The Directorate of Printing is an Attached Office of the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs. As per the Allocation of Business Rules, the Directorate is the Government Printer for executing printing works for all Ministries/Departments of Government of India including forms for Civil and Defence Departments. It is also responsible for the stocking and distribution of various forms for Ministries/Departments, as per their requirements. This Directorate also renders advice from time to time to various State Governments and Central Government Ministries/ Departments on technical matters relating to printing and allied subject in printing technology as well.
It has under its administrative control a total of following 17 Units which include 12 Government of India Presses, 3 Text Books Presses, an Outside Printing Branch and one Forms Store for exclusively fulfilling the demand for various standard forms for the Ministries/Departments of the Central Government:
1 |
Government of India Press, Minto Road, New Delhi. |
2 |
Government of India Press, Santragachi, Howrah, West Bengal. |
3 |
Government of India Press, Nashik, Maharashtra |
4 |
Government of India Press, Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi. |
5 |
Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, Delhi. |
6 |
Government of India Press, Faridabad, Haryana |
7 |
Government of India Press, Nilokheri, Haryana |
8 |
Government of India Press, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. |
9 |
Government of India Press, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. |
10 |
Government of India Press, Temple Street, Kolkata, West Bengal. |
11 |
Government of India Press, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu. |
12 |
Government of India Press, Koratty, Kerala. |
13 |
Government of India Text Book Press, Chandigarh. |
14 |
Government of India Text Book Press, Bhubaneswar, Orissa. |
15 |
Government of India Text Book Press, Mysore, Karnataka. |
16 |
Outside Printing Branch, Kolkata, West Bengal. |
17 |
Government of India Forms Store, Kolkata, West Bengal. |
Directorate of Printing is undertaking various kinds of sensitive and time bound nature of jobs of different Ministries/Departments. Following are some of the major jobs undertaken by this Directorate: