Government to now only e-publish gazettes, to save Rs 7 crore

NEW DELHI: The Modi government has decided to save nearly Rs 7 crore each year by now doing away with publishing government gazettes and will only be posting them online from October 1.

"The government have decided that having regard to provisions of Section 8 of the Information Technology Act, 2000, the Gazette of India shall switch to exclusive e-publishing with effect from 1st October, 2015. The Gazette of India shall be only e-published by uploading on the official website www.egazette.nic.in The Department of Publication under Ministry of Urban Development shall continue to maintain the record of notifications published as above and make available the same for reference whenever required," the government has said in a notification issued on September 30.

"The physical printing and sale of hard copies of Gazette by the government shall cease completely from 1st October, 2015. The users may download the e-gazette so published from above mentioned Official website free of charge. This issues with the concurrence of Department of Legal Affairs vide their reference dated 18th September, 2015," the notification adds. As per the Department of Publication under Ministry of Urban Development, an amount of Rupees seven crores every year is paid to various Government of India Presses for Printing of Gazettes.