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Private publishers as well as coaching institutes will now have to pay royalty charges to Balbharati - the state textbook bureau - for reproducing its content in resource materials or supplementary notes. These charges will range from Rs 35,000 to Rs 63,000 per year per book, depending on format of reproduction - print or digital.

As per the new policy by the state government's education department, it won't be easy for private publishers to reproduce Balbharati's content without obtaining the required licence. Balbharati has formulated a non-exclusive, revocable, non-transferable licence to be granted to authorised users in relation to its contents, under the terms of a Licensing Agreement or policy.