NCERT’s New Social Science Textbook for Class 9 Has SIR, More Details on Emergency
Abhinaya Harigovind | 26 June 2026 | The Indian Express
A year after the Election Commission (EC) ordered a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, starting with Bihar as Assembly elections were due there, the exercise has found a mention in the NCERT’s new Social Science textbook for Class 9. Through SIR, the EC “ensures that no eligible citizen is left out and no ineligible person is included in the electoral roll,” it says.
The book — ‘Understanding Society India and Beyond: Part 1’ — released Thursday, also features a section on the Emergency, as part of the topic, ‘Challenges to democratic practices in India’, in a chapter titled ‘Democracy’….