NCERT new books to have ‘Bharat’ instead of India
October 25, 2023 - PatialaPolitics
NCERT new books to have ‘Bharat’ instead of India
National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) panel has proposed to universally replace “India” with “Bharat” in all school textbooks. NCERT director told News18 that as of now it is just a recommendation and it is yet to get an approval.
“We have not accepted anything at the moment. The panel sent their report,” NCERT director said. The proposal was put forth several months ago.
This development comes amid Centre receiving backlash from the Opposition for replacing India with ‘Bharat’ in official documents such as invite, with the first such mention being on an ASEAN event invitation extended to PM Modi referring him as the “Prime Minister of Bharat