49. Which of the following statements is/arecorrect with respect to India's TraditionalKnowledge Digital Library Project?
1. It covers the traditional medical knowledge ofAyurveda, Unani and Siddha.
2. It is the flagship initiative of the Ministry ofInformation Technology.
(a) 1 only
49. Answer- a
Explanation: TKDL is a collaborative initiative between Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Ministry ofScience and Technology and Earth Sciences, and Department of AYUSH.
The initiative aimsto prevent misappropriation of traditional knowledge belonging to India at
International Patent Offices.
TKDL has overcome the language and format barriers by scientifically converting and structuring thetraditional medical knowledge of Ayurveda, Unani and Siddhain 34 million A4 size pages of theancient texts in languages such as Sanskrit, Hindi, Arabic, Persian, Urdu and Tamil into fiveinternational languages, namely, English, Japanese, French, German and Spanish.