NCERT has added a new chapter on the 1975–77 Emergency to Class 9 Social Science under NEP 2020, shifting key political ...

NCERT introduces Emergency chapter in Class 9 textbooks, highlighting democratic challenges under the NEP 2020 reforms.

The new Class 9 textbook notes that democratic institutions “came under severe strain, and citizens’ freedom was restricted” ...

NCERT has introduced the 1975–77 National Emergency in the Grade 9 Social Science syllabus for the first time, placing it in Chapter 6 of Understanding Society India and Beyond Part 1. The shift ...

The topic has been added to Chapter 6 of the new Social Science textbook, Understanding Society: India and Beyond (Grade 9, ...

In the early 1970s, public dissatisfaction with the government led by Indira Gandhi was growing,’ reads the paragraph in ...

According to NEP 2020 guidelines, the 1975-77 Emergency period has been included in the chapter of Social Science in Class 9 ...

NCERT's inclusion of the Emergency in a Class 9 textbook has revived debate over how contemporary history should be taught. The author argues that while the Emergency deserves critical study, history ...

NCERT’s latest textbook changes under NEP 2020—from adding the 1975–77 Emergency to reducing Mughal history, revising Gandhi assassination references, dropping evolution and Gujarat riots content—have ...

The NCERT has included in the class 9 social science textbook a section on Emergency, which it described as 'one of the major ...

The revised textbook, released under the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 on Thursday, discusses the Constitution through ...

The changes have reignited a political battle between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress.