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Deputy CM Sisodia launches web portal of Delhi Archives

NEW DELHI: If anyone interested in knowing the property of any of the bigshots, just go through the 'Delhi archives portal' to get all the details of concerned person. Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Wednesday launched the web Portal of Delhi Archives (www.archives.delhi.gov.in) of the Delhi government at the C. D. Deshmukh Auditorium of the India International Centre.

Delhi Archives is a custodian of records of the Delhi Government and was established in the year 1972 with a sole aim to preserve the Archival Heritage of the historic city – Delhi. The department is having archival records pertaining to the heritage of the city for the period 1803 onwards.

Anyone can access these records through dedicated portal by registering his/her credentials on http://archives.delhi.gov.in/.

With the help of this portal Aam Aadmi can access the government records with a click of mouse. This is a prestigious project of the Kejriwal Government sanctioned and go live within a period to facilitate the access of archival and property records. Perhaps, this is one of its own kind probably in Asia in term of quantum of records.

Deputy Chief Minister praised the efforts of the department and said that it will curb corruption and facilitate the Aam Aadmi to access the government record with a click of mouse.

Sisodia said that this would not only facilitate the users but also give a long life to the records. He also emphasised that the portal will help in preventing the 'polluting history' promoting through Whats App and provide the correct historical facts before the Aam Aadmi.

The web Portal of Delhi Archives is a glimpse of the Project of Digitisation and Micro-filming of Archival Records which was initiated by the department and was inaugurated by Sisodia on 31st August 2017. Under the project, four crore pages of records are being digitised and microfilmed within a span of 30 months and would be uploaded on the website of the department for access of the public.

Till date, more than 1.60 crore of records have been digitized so far and out of which approximately 60 lakh pages of records are uploaded on the web Portal for the benefit of general public and research scholars.

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