Cabinet approves merger of 17 govt presses into 5 units

Updated - January 10, 2018 at 09:59 PM.

The five presses are to be redeveloped and modernised through monetisation of their surplus land.

Cabinet approves rationalisation/merger and modernisation of 17 Government of India Presses (GIPs) into 5 GIPs. File Photo

The Cabinet approved the merger and modernisation of 17 Government of India Presses (GIPs) into five GIPs. These five will be at Rashtrapati Bhavan, Minto Road and Mayapuri in New Delhi, Nashik in Maharashtra and Temple Street in Kolkata.

An official statement said that 468 acres of land of other merged presses will be given to the Land and Development office, Ministry of Urban Development. The modernisation will enable these presses to undertake confidential, urgent and multi-colour printing work of the Central Government offices all over the country.

Published on September 20, 2017 10:52