India Security Press

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India Security Press, Nashik

India Security Press (‘ISP, Nashik’), established in the year 1925, is one of the oldest units of SPMCIL dealing with the printing of diverse security products. It is the only organization in India that prints Passports and other travel documents for Government of India. It is engaged in the production and printing of various security products including postage stamps, post cards, inland letters, envelopes, non-postal adhesives, non-judicial stamps , revenue stamps etc. During FY 2016-17, ISP printed 15.58 million passport booklets and 157.82 million pieces of NJSP.

ISP Nashik stocks printed security products, and distributes them to various organizations in accordance with the indents received. ISP Nashik supplies to various State Governments, Union Territories and Central Government departments including Department of Posts, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of External Affairs, Ministry of Defence, Reserve Bank of India, and also to State Municipal corporations, State Election Commissions.

India Security Press, Nasik Road is a premier organization under the Security Printing & Minting Corporation of India Ltd., wholly owned by the Govt. of India. The organization is engaged in printing and supplying a variety of security related products such as Non-judicial stamp papers, Judicial Stamp papers, Revenue stamps, court-fee stamps, Passport Books, Postal Stamps, Visa, University Certificates, Adhesive excise duty Stamp and other Articles etc. The General Manager is the Chief Executive Officer, who is also the ex-officio Controller of Stamps.

Prior to 1855, Postal Stamps and other security document were printed at Her Majesty’s Mint, Calcutta by the Survey of India Organization. Between 1862 and 1924, the job was entrusted to M/s Thomas De-La-Rue & Co. Ltd., London who was awarded a Contract for printing Indian Court Fee Fiscal and Postal Stamps and Stationery.

The India Security Press, Nasik Road, earlier known as “Security Printing India” up to 1947, was established in 1924 based on a project Report prepared by Lt. Col. Sir George H. Willis, Master of Mint, Mumbai and Mr. D. Ascoli, ICS, controller of Printing Stamps. Actual printing work started in the factory in the year 1925.

Attached to the India Security Press is the Central Stamps Depot, which is primarily responsible for stocking and distributing Stamps and other security, related articles based on the Indents raised by various customers. Actual formation of Central Stamp Depot took place in October 1983. Prior to 1983 CSD was known as (CSS) Central Stamp Store.

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