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Dehradun: In a meeting with district magistrates via video-conferencing on Saturday, education minister Arvind Pandey reiterated that only NCERT books should be used in schools across the state from the new academic session. It will also prevent schools from inflating prices and the government will save the transportation cost involved.”Meanwhile, the notification issued by the state government making NCERT textbooks must in all schools has been challenged in the Uttarakhand high court. The most important thing is that we will get the exact number of students buying books. He also directed the officials to constitute special teams for inspection drives to check whether the rule is being followed.The minister said, “NCERT books will be made mandatory for all classes from the next academic session. However, linking of Aadhaar with these accounts is mandatory to receive the benefit,” he added.Elaborating on the decision to provide money rather than textbooks, Pandey said, “This will help us in many ways..