Archive · 13 Sep 2026
Audit Flags Over INR 300 Crore in MPTBC Education Dues
The Madhya Pradesh Text Book Corporation provides free school books and other learning materials.
Two government education agencies have not yet paid the corporation more than Rs 300 crore.
This means the corporation cannot use that money and has also lost interest it could have earned.
An audit found that more than 100,000 books had become old, useless, or impossible to sell.
Those books were worth about Rs 57.7 lakh.
The corporation also had more than Rs 35 crore in advances that had not been properly settled.
Auditors said required security deposits were not being collected.
They also said important registers, vouchers, and bank records were not provided for inspection.
The Madhya Pradesh Text Book Corporation is owed Rs 300,18,65,146 by two government education agencies.
The unpaid dues have blocked MPTBC funds and caused a loss of interest, according to its 2024-25 audit.
A total of 1,02,900 obsolete or unsaleable books were valued at Rs 57,68,185.
Advances totaling Rs 35,07,46,507 remained pending for adjustment as of March 31, 2025.
The audit also reported missing security deposits and several unprovided financial and administrative records.
- Who
- The Madhya Pradesh Text Book Corporation, Rajya Shiksha Kendra, and the Directorate of Public Instruction.
- What
- An audit reported unpaid dues, unsaleable books, unsettled advances, missing security deposits, and unavailable records at the corporation.
- When
- The findings relate to financial year 2024-25, with outstanding advances measured as of March 31, 2025.
- Where
- Madhya Pradesh, with the report datelined Bhopal.
- Why
- The audit attributed financial losses to delayed payments, failure to sell obsolete books in time, unsettled advances, and administrative noncompliance.
- Outstanding dues
- Rs 300,18,65,146 owed to MPTBC by two government education agencies.
- Unsaleable books
- 1,02,900 books were found obsolete, useless, or unsaleable.
- Value of unsaleable books
- Rs 57,68,185 in net sale value.
- Pending advances
- Rs 35,07,46,507 remained pending for adjustment as of March 31, 2025.
- Stores receiving advances
- MPTBC headquarters provided advances to 15 sales stores and the central store.
- New advances in 2024-25
- Rs 10,91,27,805 was given to divisional stores despite earlier unsettled advances.
- Records cited by audit
- Several salary, income and expenditure, deduction, property, cash, bank, voucher, and liability records were not provided.