The Gazette of India

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The Gazette of India
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Type Government Gazette
PublisherGovernment of India Press
Founded1877;147 years ago (1877)
Language Hindi, English
Headquarters New Delhi
City New Delhi
ISSN 0254-6779
OCLC number 1752771
Website egazette.gov.in OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

The Gazette of India is a public journal and an authorised legal document of the Government of India. [1] It is published weekly by the Directorate of Printing Department of Publication, a subordinate office of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs and printed by the Government of India Press. [2]

Contents

As a public journal, The Gazette prints official notices from the government. Publishing information in the Gazette is a legal necessity by which official documents come into force and enter the public domain.

Ordinary gazettes are regularly published weekly on a particular day of the week whereas extraordinary gazettes are published every day depending upon the urgency of the matters to be published.

"Gazetted officers" are the Indian government officials (judges, administrators, etc) who are appointed under the seal of the President of India or the Governor of state. They have the authority to stamp, signature and put seals on governmental papers. Gazetted officers are listed in the Gazette of India after their appointment, transfer & posting, etc.

Publication

The publication of The Gazette is executed as per the government of India (allocation of business rules) issued from time to time by the cabinet secretariat.

The Department of Publication is headed by the controller of publications with the assistance of two assistant controllers, one financial officer and an assistant director. The Gazette employs more than 270 people under the supervision of the Ministry of Urban Development, headquartered in Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi.

The controller of publication is the authorized publisher, custodian and seller of Government of India Publications and periodicals, including The Gazette of India and Delhi Gazette with its copyright. It undertakes storage, sale and distribution of all saleable publications brought out by various ministries and departments.

The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs began publishing an electronic version of The Gazette in 2008. [3]

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References

  1. "Home". egazette.gov.in. 13 May 2014. Archived from the original on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  2. "Gazette". Department of Publication. Archived from the original on 5 July 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  3. "India launches e-Gazette". Igovernment.in. 20 May 2008. Archived from the original on 19 July 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)