Archive · 17 Dec 2025
Balbharati raids printing press, finds illegal textbooks
Balbharati, which makes school books for Maharashtra, found a printing press in Nagpur making copies of their books without permission.
They found between 10,000 and 30,000 illegal books.
The officials are going to report this to the authorities.
Balbharati is the group that makes all the textbooks for schools in Maharashtra, from first grade to twelfth grade, in different languages like Marathi, English, Hindi, and Urdu.
Balbharati officials raided Pratibha Printing Press in Nagpur based on a tip-off.
They found between 10,000 and 30,000 illegally printed textbooks.
The inspection is ongoing, and a complaint is being filed.
Balbharati is the Maharashtra government's body responsible for creating and publishing textbooks for state board schools.
The printing press is located in the Hingna MIDC area of Nagpur.
- Who
- Balbharati officials and Pratibha Printing Press
- What
- Raid at printing press, discovery of illegally printed textbooks
- When
- December 17
- Where
- Nagpur, Maharashtra
- Why
- Tip-off about duplicate books being printed
- Organization
- Balbharati (Maharashtra State Bureau of Textbook Production and Curriculum Research)
- Location
- Pratibha Printing Press, Digdoh, Hingna MIDC, Nagpur
- Date
- December 17
- Estimated Illegal Books Found
- 10,000 to 30,000
- Action Taken
- Complaint being lodged