Government of India Press, Temple Street , Kolkata (Estd. 1924)
The Government of India Press, Temple Street, Calcutta, came into existence in August 1924 on the termination of the printing contract from Government of India standard forms with Messrs Lal Chand & Sons, Calcutta and the creation of the Central Forms Store for storage and distribution of Government of India Forms. At this time the Central Press was undergoing reorganisation and could not undertake the heavy volume of work resultant from the termination of the Contract, and the printing of a large number of forms was entrusted to this Press.
The Press continued to function from year to year on a temporary basis until March 1929 when it was placed on a permanent footing.
Formerly the Forms Press, Calcutta, was a small press with a limited number of old machines. It has now become a big Press having new machinery and equipment in all sections. To supplement its printing capacity, a partial night shift was started from March, 1947. To solve the accommodation problem a new 3 storey building was constructed at 166, Lenin Sarani, Calcutta.
As per the Cabinet decision of 20.09.2017, Govt. of India Press, Santragachi, Government of India Form Store, Kolkata, O/o Assistant Director (Outside Printing), Kolkata and Government of India Text Book Press, Bhubaneswar have been merged with Govt. of India Press, Temple Street, Kolkata.
The Govt. of India Press, Temple Street, Kolkata functions to print the
Book Work & Form Work
- Schedules and Sample Survey forms of National Statistics office (NSO)
- Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
- Forms of CRPF (Durgapur, Guwahati, Mukamghat, Siliguri, etc.)
- Postal Store Depot Forms (Patna, Kolkata, Bhubaneswar, Guwahati etc.)
- Defence forms of Army, Navy, Air Force
- Printing Stocking and Distributing of Standard forms for all Central Govt. Offices
- Printing and distrusting of Higher Official Reservation (HOR) forms
- Air Exchange Vouchers