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Digitising Government Publications a priority, says Arun Jaitley

Flipkart to facilitate ecommerce sale of Publications Division books. Bharat Kosh Portal will facilitate online payment and subscriptions

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Digitising Government Publications a priority, says Arun Jaitley

Digitising Government Publications a priority, says Arun Jaitley

Flipkart to facilitate ecommerce sale of Publications Division books. Bharat Kosh Portal will facilitate online payment and subscriptions

BestMediaInfo Bureau | Delhi | February 22, 2016

Arun-Jaitley Arun Jaitley

Union Minister for finance, corporate affairs and information and broadcasting, Arun Jaitley, released the print and digital versions of 'India 2016' and 'Bharat 2016' recently. The reference books on India, published annually, are a repository of information on the country.

“With restructuring of the Publications Division, there has been a paradigm shift to digitise various Government publications in order to reach out to online readers globally,” Jaitley said at the event at Shastri Bhavan. “Digital versions of the books would be 25 per cent cheaper than printed versions and would also help in saving paper consumption,” the minister pointed out.

At the event, Jaitley also launched an online service for payment for and subscription to  popular journals of the Publications Division and Employment News through Bharat Kosh. Bharat Kosh is a non-tax receipt portal of the Union ministry of finance. The portal will enable direct transfer of money received from the sale of journals of the Publications Division to the Consolidated Fund of India.

Jaitley simultaneously launched a service for sale of print versions of key publications of the division through ecommerce platforms like Flipkart. The Reference Book India 2016 and 49 other important titles will now be available on Flipkart.

Secretary in the ministry of information and broadcasting, Sunil Arora, who shared the podium with the Union minister, said, “India Reference Book was a signature book brought out by the Publications Division. It was a ready reference for academicians and students preparing for various competitive examinations and should be a must read for anyone seeking authentic and credible information about India.”

The digital versions of these books will be available on Kobo, a platform for online readers. The platform offers readers a choice of different languages and is among the world's largest e-bookstores. The Publications Division is a media unit under the Union ministry of information and broadcasting. It is a repository of books and journals on subjects of national importance and India's rich cultural heritage. The division publishes books in Hindi, English and other regional languages.

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