Government of India Press, Minto Road, New Delhi (Estd. 1923)

By the announcement at the historic Coronation Durbar held at Delhi in 1911, Delhi became the Capital of India and some of the Central Secretariat Departments were transferred from Calcutta to Delhi in1912. A portion of the Government of India Press, at Calcutta was also moved to Delhi that year to deal with the urgent requirements for printing at the Headquarters of Government. In 1923, on the general re-organization of the Government of India Presses, the Delhi Press was separated from its head office at Calcutta and made an entirely separate press. The development of Government Departments in New Delhi resulted in greater demands for printing work being placed with the Delhi Press. In 1931 it was transferred to New Delhi, in a newly constructed building at Minto Road.

During World War II the Printing work in this Press went on increasing. In order to cope with the increasing volume of Printing work of the General Headquarters, a number of temporary posts were created in September, 1942. Even then, the work could not be managed with the then existing single shift and therefore, a partial second shift was introduced in the machine room of the Press. In December, 1944 further expansion of the Second Shift was approved by Government. In October, 1946 the Double Shift arrangement was further expanded in connection with the printing of the Indian Army List, Volume II. In January, 1947, a Hindi/ Urdu Section was set up in the Press. Due to the constitutional changes in the country and the setting up of a Constituent Assembly, the Printing work increased further and in July, 1947 a separate Section was started in this Press for the Printing of Constituent Assembly and Legislative Assembly Debates in Hindi and Urdu. After the attainment of Independence the activities of various departments of the Government of India in various spheres increased beyond expectation. In September, 1951 a partial 3rd shift was started in the machine room of the Press for the printing of postal forms and other miscellaneous work. It was decided to expand the 3rd shift in January,1952 and later on to open a separate Parliament Wing and a Top Secret Section and the necessary staff to run the two newly created units was sanctioned. The construction of the building for the erection of machinery and for accommodating the staff of the Parliament Wing was completed and production started. The 3rd shift was abolished after the separate Parliament Wing started functioning properly. Due to tremendous demand of printing work from Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, it was decided to expand the existing Parliament Wing of the Press. Accordingly additional posts were created to run a 3rd shift from June, 1955.

The Commerce Ministry Press was taken over by the Ministry of Works, Housing & Supply on 2nd January, 1952 and re-designated as Government of India Photo Litho Press which merged with the Government of India Press, New Delhi. From 15th September,1958 as an additional wing and functions under the overall administrative control of the General Manager, for printing books, pamphlets, posters and other material for the dissemination of educational and instructive literature in connection with development and welfare activities. The Photo Litho Wing after its merger has been expanded further partly with the aid under the Indo-U.S. Technical Cooperation Programme for Community Development. This Wing is also equipped with the latest type of composing machine known as Photo-Setter. The press was bifurcated in 1987 into two Presses i.e. Letter Press and Photo Litho Units. The latter is completely modernised.

The Cabinet in its decision dated 16-8-2004 decided to merge both the Units and now the Press is known as Government of India Press, Minto Road, New Delhi. Similarly, as per the Cabinet decision of 20.09.2017 Govt. of India Press, Faridabad has been merged with Govt. of India Press, Minto Road.

 

Govt. of India Press, Minto Road, New Delhi caters to the printing needs of

Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha

• Bulletins
• Bills
• Paper Laid on Table
• List of Business
• Synopsis
• Cut Motion
• Amendment Debates

Gazette of India

• Ordinance
• Acts
• Resolution
• Name change, religion, sex, etc.

Election Commission of India

• EVM Ballot Paper
• Postal Ballot
• List of contesting candidates
• Manual for Presiding Officers and Returning Officers

Ministry of Defence

• Republic Day
• Independence Day
• VIP Passes
• Tickets

Detail Demands for Grants

• All Ministries

Civil List

• IAS
• IPS
• IRS

Para Military Forces

• Service Books
• Other various Forms.

Delhi Police

• Terrorist Poster
• Service Book and
• All other Forms

Hospitals

• All Forms and Registers.

Book Work

• Ministry of Law and Justice
• Social Justice and Empowerment
• NCT Delhi
• Department of Telecommunication
• RGI
• CAG etc.

Form Work

• Border Road Organization
• Postal Store Depots
• NCT Delhi
• CGHS
• Courts etc.