Government of India Press, Nilokheri

Government of India Press, Nilokheri is a printing agency in Nilokheri in Karnal district in the state of Haryana owned and managed by the Government of India and responsible for printing national and public documents.

History

The press was established in late 1948 by the Ministry of Rehabilitation in the rehabilitation colony at Nilokheri in 1948 as one of several enterprises intended to provide employment and training for displaced persons following the partition of India. It was transferred to the Community Projects Administration of the Planning Commission in 1951 and to the Controller of Printing and Stationery (India), New Delhi in February 1954.^[1]

In 1972, a top secret wing was added and secret printing jobs for various ministries and government offices were added to the work of the press.

By the 1990s, the letterpress technology used by the press had become outmoded, so the Directorate of Printing began phased modernisation; the first phase began in 1995 and was completed in 1996/97.

Company structure and functions

The Press comes under the Directorate of Printing, New Delhi, and employs approximately 294 people.^[2] The company is headed by a manager with two deputy managers.

The Press prints exclusively for the government, including the Gazette of India, Exim Policy, Union Budget work, Railway Budget, Demands for Grants of each Ministry, A.I.R., C.B.I. Bulletin, forms of G.I.F.S., Income Tax, the Delhi Police, ITBP, CRPF, Army, Air Force and other ministries and departments including Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, manuals, annual reports, periodicals, and ballot papers.^[3]

References

1. ↑ Function and Duties, Government of India Press, updated 31 March 2012 (pdf)
2. ↑ Directorate of Printing, Ministry of Urban Development, retrieved 14 July 2014.
3. ↑ Documents held for Printing by Nilokheri Press (RTI 2012), pdf p. 23.