Objectives & Functions
What we do
The Directorate of Printing, an attached Office of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, is primarily responsible for executing printing jobs of all Ministries/Departments of Govt. of India along with printing of publications of various Ministries/Departments and also printing of forms for Civil and Defence. Stocking and distribution of various forms for Ministries/Departments, as per their requirements are other important functions of this Directorate. Having professionals in the Organization, this Directorate also renders advice from time to time to various State Governments and Central Government on technical matters relating to printing and allied matters in printing technology as well. It has 5 Govt. of India Presses under its administrative control, spread throughout the country at various locations i.e. New Delhi (Minto Road, Mayapuri & Rashtrapati Bhawan), Maharashtra (Nasik) and West Bengal (Kolkata).
The Directorate mainly deals with the printing of various documents/forms etc. of Ministries/Departments including Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, such as Sessional jobs, daily Bulletin, Manuals, Standing Committee Reports, Highlights, Synopsys, etc., besides printing of all President Secretariat documents. In spite of heavy constraints and specific demands of Departments for printing of publications etc. by Desk Top Publishing, Offset printing with colours, best efforts are made to accommodate requests of various Departments to achieve desired quality in production and value added services.
Jobs Undertaken
Important printing jobs undertaken by the Directorate of Printing are as follows:
- Overnight printing of all the sessional jobs of Parliament (i e. List of Business, Question list Bill, Synopsis, Cut Motion etc.) for circulation amongst the Hon’ble Members of Parliament during Session;
- Session papers of both the Houses of Parliament;
- All printing requirements of President Secretariat.
- Publications connected with Adult Education;
- Reports of Comptroller and Auditor General of India;
- Annual Reports, Periodicals, Reports, Journals, Performance Budget, Demand for Grants of all the Ministries/Departments of the Govt. of India;
- Printing work relating to Republic Day, Independence Day and Other Official Ceremonies;
- Programme of VIPs of inside and outside country;
- Exclusive e-publishing of Gazette of India / Delhi Gazette;
- Secret / Confidential Publications;
- Standard forms;
- Forms for paramilitary forces;
- Postal forms; and
- Reports of the Commission of Inquiries.
The above jobs are just indicative but not exhaustive.