He also advised ministry officials to be punctual and dispose of work in a time-bound manner.
Prasad, who carried out an inspection of the Legal Affairs and Legislative Department in Shastri Bhavan here, expressed deep anguish at the state of the library.
The Minister directed that the library be updated with latest books, law journals and publications and its upkeep improved to make it more valuable.
He directed that file keeping should be more systematic.
Prasad emphasised that a presentable and efficient working environment was needed and asked all concerned to take necessary steps to rectify deficiencies that have been pointed out by him, a statement from the ministry said.