The National Archives of India is the custodian of the records of enduring value of the Government of India. Established on 11 March 1891 at Calcutta (Kolkata) as the Imperial Records Department, the National Archives of India is the custodian of the records of enduring value. It is the biggest archival repository in South Asia. It has a vast corpus of records viz., public records, private papers, oriental records, cartographic records and microfilms, which constitute an invaluable source of information for scholars/administrators and other users of archives.
The Director General of Archives, heading the Department, is responsible for the implementation of the Public Records Act, 1993 and the rules made thereunder, Public Records Rules, 1997 for the management, administration and preservation of public records in the Ministries, Departments, Public Sector Undertakings etc. of the Central Government. Mandate has been given. Presently it is a subordinate office of the Ministry of Culture and has one regional office in Bhopal and three record centers in Bhubaneswar, Jaipur and Puducherry. The Department celebrated its 125th year of establishment during 2015-16.
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