Economy in Use of Paper - Fin Min Instructions
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 in the past and similar instructions arc also contained in the Manual of Office Procedure published by Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances.
Expenditure Management Commission has also recommended that publications should he digitised wherever possible to save on stationery and expenditure.
Considering that electronic publications (e-publications) are environment friendly, all Ministries/Departments are advised to 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.
Interestingly, this memorandum, apparently, is also on paper.