Archive · 24 Jul 2025
India Seizes 4.7 Lakh Fake NCERT Books in Anti-Piracy Crackdown
Imagine someone is making copies of school books without permission, like printing your own versions of a favorite comic book.
The government found over 470,000 of these fake school books!
They raided places where these books were being made and found printing machines and special paper used for making the fake books.
The people making these fake books were trying to make money.
To stop this, the government is making the real books cheaper and using new technology.
They even tested a special way to stop fake books by putting a secret code on them, like a special mark.
Education Ministry seized over 4.7 lakh fake NCERT books since 2024.
Raids were conducted on 29 locations linked to illegal production.
Printing equipment and fake paper stocks worth over Rs 20 crore were seized.
NCERT is reducing textbook prices and using tech to fight piracy.
NCERT tested an anti-piracy mechanism with IIT Kanpur on Class 6 textbooks.
- Who
- Education Ministry, NCERT, and unauthorized players
- What
- Seizure of over 4.7 lakh fake NCERT textbooks and raids on illegal production sites.
- When
- Since 2024
- Where
- Across India
- Why
- To combat textbook piracy driven by commercial interests.
NCERT
Unauthorized Players
Financial Motivation
NCERT
NCERT textbooks are produced on a no-profit, no-loss basis.
Unauthorized Players
Unauthorized players aim to profit from pirated textbooks.
- Books Seized
- Over 4.7 lakh
- Locations Raided
- 29
- Equipment Value
- Rs 20 crore
- Anti-Piracy Measures
- Price reduction, tech solutions
- Collaboration
- IIT Kanpur