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The Gazette of India

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MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND POVERTY ALLEVIATION

(Department of Urban Development)

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 30th September, 2002

S.O. 1048(E).—The Government of India have taken the following decisions with regard to the closure/merger/

transfer/modernisation of various Government of India Presses under the Ministry of Urban Development and Poverty

Alleviation. Department of Urban Development :—

A-CLOSURE:

The following Government of India Pre*:,es/Units would be closed by the end of

April, 2Q0J :-

1.

Government of India Press, Shimla.

2.

Govt. of India Press, Gangtok.

3.

Government of India Forms Stoie, Kolkata.

4.

Office of the Assistant Director (Upside Printing), Kolkata.

B-MERGER:

The following 10 Presses would be merged together into 5 Presses:-

I.

The Government of India Press(Letter Press Unit), Minto, New Delhi.

with

The Government of India Press (Photo Litho Unit), Minto Road, New

Delhi

and would be known as

Government of India Press, Minto Road, New Delhi.

II.

The Government of India Press (Photo litho Unit), Faridabad.

With

The Government of India Press(Letter Press Unit), Faridabad.

And would be known as

Government of India Press, Faridabad.

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III.

Government of India Press, Wellington, Nilgiri

With

Government of India Press, Coimbatore

And would be known as

Government of India Press, Coimbatore.

IV.

Government of India Patent Printing Press, Mumbai

With

Government of India Press, Nashik

And would be known as

Government of India Press, Nashik.

V.

Government of India Press (Forms Unit), Santragachi, Hawrah

With

Government of India Press,(Publication Unit), Santragachi, Hawrah

And would be known as

Government of India Press, Santragachi, Howrah

Immediately after issue of this order, action for transfer of staff, machinery and

equipments etc. would commence in the case all the Presses to be merged except

at Faridabad. Photo Litho Unit at Faridabad would continue to impart training to

various employees proposed to be re-deployed in off-set process The merger of

the two units at Faridabad and transfer of machinery and equipment would take

place after a period of six months. The merger of all other Presses would be

completed by 31* March, 2003

C- TRANSFER:

The following Government of India Text Book Presses would be transferred to

the respective State Governments:-

1.

Government of India Text Book Press, Chandigarh.

2.

Government of India Text Book Press, Bhubaneswar

3.

Government of India Text Book Press, Mysore.

If the State Governments do not accept the transfer of the above Presses, these

would also be closed by the end of April, 2003.

D - MODERNIZATION:

The following Presses would be retained and modernized: -

1.

Government of India Press, Minto Road, New Delhi.

2.

Government of India Press, Ring Road, New Delhi.

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Government of India Press, Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi.

4.

Government of India Press, Faridabad.

5.

Government of India Press, Nilokheri.

6.

Government of India Press, Allgarh.

7.

Government of India Press, Nashik.

8.

Goveniment of India Press, Koratty.

9.

Government of India Press, Coimbatore.

10.

Government of India Press, Santragachi, Howrah.

11.

Government of India Press, Temple Street, Kolkata.

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FOLLOW UP ACTIONS:

1.

Directorate of Printing would immediately stop allotting jobs to the

Presses under order of closure/merger/transfer.

2.

These Presses should complete their jobs in hand and dispatch the same to

the respective indenters within a period of 4 months.

3.

Directorate of Printing would immediately initiate action for dispatch of

all the forms lying with the Government of India Forms Store, Kolkata to

the respective indenters and intimate them to send their requisitions, in

future to the Directorate of Printing.

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