Archive · 23 Jul 2025
Over 4.7 Lakh Pirated NCERT Textbooks Seized in 2024
Imagine someone is selling fake copies of your school books, and they are not supposed to.
The government found and took away over 470,000 of these fake books since this year started!
These fake books are made to make money, but the real books are made to help students learn at low prices.
The people in charge of the books are trying hard to stop the fake books, by making the real books cheaper, making them easier to buy online, and using special technology.
Over 4.7 lakh pirated NCERT textbooks seized in 2024.
The information was shared by Union Minister Jayant Chaudhary.
Piracy is driven by commercial motives.
NCERT aims to provide affordable textbooks.
NCERT has implemented measures to combat piracy, including price reduction and online sales.
- Who
- Union Minister Jayant Chaudhary informed the Rajya Sabha.
- What
- Seizure of over 4.7 lakh pirated NCERT textbooks.
- When
- Since 2024.
- Where
- Across the country.
- Why
- Piracy is driven by commercial motives, and NCERT aims to provide affordable textbooks.
- Seized Copies
- Over 4.7 lakh
- Year
- 2024
- Source
- Rajya Sabha
- Minister
- Jayant Chaudhary
- Objective
- Provide affordable textbooks
- Action
- Price reduction and online sales