Dispur goes digital to minimize extra expenditures

GUWAHATI: With an to aim to use digital technology to minimize extra expenditures, the Assam Government has decided to stop printing of wall calendars, desktop calendars, diaries, festival greeting cards, coffee-table books and similar materials.

"The world is increasingly moving towards adopting digital force multipliers for productivity use of technological innovations for planning, scheduling and forecasting is known to be economical, efficient and effective. Against this backdrop, the Government of Assam has decided that there will be no further activities towards printing wall calendars, desktop calendars, diaries, festival greeting cards and similar materials by the Administrative Departments, Heads of Departments, Autonomous Bodies, PSUs, Societies and other organs of the Government. All such activities, including materials which were earlier printed in physical format, may be done digitally online. The printing of coffee table books is also banned and appropriate use of e-books is encouraged. Therefore, all concerned are directed to make efforts to adopt innovative means to use digital or online method for the above activates," an Office Memorandum issued by the Finance Department on October 14, 2020 stated. The order will come into force with immediate effect.

Various government departments had been spending a huge amount of money in the name of printing wall calendars, desktop calendars, diaries, festival greeting cards, coffee table books in the recent years.