- Due to Coronavirus (COVID-19), the National Book Trust (NBT) has launched the new initiative #StayHomeIndiaWithBooks today. Its objective is to encourage people to read books while at home.
- Under this initiative, NBT will provide its and best-selling books for FREE Download in PDF format.
- #StayHomeIndiaWithBooks,
- Users can easily download the PDF format from the NBT's website https://nbtindia.gov.in.
- And these books are available in Hindi, English, Asamiya, Bangla, Gujarati, Malayalam, Odia, Marathi, Kokborok, Mizo, Bodo, Nepali, Tamil, Punjabi, Telugu, Kannada, Urdu, and Sanskrit language.
- The books will cover all genres of fiction, biography, popular science, teacher's handbook, and especially books for children and young adults.
- In the NBT website, there are many books which are written by Rabindranath Tagore, Munshi Premchand, and Mahatma Gandhi, etc.
- National Book Trust,
NBT is is an Indian publishing house that was established on 1st August 1957. Its headquarter is in Vasant Kunj, Delhi.
- Presently, the NBT President is Govind Prasad Sharma.
Published On : 26 Mar 2020
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