Economy in use of paper – Digitisation of publications to save on stationery and expenditure
No.25(6)/E.Coord-2014
Government
of India
Ministry
of Finance
(Department
of Expenditure)
North
Block, New Delhi
Dated
the 30th November, 2016
OFFICE
MEMORANDUM
Subject:
Economy in use of paper – Digitisation of publications to save on stationery
and expenditure
Ministry
of Finance has been issuing instructions from time to time on expenditure
management, fiscal discipline and on the need for economy and rationalisation
of Government expenditure. Instructions on use of judicious use of paper have
been issued by this Department in the past and similar instructions are also
contained in the Manual of Office Procedure published by Department of
Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances.
2.Expenditure
Management Commission has also recommended that publications should be
digitised wherever possible, to save on stationery and expenditure. Considering
that electronic publications (e-publications) are environment friendly, all
Ministries / Departments may review the utilisation of their different
publications and to start with e-publish some of their non-Statutory
publications while considerably reducing use of paper e-publications would also
serve as a good digital repository for posterity that can be accessed anywhere
unlike manual publications.
3.All
Ministries / Departments may issue suitable instructions in this regard in
respect of organisations / entities and field organisations under their
administrative control.
4.This
issues with the approval of FS and Secretary Expenditure.
sd/-
(N.
Radhakrishnan)
Director
(E. Coord)
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