Archive · 24 Jul 2025
India Cracks Down on Textbook Piracy, Seizes Fake Books
Imagine someone is selling fake copies of your school books.
The government is catching these people.
They have found over 470,000 fake books!
This is bad because the real books are made to help you learn at a good price.
The government is raiding places where the fake books are made and sold, taking away the fake books and machines.
They are also making real books cheaper and easier to buy online.
They are testing a new tech to make it harder to copy the books.
The goal is to make sure you get the right books at a fair price.
The Education Ministry seized over 4.7 lakh pirated NCERT textbooks in 2024 and 2025.
Piracy cases were reported from multiple parts of India.
NCERT has intensified enforcement actions, raiding 29 premises in the last year.
Confiscated stock and machinery are worth over Rs 20 crore.
NCERT is implementing measures like price reductions and online sales.
- Who
- The Union Education Ministry and NCERT.
- What
- Seizure of over 4.7 lakh pirated NCERT textbooks and crackdown on textbook piracy.
- When
- Seizures occurred in 2024 and 2025. Actions were reported on July 24.
- Where
- Across India.
- Why
- To combat piracy and ensure students receive genuine and affordable educational materials.
- Seized Textbooks
- Over 4.7 lakh
- Years Covered
- 2024 and 2025
- Raided Premises
- 29
- Confiscated Value
- Over Rs 20 crore
- Action
- Price reduction, online sales, and anti-piracy tech.