A week-long exhibition organised under the auspices of National Book Trust of India in the sprawling Padal Stadium concluded here on Tuesday.
The NBT is an apex body established in 1957under the Union Ministry of Human Resources Development for promoting book reading habits among, particularly of SC/ST under the special component plan.
The exhibition, which held here after a gap of eight years, drew huge crowd this time compared to the one held earlier, said Deputy Director exhibition, Pradip Chhabra.
He said such exhibitions were being organized in several districts across the country by the NBT. Programmes were also held in some schools in Mandi districts where the NBT organised quiz competitions and other programmes for motivating the students and nurture their reading habits.
Sets of books worth Rs 3,000 each were also donated to the schools. All cost of the programmes, donations — organised as a part of the book fair in the schools — were borne by the National Book Trust of India.