Explained: The Rs 28,000 crore textbook trap - Why private schools charge 10x more than NCERT

Here is the core of the scam. NCERT publishes textbooks for classes 1 to 12 as per the set syllabus. One such book costs around Rs 65. Now, take the same syllabus, get a private publisher to print it, and that same book gets sold inside private schools for Rs 650.

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