Ministry of Human Resource Development
The Union Ministry of Human Resource Development has recently launched the International Standard Book Number (ISBN) portal in New Delhi to facilitate publishers and authors to register for ISBN online. The ISBN is a 13-digit unique International Publisher’s Identifier number, which is meant for monograph publications. It will provide access to bibliographic data bases used by the book industry and libraries to provide information. The Raja Ram Mohan Roy National Agency for ISBN is responsible for ISBN registration in the India and is affiliated to UK based International Agency. The ISBN Nos. are allotted free of cost.