Legal Deposit and Bibliographical Control

A nation's intellectual output is mirrored through its publications such as books, journals, magazines, newspapers and other types of reading materials both in print and non-print form. Learned people and intellectuals from all fields of human endeavor communicate their ideas through print and non-print form. These publications reflect the intellectual and cultural heritage of a nation India with a hoary past and dynamic future and with more than a billion people and many languages and cultures is one of the leading countries of the world in the domain of book publishing.