Minister for Archives and Archeology Subhash PhalDessai expresses the urgency to systematically arrange the available archival documents to prevent forgery and suggests fast-tracking the process of digitizing them so as to prolong their expectancy with adequate maintenance. He stated that keeping a soft-copy reduces the risk of permanent eradication of any original archive in unforeseen disasters such as fires. He also emphasized on the need to hand out soft copies of any documents if requested for any purpose, while taking safety precautions to ensure that the originals are kept safe.
Subhash has urged that the surrounding rooms of the upcoming prototype housing the hard copy documents shall be enhanced with disaster-proof walls.