chandigarh haryana education minister kanwar pal on tuesday said free books will be given to students studying in class 9 to 12 in staterun schools he said at present the state government is already providing free books school bags other stationery and uniforms to the students from class 1 to 8 the decision to provide free books to the students studying in class 9 to 12 will involve an expenditure of about rs 4147 crore the minister said in a statement here he said the centre has recommended implementing rashtriya shiksha niti2019 for extending the scope of free education from class 8 to 12 and the haryana government has already decided to adopt it ncert books are being taught in government schools of the state from class 9 to 12 which costs around rs 650 to rs 700 per student per class he said he said the total number of students studying in class 9 to 12 is 619256