The Maharashtra Government has decided to provide each of the 60 prison libraries in the state with one bookcase and one bookrack under the Matching Fund Scheme of the Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation.
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had issued instructions to follow up on this matter so that inmates develop an interest in reading, get an opportunity to read, and develop a positive outlook towards life.
A decision on how libraries in the state could avail themselves of the various schemes of the Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation, Kolkata, was taken at the meeting of the State Library Planning Committee held on 13th December 2024. Accordingly, the state government pursued the matter with the Foundation.
As a result, approval has been granted for providing each of the 60 prison libraries in the state with a bookcase and a bookrack, which will soon be supplied to them.