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lation and publication of standard works of university-level in Hindi. In view of the latest production programme of university-level books, the scheme is left for possible execution by the states. However, so far 48 books have been approved under this scheme, out of which 24 books have been published including four books published during April to December, 1970. The Hindi books published so far under the various schemes of the CSTT are as below:
Text General Total
Subject books/ Books
Reference
Works
Medical Science 5 7 12
Zoology, Botany
Agriculture 9 3 12
Engineering & Technology 7 1 8
chemistry 3 2 5
Physics 15 10 25
Mathematics 13 .. 13
Geography 1 1 2
Economics 14 8 22
Political Science 18 10 28
History 11 6 17
Sociology 3 5 8
Philosophy 4 7 11
Psychology, Education, Library Science 8 2 10
111 62 17
8.18. So far 237 publications including standard works of university-level in Hindi and other Indian languages, glossaries and definitional dictionaries in Hindi and journals and non-priced publications have been published. These include 29 books in regional languages out of 140 books allotted to the various universities by the Commission.
8.19. Individual Assignment Scheme: Under this scheme the books are got translated from the experts on the subjects
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Original books are also written by subject experts. So far 104 books have been got approved including six books approved during the period between April and December, 1970.
8.20. Book Exhibitions, Promotion and Sale: The Commission has undertaken a systematic regular programme of promoting and exhibiting books at university-level in general and the Commission's publications in particular as an essential part of the work of university-level book production entrusted to it. The exhibitions are organised generally at the venues of the terminological seminars, important meetings concerned with the book production programmes and other educational conferences throughout the country. The purpose of these exhibitions is to present a subject-wise and language-wise visual survey of the existing literature at the university-level. During the year exhibitions were organised on ten such occasions in different cities of the country.
8.21. During the year the Commission was able to appoint a network of 60 selling agents for its publications throughout the country including both Hindi and non-Hindi-speaking regions. The gross sale by all cells and agencies comes to about Rs. 2,87,000. Thirty-one books published by the Commission have been prescribed for various courses of study in different universities in the Hindi- speaking states as textbooks and reference books.
8.22. Quarterly Journal: The Commission is bringing out a quarterly journal, 'Vidya'. The journal is devoted to the review of university-level literature and propagation and development of terminology for making Hindi and other Indian languages efficient media of instruction. Two issues of the magazine were brought out during the year.
C: COLLABORATION SCHEMES FOR UNIVERSITY-LEVEL BOOKS 8.23 One of the main problems facing university education in India has been the non-availability of reasonably priced
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quality books in various fields both for use as textbooks and for purposes of reference. To solve this problem three programmes in collaboration with the Governments. of the UK, USA and the USSR are in operation for the last few years. A detailed account of these schemes is given in the following paragraphs.
8.24. The Indo-British Programme (ELBS Series): The Indo-British Textbook Programme, popularly known as the English Language Books Society Series, was initiated in 1960. The titles are selected/approved by the Ministry with the help of experts and expert organisations, and are screened by an advisory committee in the UK. The approved titles are published in the UK, in paperback editions, at approximately one third of the price of their original edition and are imported into India through the normal trade channels. So far over 443 books have been brought out under this programme. The programme will continue during 1971-72.
8.25. The Indo-American Programme: The Joint Indo-American Textbook Programme was initiated in 1961. A joint Indo-American Board consisting of 14 members with the Union Education Secretary as chairman was set up simultaneously to lay down the broad policy within which the United States Information Services were to operate the programme. The books published under this programme are approved by the Ministry with the help of experts and published in India with a suitable subsidy given by the USA Government out of the PL 480 American Uses Rupee Funds. The Indian reprint edition is priced at approximately 1/5th to 1/6th of the original American price. Over 1100 books have been brought out under this programme. The collaboration programme will continue during 1971-72.
8.26. The Joint Indo-Soviet Programme: A Joint Indo-Soviet Textbook Board consisting of 5 Indian and 5 Soviet members with the Union Education Secretary as Chairman was constituted in 1965 to operate the programmes of trans-
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lation, adaption and publication of standard Russian educational works in India. Soviet books are evaluated by experts/expert bodies and approved by the Ministry. They are published in the USSR and imported into India through normal trade channels. Under the existing arrangement only such of the Soviet books as have already been translated into English are submitted for the consideration of the Government of India. To widen the scope of the programme the Ministry is planning to get the Soviet books in Russian language evaluated and for this purpose a panel of Russian-knowing Indian experts in various disciplines has been drawn up. Over 150 books have-been, brought out under this programme.
8.27. On the recommendation of the Joint Indo-Soviet Textbook Ward the Soviet Government agreed to award five scholarships during 1970-71 and ten scholarships in subsequent years for training in the methodology of translation techniques under the general scholarships programme. All the three collaboration programmes, i.e., the British, American and Russian, are financed by the respective Governments, the expenditure incurred by the Government of India being limited to the payment of honorarium of Rs. 50 per title to each evaluator.
D: NATIONAL BOOK TRUST PROGRAMME 8.28. The National Book Trust, India, was set up as an- autonomous Organisation by a government resolution by the Ministry of Education in 1957 with the twin objectives of producing low-priced good literature and fostering book-mindedness in the country. Before describing its activities during the year relating to its normal programme, an account of the two, important, schemes recently entrusted to the Trust for execution--one in the wake of the collaboration programmes of low priced foreign books and the other in the context of promoting national integration-is given in the subsequent paragraphs.
8.29. University-Level English Books by Indian Authors: To ensure that good Indian textbooks in English are not forced
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out of the market by competition from subsidised foreign books, a scheme has been formulated for subsiding the publication of selected Indian works so as to make them economically competitive with the foreign textbooks and also to bring down their price to a level which the Indian students can afford. The scheme has been entrusted to the National Book Trust for operation. During the period under review the National Book Trust finalised rules for submission of the proposals and a formula for determining the quantum of subsidy for bringing down the price of books to an acceptable level. The Trust received nearly 710 enquiries and 175 proposals till March 31, 1971. Ten proposals have been finally approved by the Trust for subsidy so far. This scheme is expected to gain considerable momentum during 1971-72.
8.30. Aadam Pradan: This scheme is also being administered by the National Book Trust on behalf of the Ministry. Under this scheme up to ten of the most representative and well-known books in each language, more specially recent and contemporary works, which would enable the readers in one language to understand and appreciate the way of life., the feelings and the urges of another linguistic region of the country will be translated into every other language to provide the whole country with a set of common books which can foster emotional integration. The project will cover representative novels, short stories, anthologies of popular poetry, sketches and travelogues. SO far thirty-five titles have been brought out and 18 more titles are in the press. During 1971-72, it is proposed to bring out 124 titles in various languages.
8.31. National Book Trust-Normal Activities: The following is a brief account of the normal activities of the Trust during the year:
(a) Publishing: Under its normal publishing pro- grammes, the trust aims to publish 100 books in the different well-conceived series like "India-the Land and people', 'Folklore of India' and 'Young
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India Library. During 1971-72, the number of titles is proposed to be increased to 124. Amongst the ad hoc titles undertaken for publication, men- tion might be made of 'Kachua and Khargosh' in Urdu (a children's story written for adults) by Dr. Zakir Husain. This title was released by the Trust marking the death anniversary of the late Dr. Zakir Husain.
(b) Fostering Book-mindedness: Some of the concrete steps taken by the Trust in pursuance of this important objective are the organisation of book exhibitions, book fairs, arranging seminars and symposia, workshops and training course on problems connected with the writing, translation, publication and distribution of books. More important among the Trust's activities during the period under review in this field have been a series of Regional Book Exhibitions in Haryana on September 2-18, 1970 at Chandigarh, Ambala, Yamunanagar and Karnal.
(c) National Book Fairs: The Trust organised the 4th National Book Fair at Madras from December 29, 1970 to January 15, 1971. Publishers from all over the country participated in it. An exhibition of 8000 outstanding books published in Indian languages including English since January, 1968 was an attractive feature of the Fair. During this fair, the second writers' camp was held on January 2-6, 1971. The Trust invited eminent writers in Tamil, Telugu, Gujarati and Urdu to participate in it. The Trust also held a two-day seminar on "Translators on Translation" on January 13-14, 1971.
(d) Writers' Camp: To promote inter-regional understanding, the Trust organised the First Writers' Camp at Mysore from 30th May to 3rd June, 1970.
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The Trust invited eminent writers in Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi and Sindhi to participate in it.
(e) Sales Promotion: As a part of giving fillip to the sale of its publications the Trust arranges booklaunching functions from time to time. One such function was arranged on December 7, 1970 for releasing the first set of National Book Trust publications brought out in the series, 'Nehru Bal Pustakalaya.' The titles were released by the Speaker, Lok Sabha, in the Library Hall of Parliament.
(f) Organisation of and Participation in International Exhibitions: (i) The Trust participated in XV USA International Book Exhibition, Detroit, Michigan, from 28th June to 2nd July, 1970, where about 300 outstanding books published in English and Indian languages were displayed. The Trust brought out on this occasion an annotated catalogue of books displayed and the publishers represented. (ii) The Trust arranged a display of 300 selected books received from various publishers and government agencies in the Indian Trade Fair at Singapore which commenced on 26th August, 1970. An annotated list of books displayed in the Fair was also brought by the Trust on the occasion. (iii) The Trust participated in the Frankfurt International Book Fair, 1970, on September 24-29, 1970. Nearly 400 representative books published in India during the recent years were displayed. An annotated catalogue of exhibits was also brought out by the Trust on this occasion for free distribution. (iv) An exhibition of 1000 representative Indian books was organised in India House, London, on October 6-12, 1970. The inaugural function was attended by a large number of im-
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portant publishers, book distributors and educa- tionists. The visitors placed orders for supply of books which were later on forwarded to the res- pective Indian publishers.
(g) Other Activities: In collaboration with the Lenin Centenary Celebration Committee, an exhibition of books relating to 'Lenin and Ms Times' in Indian languages and English was arranged on April 19-28, 1970 at the Red Fort, Delhi. The Trust also organised a 3-day similar exhibition on 'Lenin and His Times' at the Lecture Hall of the Local Library Authority Building, Madras, on behalf of the Ministry. About 1000 books on and by Lenin besides many photographs were displayed at the exhibition. Mr. V. I. Lunkov, Assistant Trade Commissioner of the Soviet Union, inaugurated the exhibition. The exhibition evoked considerable interest and hundreds of people visited it.
E: NATIONAL BOOK DEVELOPMENT BOARD AND THE SCHEMES 8.32. The Fifth Meeting of the National Book Development Board was held at New Delhi on March 26, 1970. Apart from a stock- taking of the progress on the recommendations the Board made at its previous meetings, the Board considered a number of fresh item's like the desirability of introducing book-publishing as part of the university courses, evolving a code of conduct between the publishers and authors, making foreign newsprint available to book publishers for the production of paperbacks, cash assistance on books pritned in India for foreign publishers and also on the export of books by Indian publishers. Pending the establishment of a training institute for publishing and bookselling the Board recommended for arranging profes- sional training courses on ad hoc basis. A sub-committee that was set up for this purposed has submitted its report to the Government and it is under consideration. The recommendations
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of the Board for having a comprehensive survey of the needs of the Indian book industry and trade in the context of the over-all requirements of the country to suggest a coordinated policy for the promotion of book-publishing as a whole is also likely to be implemented during 1971-72.
8.33. Unesco Book-Publishing Management Training Courses: Under Unesco's Technical Assistance Regional Programme, an International Training Course on Book-Publishing Management was held at New Delhi, from August 30 to September 26, 1970. The Government of India played host to the training course. Twenty- eight participants, from 11 Asian member-States, including 14 Indian participants, joined the training course. The course comprised both theoretical lessons and practical work as well as visits to various publishing and related enterprises in and around the capital.
8.34. Other Training Courses: With aid from the UNESCO the Federation of Publishers and Booksellers Associations in India organised two training courses for booksellers, one at New Delhi in August, 1970 and the other at Madras in December, 1970.
8.35. Reconstitution of the Board: The Board was constituted in 1967, to lay down guidelines for the promotion of book industry and trade in India. The Board completed its first term of three years in April, 1970 and has since been reconstituted with some additional functions.
8.36. Surveys Undertaken by the Ministry: To promote the production of useful books for the country at the univarsity level, this Ministry has sponsored the following surveys:
(i) Shri U. S. Mohan Rao formerly Director, Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, has been entrusted with a project to prepare and submit a report after a survey of the printing and publication facilities now available in India for
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scientific and technical books and on the establishment of a science printing press in India.
(ii) The Federation of Publishers and Booksellers Associations in India has been entrusted with carrying out a compilation of a catalogue of all available books published in India in any of the Indian languages including English which can be used as textbooks at the university level. Copies of every book will be made available by the publishers concerned to the Federation. It is proposed to set up a reference library of these books which can be used by students, professors, research workers, publishers, etc.
8.37. Import Policy for Books: On the advice of the Ministry, the office of the Chief Controller of Imports and Exports made the following provisions in the Red Book containing the import policy for 1970-71 for regulating the import of books, magazines and journals.
(i) Importers should avoid importing foreign editions of books of which Indian reprints are available.
(ii) Indian importers should simultaneously, when placing orders for foreign books, furnish a copy of the indent to the Book Promotion Division of the Ministry of Education and Youth Services. They should also arrange with their suppliers that the exporters' invoices will list the titles of the books, number of copies of each title supplied and prices. The exporter's copy of the invoice should be supplied by the importer to the Ministry of Education and Youth Services as soon as he receives the consignment.
8.38. Sales promotion of Indian Books Abroad: India is one of the largest publishing countries of the world. The
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annual earnings from export of Indian books abroad are around one crore of rupees. The Ministry has been vested with the specific responsibility of organisation/participation in international book fairs/exhibitions abroad at government level and to deal with proposals from private publishers for participation in such book fairs/exhibitions abroad. Besides the participation in International Book Fairs at Detroit and Frankfurt (through the National Book Trust), an officer of the Ministry was deputed to visit Singapore and participate in the Book Exhibition in Singapore arranged by the National Book Trust, as part of the Indian Trade Exhibition organised by the Ministry of Foreign Trade in September, 1970. He availed himself of this opportunity to visit Malaysia and Indonesia to survey the position about the availability of Indian books in those areas. An Indian Publishers Mission headed by an official of the Ministry also visited a few East African countries between February 23 and March 19, 1971 to familiarise themselves with educational conditions and the book situation there and to explore the possibility of increasing cultural links with these countries. A small representative collection of Indian books was exhibited in each of the countries visited. A representative collection of books was also sent for display on the occasion of the exhibition of books arranged at the Conference of Association for Asian Studies in Washington from March 29-31, 1971.
8.39. Participation in the Mini-Congress of the International Publishers Association: The International Publishers Association, established in 1896. held a Working Conference of the Mini-Congress in London from September 30 to October 2, 1970 where important matters like international copyright were discussed. India is a member of the International Publishers Association and in view of its interest in the International copyright question and other matters considered at the Mini-Congress, the Ministry sanctioned a grant of Rs. 8634 to the Federation of Publishers and Booksellers Association in India to enable them to partly meet the expenditure of a three-member delegation of the Federation to the Mini-Congress.
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F: FINANCIAL ALLOCATIONS 8.40. The provisions for the major schemes described in this chapter for 1970-71 and 1971-72 are given in the statement below:
(Rs. in 000's)
S.No. Item Provision for Budget
1970-71 Estimates
Original Revised for
1971-72
1 2 3 4 5
1. Grant-in-aid to State and Union
Territory Governments-Scheme for
Production of Books in Regional
Languages at University Level 8,500 8,500 15,500
2. Production of Books in Urdu
(Tarraqui-e-Urdu Board) 1,500 1,000 2,000
3. Grants to National Book Trust
for Production of Core Books 1,500 900 1,000
4. Grants to UGC for Award of
Fellowships for Writing of Books
at University Level 1,000 100 1,000
5. Scheme for National Awards to
Authors of Original Stanard Work
at University Level in Indian
Languages .. .. 485
6. Zonal Conference of E. Ms and Vice
-Chancellors in connection with
the Production of University level
Textbooks in Regional Languages .. .. 15
7. Financing of Programmes of Book
Production through CSTT 2,500 1,000 2,000
8. Collaboration Schemes for Low-priced
University Level Foreign Books 125 100 125
9. University-Level English Books
by Indian Authors 1,000 500 1,000
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1 2 3 4 5
10. Aadan-Pradan 500 500 1,200
11. National Book Trust 926 980 830
12. National Book Development Board 400 249 290
13. Participation in International Book Fairs
and Book Export Promotional
Activities 100 100 275
14. Textbook Reference Library .. .. 100
15. Holding of World Book Fair by NBT .. 10 450