Haryana Government has reconstituted the State level Regional Records Survey Committee for a period of two years to carry out a systematic survey of archival material in possession of temples, individuals, institutions and business houses in the State.
The Committee will also suggest ways and means for proper preservation, listing and utilisation of archival material by research scholars. A spokesman of Haryana Archives Department on Monday said that a notification in this regard has also been issued by the department.
The spokesman said that Additional Chief Secretary, Haryana Archives Department would be the chairman of the Committee whereas Deputy Director Archives would be the Member Secretary of the Committee.
Director General, Haryana Archives Department and Director General of Archives, Government of India, National Archives of India, New Delhi would be the official members of the Committee.
The Committee might enlist cooperation of such members whose advice it considers necessary for development and progress of the survey of records and upkeep of archival wealth of the state. This Committee would also work as advisory committee and archival council, said the spokesman
The function of the Committee would be to advise the State Government on the survey of manuscripts and documents, pre-1900 published books, rare private papers, paintings of historical, administrative, archival and cultural value in private custody and private papers of eminent persons and to assist in the acquisition by donation or loans.