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The SGPC had last month alleged that the NCERT misrepresented historical details about Sikhs in its Class 12 political science textbook.
The meeting of the curriculum steering committee held on Tuesday had decided to prepare the special textbooks to teach the excluded topics like the RSS ban, the Gujarat riots, and Mughal history.
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said that "we need to de-link degrees from competency and envision a future where competency would prevail".
The State Council of Education Research and Training, Kerala will prepare special textbooks to teach topics omitted from syllabus by NCERT.
The NCERT has done the syllabus rationalisation after consulting 25 subject experts, claimed sources.
The new guidelines have been finalised under the aegis of agencies like the UGC, AICTE, National Council for Vocational Education and Training, NCERT, and the Central School Education Department.
The NCERT has, however, claimed that no curriculum trimming has taken place this year and the syllabus was rationalised in June, last year.
Nearly 14 lakh students have applied for CUET-UG up by 41 per cent since last year.
The NCF has recommended annual exams for Classes 9 and 10 and the semester system for Classes 11 and 12.
The Kerala government has said it will, under no circumstances, approve of the Centre's policy to prioritise parochial vested interests over academic concerns.