Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh today inaugurated the newly established Hindi library, GYANDEEP, in New Delhi as part of Special Campaign 6. The campaign began on the 2nd of this month and will conclude on the 31st of this month.

Defence Ministry said that the initiative aims to promote Hindi books and literature, encourage the use of Hindi in official work, and strengthen the culture of working in Hindi in pursuit of excellence in the implementation of Rajbhasha. On the occasion, the Defence Secretary also felicitated eight Swachhta Veers in recognition of their special contributions during the ongoing campaign.

As part of the campaign, approximately 35 thousand square feet of space has been freed up in South Block through cleaning and disposal of old records and surrendered to the Project Yuga Yugeen Bharat Museum. The Ministry said that over one thousand e-files have been closed and around one thousand 746 physical files have been weeded out. It added, the disposal of e-waste and other obsolete items has generated revenue amounting to over four lakh rupees.