{"id":30501,"date":"2026-07-04T04:36:03","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T23:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/pseb-launches-pustak-portal-offering-15-textbook-discount-to-benefit-12-lakh-students-across-punjab\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T04:36:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T23:06:03","slug":"pseb-launches-pustak-portal-offering-15-textbook-discount-to-benefit-12-lakh-students-across-punjab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/pseb-launches-pustak-portal-offering-15-textbook-discount-to-benefit-12-lakh-students-across-punjab\/","title":{"rendered":"PSEB launches Pustak Portal, offering 15% textbook discount to benefit 12 lakh students across Punjab"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-132155359,imgsize-107594,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/pseb-pustak-portal.jpg\" alt=\"PSEB launches Pustak Portal, offering 15% textbook discount to benefit 12 lakh students across Punjab\" title=\"PSEB introduces online Pustak Portal to provide discounted textbooks and transparent distribution\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"PSEB introduces online Pustak Portal to provide discounted textbooks and transparent distribution\">PSEB introduces online Pustak Portal to provide discounted textbooks and transparent distribution<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) has launched the PSEB Pustak Portal, an e-commerce platform that enables students, parents and schools to order PSEB-authored and printed textbooks online.<!-- --> The initiative aims to improve access to authentic textbooks, make learning materials more affordable and prevent overcharging by private booksellers.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"3\"\/>According to PSEB, more than 12 lakh students across Punjab are expected to benefit from the portal. Textbooks will be available at a flat 15% discount, leading to an estimated annual saving of nearly Rs 2.15 crore for students and parents. PSEB Chairman Dr Amarpal Singh, Retd. <!-- -->IAS, said the board is the first education board in the country to introduce an e-commerce portal for the sale and delivery of textbooks.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"9\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Direct ordering system for students and schools<\/span><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/>Students, parents and schools can place orders directly through the portal. Schools will facilitate the distribution of books but will not collect any amount beyond the rates prescribed by PSEB. The arrangement is intended to ensure that textbooks are supplied at uniform prices and to remove the possibility of excess charges by private booksellers.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>The board has printed 2.25 crore copies covering 361 textbook titles in Punjabi, English and Hindi medium for distribution through the new system.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Multiple collection and delivery options<\/span><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/>To improve accessibility, PSEB has established 97 delivery and pick-up centres across Punjab. Books collected from these centres will not incur any additional charges. Students can also visit PSEB district offices to purchase textbooks directly and receive the same 15% discount.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/>For home delivery, PSEB has partnered with India Post under the Gyan Post Scheme for school students. Delivery charges have been fixed at concessional rates, ranging from Rs 20 to a maximum of Rs 100 for consignments weighing up to 5 kg.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Government school students to continue receiving free books<\/span><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"27\"\/>Government school students will continue to receive textbooks free of cost from the state government. For the academic session 2026-27, the books have already been delivered to government schools.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"30\"\/>PSEB stated that the new portal is designed to ensure timely delivery of genuine textbooks, improve transparency in the distribution process and provide greater convenience to students and parents across Punjab while making official learning material easier to obtain through both online and offline channels.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"32\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/education\/news\/pseb-launches-pustak-portal-offering-15-textbook-discount-to-benefit-12-lakh-students-across-punjab\/articleshow\/132155086.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PSEB introduces online Pustak Portal to provide discounted textbooks and transparent distribution The Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) has launched the PSEB Pustak Portal, an e-commerce platform that enables students, parents and schools to order PSEB-authored and printed textbooks online. The initiative aims to improve access to authentic textbooks, make learning materials more affordable and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30502,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[264],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-education"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30501\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}