Govt. is responsible for records, no change proposed at National Archives building: Minister Prahlad Singh Patel

The records will continue to be stored safely during the Central Vista redevelopment project, says Culture Minister Prahlad Singh Patel.

Culture Minister Prahlad Singh Patel said on Thursday that the government was responsible for the records at the National Archives and would continue to store them safely during the Central Vista redevelopment project. Mr. Patel told The Hindu that the historic National Archives building housed all the “important” records and would not be touched during the revamp, in which the annexe building had been proposed to be demolished and replaced with a new one.