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Special Collection
The Library possessess a rare collection of old British Parliamentary Papers of the 18th and 19th centuries, about almost unbroken series of the proceedings of legislatures in India, both Central and States; and a large collection of reports of commissions and committees appointed by the Government of India, U.K., U.S. etc. It also possesses the union budgets rights from 1799-1805 and 1874-75 to till date, the budgets of princely and provincial states of pre-independence period and unbroken series of the budgets of state governments after the formation of states on linguistic basis. The census publications of government of India and states right from 1872 first census of India to till date, also form a very valuable part of our collection. Special holdings include gazetteers Maharashtra state gazettes and Gokhale papers microfilms etc.
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Budgets and Debates:
- The Library has the comprehensive collection of budget documents of Govt. of India and also all state governments. It also has debates of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, including that of provincial states.
- The Library has debates of Constituent Assembly 1946-1950 (12 vols.)
- United States Congressional Records from Vol. 1 to Vol. 134 (1935-1988) are available in the Library
- It also has Indian legislative council proceedings (abstract) 1862-1920 on microfilm.
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Depository Collection:
As already stated, the library is a depository library for the publications of the United Nations and its specialised agencies, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the European Community and also the Government of Canada. Besides books, it receives a few journals as depository.
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Census:
The Library has a very comprehensive collection of census publications starting right from the first census (1871) to 2001. Till the 1971 census, it used to have all the census publications covering India and all the states. However since 1981, while its coverage is complete (barring stray publications) for India and Maharashtra, it acquires only important census publications pertaining to all other states. |
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Gazettes:
The library possesses Govt. of Maharashtra Gazettes from 1960 onwards.
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Grey Literature:
The Library also receives working papers/discussion papers, occasional papers etc. of various national and international research institution, universities, and agencies (about 60-70 organisations)
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Miscellaneous:
Besides all of the above, the Library regularly receives some miscellaneous items like newsletters, popular magazines, documentation lists of other libraries, and reprints, etc. which are displayed and kept in an organised manner for a short time but discarded later.
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