(a) supervision, management and control of the Archives;
(b) acceptance for deposit of public records of permanent nature after such period as may be prescribed;
(c) custody, use and withdrawal of public records;
(d) arrangement, preservation and exhibition of public records;
(e) preparation of inventories, indices, catalogues and other reference media of public records;
(f) analyzing, developing, enriching and co-ordinating the standards, procedures and techniques for improvement of the record management system;
(g) ensuring the maintenance, arrangement and security to public records in the Department of Archives and in the offices of the records creating agency;
(h) promoting utilization of available space for preserving public records and maintenance of equipments;
(i) tendering advice to record creating agencies on the compilation, classification and disposal of records and application of standards, procedures and techniques of records management;
(j) survey and inspection of public records;
(k) organizing training programmes in various disciplines of archives administration and records management;
(l) regulating access to public records;
(m) receiving records from defunct bodies and making arrangement for securing public records in the event of national emergency;
(n) receiving reports on records management and disposal practices form the record officer;
(o) providing authenticated copies of or extracts from public records;
(p) destroying and disposal of public records;
(q) obtaining on lease or purchasing or accepting as gift any document of historical, national or state importance.
Section 3 • Bihar State Public Records Act, 2014
3. Powers of the State Government.
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