The Kerala Books and Publications Society is registered under the Travancore Cochin Literary, Scientific and Charitable Society registration Act, 1955 and is established in the year 1976. The Society is fully owned by the Government of Kerala and established for printing the entire text books for Standard I to X required by the school children in the Kerala State. The distribution of the textbooks is also entrusted with KBPS as per G.O. (Rt.) No. 5267/2009/G.Edn dated 15/12/2009 and from 2010 onwards KBPS is doing the distribution of textbooks up to School Co-operative Societies all over Kerala.  KBPS is doing the work of printing of lottery tickets for the Government of Kerala from 1984 onwards and carrying outthe distribution of lottery tickets from 2016 onwards. KBPS is also catering to the printing needs of other Government Departments/Organisations.