DSGMC sets up fully computerised offset printing press

New Delhi : The Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) has set up an eco friendly, fully computerised four colour offset printing press to print copies of the Sikh holy scripture Guru Granth Sahib to meet the growing demand worldwide.

The Committee supplies Sikh religious books and literature to NRI sikhs in around 50 countries around the globe. The new machine will meet the growing demand of Guru Granth Sahib and other religious literature worldwide, said Manjinder Singh Sirsa, DSGMC president.

The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committtee (SGPC), Amritsar and DSGMC, Delhi, only have exclusive and legal rights for publication of the authentic version of the Guru Granth Sahib along with other Sikh religious literature, in the whole world, he said "The new carbon nuetral, energy saving printing press has been set up at a total cost of around Rs 8 crore. It has optimum capacity of printing fifteen thousand pages per hour," Sirsa said.

The new machine meeting ISO 9001quality management standard and ISO 14001 environment management standard, will reduce carbon dioxide emission per sheet, said a DSGMC spokesperson. It replaced 20-year old two colour printing press which published approximately one lakh copies of Guru Granth Sahib in its life span.

The new offset printing press has been set up at the newly constructed Guru Granth Sahib Bhawan in Gurdwara Rakab Ganj complex . Use of the ultra modern machine will save time, reduce production cost and, most significantly, improve the quality, Sirsa said The highly revered 1,430-page Guru Granth Sahib comprises holy verses of Sikh Gurus and 30 other saints like Kabir, Ravidass, Namdev among others, he added.