Overview
- A three‑member inquiry led by Development Commissioner D.K. Singh has submitted its findings to Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi after being tasked to finish the probe in seven days.
- Officials counted more than 1,600 factual and production mistakes across textbooks for Classes I to VIII, including mislabelled figures and wrong images for state landmarks.
- The chief minister described the scale of errors as a possible conspiracy and ordered withdrawal and replacement of faulty books while schools use issued corrigenda to correct pages for students.
- State sources say four officials have been suspended and disciplinary proceedings begun against six assistant directors as the government examines who failed at drafting, vetting and printing stages.
- If the panel finds deliberate wrongdoing, the government plans to recover reprinting costs from those responsible and to recommend systemic changes to prevent future quality‑control failures.