16th December, 2002
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting  


INDIA LIKELY TO BE ASIAN PRINTING HUB


The Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Smt. Sushma Swaraj has said that India is likely to become a printing hub for Asia for printing Asian editions of technical and speciality magazines. The policy decision of the Government in allowing 74 per cent FDI in non-news and non-current affairs category of publications and allowing Indian editions of such publications would give a boom to the Indian print industry.

Presiding over the Golden Jubilee celebrations of the All India Federation of Master Printers here last evening, Smt. Swaraj said that the opening up of the printing sector is likely to revolutionize the sector totally. The industry would be able to adopt latest technologies and compete with the best in the world, Smt. Swaraj said.