The Government has directed all Central Ministries and departments to stop printing their own calendars and diaries as it leads to “wastage of financial resources” and instead make use of those printed by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry.
Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba last month communicated to all secretaries heading their respective Ministries that the new order is to be “strictly complied with”.
Gauba, in the letter accessed by PTI, stated that the Bureau of Outreach and Communication (BOC) under the I&B Ministry is “entrusted” with printing and distribution of Government calendars and diaries to Ministries, departments and public sector units (PSUs) apart from customised items of this category on a chargeable basis.
“It has, however, been observed that various ministries, department and PSUs and other organisations under their administrative control are printing calendars, desk calendars and diaries in addition to those supplied by BOC.