nadu
Dakshin Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha; Maratha Palace; South Zone Cultural Centre
Telangana
Salar Jung Museum
Uttar Pradesh
Allahabad Museum; Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies; North Central Zone Cultural Centre; Rampur Raza Library; Vrindavan Research Institute
Uttarakhand
Garhwal Mandal Vikas Nigam Ltd.
West Bengal
Anthropological Survey of India; Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre; Government of Bengal; Indian Museum; National Council of Science Museums; National Library of India; The Asiatic Society; Victoria Memorial Hall
Significant measures have been undertaken to strengthen digital access to India's cultural heritage through the upgraded Indian Culture Portal (ICP) Version 2.0, which was launched in March 2026. The upgraded portal has been developed with a modern, scalable, and secure architecture to provide seamless access to India's cultural resources. Key improvements include enhanced search capabilities, multilingual support, improved user interface and user experience, Progressive Web Application (PWA) functionality, AI-enabled chat bot, and integration with cultural institutions of Ministry of Culture.
The initiatives undertaken to improve accessibility, multilingual availability, user interface, public engagement and digital content on the Portal include:
The Indian Culture Portal has established mechanisms for integration of cultural institutions through standard metadata exchange, APIs, and institutional onboarding. The Portal serves as a unified discovery platform by aggregating digital resources from museums, libraries, archives, monuments and other cultural institutions under the Ministry of Culture and partner organizations.
The upgraded Portal aims to promote wider public access and preservation of India's cultural heritage by:
A State/UT-wise list of Institutions integrated with Indian Culture Portal is at Annexure-A.
This information was given by Union Minister for Culture and Tourism Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat in a written reply in Lok Sabha today
Annexure-A
Disclaimer: Curated by HT Syndication.
