▁a ▁pie c eme al ▁system . ▁ ▁Despite ▁only ▁eight ▁Act s ▁being ▁in ▁force , ▁all ▁twenty - five ▁States ▁and ▁seven ▁Union ▁Territ ories ▁had ▁a ▁central ▁library ▁and ▁ 7 5 % ▁of ▁the ▁District s , ▁which ▁are ▁the ▁next ▁tier ▁of ▁administration , ▁had ▁a ▁similar ▁facility . ▁While ▁legisl ated ▁areas ▁such ▁as ▁Mah ar as ht ra ▁( 1 9 6 7 ) ▁re lied ▁on ▁volunte ers ▁and ▁development ▁of ▁free ▁libraries ▁from ▁the ▁core ▁of ▁an ▁existing ▁subscription ▁library ▁system , ▁T amil ▁N adu , ▁K arn ata ka ▁( 1 9 6 5 ) ▁and ▁And h ra ▁Pr adesh ▁( 1 9 6 0 ) ▁were ▁thought ▁by ▁T . ▁Mall esh appa ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁most ▁developed ▁when ▁quant ified ▁by ▁density ▁of ▁libraries ▁and ▁percentage ▁of ▁the ▁population ▁who ▁had ▁free ▁access . ▁D . ▁B . ▁E sw ara ▁Red dy , ▁writing ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁publication , ▁bem o an ed ▁the ▁poor ▁provision ▁below ▁District ▁level , ▁with ▁ 9 0 % ▁of ▁the ▁rural ▁population ▁not ▁having ▁access ▁even ▁to ▁a ▁reading ▁room ▁or ▁circul ating ▁library , ▁let ▁alone ▁modern ▁multimedia ▁and ▁computing ▁technology . ▁Despite ▁legisl ation ▁and ▁theoretical ▁targets , ▁library ▁facilities ▁remained ▁the ▁preserve ▁of ▁the ▁urban ▁el ite ▁and , ▁for ▁example , ▁in ▁And h ra ▁Pr adesh ▁most ▁children ▁in ▁rural ▁areas ▁were ▁first - gener ation ▁liter ates . ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁States ▁Re organisation ▁Act