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No shortage of NCERT textbooks, it's also available

online and in PDF format: Govt in Lok Sabha
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The minister also said the NCERT has informed that 4.25 crore textbooks for the academic Session 2022-23 have already been distributed.
The books are also available online for home delivery and in PDF format, Union Minister of State for Education Annapurna Devi said in
response to a written question in Lok Sabha.

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The government today denied that there is no shortage of National Council of
Educational Research and Training (NCERT) books in the country. "Over four
crore textbooks have already been distributed across the country in the current
2022-23 academic session," Union Minister of State for Education Annapurna
Devi said in response to a written question in Lok Sabha.

"The NCERT has informed that there is no reported shortage of textbooks in the
"The NCERT has informed that there is no
country," the minister said in Lok Sabha.

reported shortage of textbooks in the country,"

Union minister said in Lok Sabha.

The minister also said the NCERT has informed that 4.25 crore textbooks for the
academic Session 2022-23 have already been distributed.
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"Apart from distribution through 950 empanelled vendors , NCERT textbooks are also distributed through its sales
counters located at NCERT Headquarter, its Regional Institutes of Education (RIEs) at Ajmer, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar,
Mysuru and Shillong and its regional centers at Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Kolkata and Guwahati," the minister added.

She said that buyers can also buy NCRET books through official NCERT web portal. "The online ordered delivered at the
doorstep of the customer with the help of Indian Postal Services," she said.

"All the NCERT textbooks are also available for free download in PDF form through its digital platforms such as E-
Pathshala, E-Pub, etc to facilitate the students across the country," she added.

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