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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION
RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO - 2113
ANSWERED ON - 11/03/2026
Objectives and implementation of Bharatiya Bhasha Pustak Scheme
2113 #Shri Brij Lal:
Dr. Sumer Singh Solanki:
Smt. Seema Dwivedi:
Shri Mithlesh Kumar:
Shri Shambhu Sharan Patel:
Smt. Maya Naroliya:
Shri Narayana Koragappa:
Shri Subhash Barala:
Dr. Medha Vishram Kulkarni:
Shri Chunnilal Garasiya:
Shri Milind Murli Deora:
Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:
a) the objectives and implementation framework of the Bharatiya Bhasha Pustak scheme;
b) the allocation and distribution of books, including partnerships with publishers,
academic institutions and content creators and the number of books targeted for
digitization in Phase-I;
c) whether the Ministry has established mechanisms for quality assurance, copyright
management and accessibility and proposes to expand coverage to vocational and
technical education materials; and
d) if so, the details thereof?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
(DR. SUKANTA MAJUMDAR)
(a) to (d): The National Education Policy (NEP), 2020 highlights the importance of
multilingualism and places emphasis on promotion of all Indian languages. In alignment with
the objectives of NEP 2020, and with the aim of making high-quality educational content in
Indian languages accessible for students, the Bharitiya Bhasha Pustak Scheme (BBPS) has been
announced in the Union Budget 2025-26, to provide books in Indian Languages for school and
higher education in digital format. BBPS envisions making educational content available in 22
Indian languages.The Ministry of Education along with the statutory bodies i.e., the University Grants
Commission (UGC) and the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) have taken
several initiatives for provision of content in Indian Languages.
In order to promote a culture of academic writing and translation of textbooks in higher
education, UGC under the ‘Augmenting Study Materials in Indian Languages through
Translation and Academic Writing’ (ASMITA) initiative, has identified through 23 nodal
universities, more than 1089 authors for writing/preparing textbooks in 22 Indian languages
for under-graduate level courses.
AICTE, through its Technical Book Writing Scheme, has facilitated the translation of nearly
447 books into 12 scheduled Indian languages. Further, to enhance accessibility, AICTE
provides high-quality engineering books in Indian languages in digital format through the e-
Kumbh platform.
The National Mission for Education through ICT (NMEICT), a flagship scheme of the
government, aims to leverage the potential of Information, Communication, and Technology
in all educational processes. Under the NMEICT umbrella, the National Digital Library of India
(NDLI) was launched in collaboration with Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (IIT-
KGP). NDLI provides free access to a vast online repository of educational resources, including
textbooks, research papers, journals, archived newspapers and multimedia content, etc. to all
learners across the nation. The platform supports content in 39 Indian languages, thereby
facilitating inclusive and multilingual access to knowledge for learners, educators, and
researchers across the country and beyond.
Ministry of Education has launched Study Webs of Active-Learning for Young Aspiring Minds
(SWAYAM) platform which hosts content curated by premier Institutions and is available free
of cost with the approach of “Anyone, Anywhere, Anytime” Learning. As on date, more than
370 SWAYAM courses have been translated in multiple Indian languages including Bengali,
Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Tamil, Telugu, Punjabi and Assamese.
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