There is no gift more valuable than books as they help in increasing one’s knowledge and widening the horizon. Not everyone can buy books and thus public libraries play a vital role by providing them to people and this is what a young Indian Administrative Officer, Rahul Kumar, has done by starting Abhiyan Kitab Daan, a campaign to donate books to establish libraries.

The initiative by Kumar, the District Magistrate of Purnea, Bihar, has borne fruits and today this district boasts of libraries in 230 panchayats and seven local urban bodies! The journey to this achievement has not been easy or quick.

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