
The Central Government sent out an official notice stating that all ministries and departments to stop printing wall calendars, calendars, diaries and greeting cards in physical forms.
This has been done to encourage usage of the digital format.
The notice issued by the Ministry of Finance states “the Government of India has decided that there will be no further activities towards printing wall calendars, desktop calendars, diaries, festival greeting cards and similar materials by all Ministries/ Departments/ Autonomous Bodies and other organs of the Government”.
The Government Department of Expenditure stated that the decision has been made to move towards adopting digital force to increase productivity and pursue economically efficient means.