1. Printing of textbooks The corporation prints about 3 crore books each year for which tenders are floated on all India basis and agreements with successful bidders are executed mostly in the month of November / December of the year preceding the academic session. 2. Supply of 60 GSM water mark offset printing paper Corporation requires about 4000 M. T. 60 G.S.M. water mark offset printing paper each year for which tenders are floated on all India basis and agreements with successful bidders are executed mostly in the month of October/ November of the year preceding the academic session. 3. Supply of 140 G.S.M. M.G. cover paper Corporation requires about 500 M.T. 140 G.S.M. M.G. cover paper each year for which tenders are floated on all India basis and agreements with successful bidders are executive mostly in the month of October / November of the year preceding the academic session. 4. Transportation of textbooks For timely supply of textbooks the corporation also engages the transporters for transportation of books from sale depots to various districts and for inter depot transfer. 5. Dealership for sale of corporation’s publications. The books are made available through a much wider network than depots. The corporation registers private booksellers as retailers under specific rules made in this behalf. The applications for such registration are generally invited in the month of February /March of every year. |