Library
Library
Overview

NITI Aayog Library, being the knowledge and information Hub of the NITI Aayog, provides comprehensive access to books, Journals, reports etc., to all officers and officials of the NITI Aayog. It provides reference services and lending facilities to the members of the Library. The Library provides access to different databases on the intranet of the NITI Aayog. The in-house consultation facility is also extended to officials of other departments and research scholars enrolled with institutions/universities. The Library is managed by well-qualified/skilled staff. The Library is equipped with the latest tools of Information Technology and provides many services to its users.

Library Committee

CEO, NITI Aayog, is the final authority for all matters of administration and control of the library. The Library Committee, appointed by the CEO, exercises general direction, control, supervision, and guidance over the affairs of the library. Currently, the library has one committee headed by Senior Adviser, Dr. Yogesh Suri. The Library Committee comprises of:

S. No Name and Designation Role

1

Dr.Yogesh Suri, Sr. Adviser

Chairman

2

Ms Sonia Pant, Programme Director

Member

3

Dr Shashank Shah, Senior Specialist

Member

4

Dr. S B Muniraju, Deputy Adviser

Member

5

Sh. Navin Kumar Toppo, Assistant Director

Member

6

Sh. Kumar Sanjay, Director( Library)

Member-Convener

The functions of the Library Committee are:

  • Purchase of English books/ Magazines/ Journals/ Newspapers

  • Purchase of e-books/ Databases/e-journals

  • Purchase of Hindi books/ Magazines/ Journals/ Newspapers/e-books software

  • Weeding out/writing off books

  • Library Development Plan

Our Team
Name Designation Email ID
Sh. Kumar Sanjay Director(Library) kumar[dot]sanjay71[at]nic[dot]in
Smt. Indira Rani ALIO indira[dot]rani66[at]nic[dot]in
Smt. Varsha Satija LIA varsha[dot]satija[at]gov.[dot]in
Sh. Ramkaran Pal LIA ramkaran[dot]pal[at]nic[dot]in
Sh.Raj Kumar LIA raj[dot]kumar[at]gov[dot]in
Sh. Ravi Raj Kumar LIA raviraj[dot]k[at]gov[dot]in
Sh. Rajesh Kumar Library Clerk rajesh[dot]kumar[at]nic[dot]in
Smt. Santosh Kumari Library Clerk s[dot]kumari70[at]nic[dot]in
Membership

Membership is only for NITI Aayog officers and officials. No outsider is given membership; however, research scholars are allowed to consult documents for research. For membership, NITI Aayog officers and officials need to fill up an application form, which has to be verified by the concerned Administration Section.

Download the membership application form here 

Services

NITI Aayog Library offers a number of information services to its members. Some examples are given below:

Remote Access

Members can now remotely access the diverse content of the NITI library through a single platform search on https://nitiaayoglibrary.in/user#/home/

Mobile App

This Library may also be accessed through a mobile app, which is available on the play store on android and APP Store on iPhone. The name of the app is mLibrary.

  • Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC): OPAC is the finest and most authentic medium for searching the exact location of a document. Click here for searching OPAC: https://library.niti.gov.in/

  • Reference and Bibliography Service: This section is mainly providing facility to consult books which can't be issued. Other Reference services include: Current Awareness Service (CAS), Selective Dissemination of Information (SDI), Preparation of list of books and bibliographies and providing information on telephone.

  • Circulation: This section deals with issue/return of documents.

  • Inter Library Loan: Library also provides Inter Library Loan service to meet the demand of the user in better way because no library can acquire all types of resources which are in different format. Or we can say Lending books to and borrowing books from other libraries for the use of readers.

  • DELNET: To access the catalogue of different libraries, NITI Aayog offers DELNET services. Click here for searching DELNET

Library Publication and Collection
  • Bulletin (Daily): The Library Compiles Bulletin News on Global and Domestic on the topic of Economy, Finance and Policy.
  • Daily Digest (Daily): The Library Compiles Daily Digest (Part-A & Part-B). Part-A contains news information pertaining to NITI Aayog. Part-B contains editorials, comments and analyses published in different newspapers.
  • Weekly Bulletin: The Library compiles information on the following six sectors: a. Energy, b. Infrastructure, c. Agriculture and Rural Development, d. Health, e. Industry, f. Education.
  • DOCPLAN (Monthly): It contains abstracts of articles taken from periodicals received in the Library related to core areas dealt with by NITI.
  • Recent List of Additions (Monthly): It contains bibliographic details of books/documents added/received in the Library for users.
  • Table of Contents (Monthly): A monthly list of articles published in different journals received in the Library.
  • Book Alert (Monthly): It contains the picture of the front cover and a short abstract of the new books purchased by the Library.

Library Collection- NITI Aayog Library has a good collection of following types of documents.

S. No.

Resources

Number

1

Books

1,80,000(approx.)

2

Bound Volume Journals

5000(approx.)

3

CD’s and DVD’s

1270 (approx.)

4.

Album

54

5

Newspaper

25

6

Journals and Magazines

84

List of e-Resources
A. Subscribed Database (IP Based)

S. No.

Name of Database

1

CEIC

2

CMIE

3

EPWRF India Time Series (EPWRFITS)

4

India Stat

5

Indiastatdistricts

6

Jstor

7

Press Reader

8

World Bank e-Library

B. Subscribed Database (User ID Based)

S. No.

Name of Database

1

DELNET

2

Magzter

3

Manupatra

4

Sage

5

Westlaw Asia

C. Subscribed e-Journals (IP based)

S. No.

Name of e-Journal

1

American Economic Association Journals

2

Economica

3

Economic & Political Weekly

4

Journal of Political Economy

5

National Geographic Magazine Archive, 1888- Current

6

Oxford Economic Papers

7

Quarterly Journal of Economics

8

Review of Economic Studies

D. Subscribed e-Journals (User ID based)

S. No.

Name of e-Journal

1

Economist

2

Harvard Business Review

3

Coal Insight

E. Subscribed e-Newspapers (User ID based)

S. No.

Name of e-Newspaper ( Indian)

1

Business Line

2

Business Standard

3

ET Prime

4

Hindustan Times

5

Indian Express

6

Mint

7

The Hindu

8

The Times of India

F. Subscribed e-Newspapers (User ID based)

S. No.

Name of e-Newspaper (Foreign)

1

Financial Times

2

Wall Street Journal

G. Subscribed e-Books Collection (IP/ User ID based)

S. No.

Name of e-Books database

1

English Books -Jstor

2

English Books -Perlego (User ID based)

3

Hindi Books - Sage Database

4

Hindi Books and Magazines - NotNul

H. Subscribed e-Tools/ Platform (User ID based)

S. No.

Name of e-Tools

1

Grammerly (Writing Tool)

2

Knimbus Platform (Remote Access)

3

Stat Craft (Statistical Tool)

4

Stata 18 (Statistical Tool)

4

Turnitin (Anti Plagiarism Software)