No shortage of NCERT textbooks, available both online & offline: Education Ministry

No shortage of NCERT textbooks, available both online & offline: Education Ministry

Last Updated Jul - 19 - 2022, 11:34 AM | Source : | Visitors : 48

New Delhi: The government has claimed that there is no shortage of National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT) books in the country. “Over four crore textbooks have already been distributed across the nation for the 2022-23 academic session,” Union Minister of State for Education Annapurna Devi said in response to a written question in Lok Sabha.

"The NCERT has informed that there is no reported shortage of textbooks in the country," the minister further stated in Lok Sabha.

The minister also said the NCERT has informed that 4.25 crore textbooks for the academic Session 2022-23 have already been distributed. “They have informed that 4.25 crore textbooks for the academic Session 2022-23 have already been distributed through 950 empanelled vendors all over the nation," the minister said.

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"Apart from distribution through 950 empanelled vendors, NCERT textbooks are also distributed through its sales counters located at NCERT Headquarter, its Regional Institutes of Education (RIEs) at Ajmer, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Mysuru, and Shillong along with its regional centers at Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Kolkata, and Guwahati," the minister added.

She said that buyers can also buy NCRET books through the official NCERT web portal. "The online ordered is delivered at the doorstep of the customer with the help of Indian Postal Services," she said.

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The minister said the online ordered textbooks are supplied at the doorstep of the customer with the help of Indian Postal Services.

"All the NCERT textbooks are also available for free download in PDF form through its digital platforms such as E-Pathshala, E-Pub, etc to facilitate the students across the country," she added.

(Inputs from Economic Times)

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