मुद्रण विभाग | |
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Formed | 1992 |
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Jurisdiction | Nepal |
Headquarters | Singha Durbar, Kathmandu, Nepal |
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Agency executive |
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Parent agency | Ministry of Information and Communications, Government of Nepal |
Website | www |
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In 1851, the first printing press was introduced to Nepal. The first governmental newspaper, Gorkhapatra, was printed from 1901 on by the Government of Nepal. That press was transformed into a governmental department, the Printing and Publication Department of Nepal in 1989. The last change so far was in 1992, when the Department was renamed to the Department of Printing. [4] In February 2017, the Department proposed to also print Nepalese banknotes, which are currently not printed in Nepal. [5]
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