Punjab Government would soon modernize its printing presses.
Announcing this during a meeting with the top officials on Wednesday, the state’s Printing and Stationary Minister Sadhu Singh Dharamsot issued instructions to the departmental officers to prepare an action plan for updating the government press and to revise the rules related to procurement and printing.
Dharamsot said that the process devised in 1975 for revising the printing and stationery rules should be implemented so that the old process could be notified to the present time.
The Minister directed the officials to ensure that the complete information with regard to the rules be given in the tenders published for procuring printing and other materials the tenders be given due publicity.
He said that a representative of the Department concerned should also be included in the tender committee regarding which Department the tender is to be issued. “While making the flat rate or rate contract, it should be ensured that it should be done with five-six firms at the same time so that the printing can be quickly done in an emergency situation,” he said adding that it should be ensured that the flat rate or rate contract should not be higher than the market rate. The added that the Department should deduct 56 types of stationary items purchased by the Department and purchase only those items which are extremely important.