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eGov Products & Services
eGov Products & Services

COMPOSE

Comprehensive Operations and Management
of Presses Over Secure Environment

Edited by MOHAN DAS VISWAM

OMPOSE, developed by NIC Kerala, dergoes workflow-based approval, ensuring for-
represents a groundbreaking shift in mat accuracy and data integrity. The eGazette is
CGazette Publishing, revolutionizing then published for public access and download,
conventional manual procedures with an eliminating the need for physical visits to the
advanced digital platform. This comprehensive COMPOSE marks a significant Government Press and enhancing citizen expe-
solution standardizes and simplifies the rience.
Gazette Publishing process for both daily and leap forward in Gazette Publish- Integration with various government platforms,
weekly Gazettes, significantly streamlining ing, replacing age-old manual including eOffice, Kerala government e-treasury
operations for the Printing Department of the application, SPARK - Payroll system, and the eS-
Government of Kerala. By automating Gazette practices with a cutting-edge evanam portal, enables seamless workflow and
publication, COMPOSE overcomes inherent digital platform. This innova- enhances service accessibility. Moreover, COM-
challenges associated with traditional methods, POSE caters to a wide range of stakeholders, in-
particularly in eliminating the need for Gazette tive solution modernizes and cluding government departments, autonomous
Printing, resulting in substantial savings in paper streamlines the Gazette Pub- bodies, legislative bodies, local bodies and state
stationery and reducing the workload for the DTP public service commissions, facilitating efficient
and Reading sections. lishing process, catering to both governance and service delivery.
Gazette publications play a pivotal role in daily and weekly Gazettes, and In conclusion, COMPOSE represents a paradigm
disseminating vital information to citizens and notably enhancing efficiency shift in Gazette Publishing, offering numerous ad-
government departments regarding major policy vantages in terms of accessibility, cost-effective-
decisions and announcements. The inauguration within the Printing Department ness, timeliness, and environmental sustainabili-
of e-Gazette Publication by the Hon’ble Chief of the Government of Kerala. By ty. By leveraging digital innovation, COMPOSE not
Minister of Kerala, Shri Pinarayi Vijayan, marked only modernizes Gazette publication processes
significant milestones, with Gazette number 38 digitizing Gazette publication, but also enhances citizen services and overall ef-
being the first online gazette published on Octo- COMPOSE effectively tackles the ficiency, benefiting stakeholders across the spec-
ber 2, 2021. Mandating all Gazette notifications to trum of governance in Kerala.
be published as e-Gazettes using COMPOSE fur- limitations of traditional meth-
ther underscores the government’s commitment ods, notably eliminating the Working Process
to modernization and efficiency. COMPOSE streamlines the entire Gazette
The manual Gazette publication process in- necessity for physical Gazette publishing process by digitizing manual
volved a complex series of stages, requiring Printing. This not only trans- procedures, automating workflows, and
content submission to the printing department, enhancing accessibility for both government
iterative proofreading, and manual signing by the lates to substantial savings in departments and citizens. Through its robust
Superintendent General of Presses (SGP). This paper and stationary but also features and integration capabilities, COMPOSE
represents a significant advancement in Gazette
lightens the workload for de- Publishing technology, empowering stakeholders
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partments involved. and facilitating efficient governance.
Submission of Gazette Content: Government
departments and agencies submit Gazette con-
tent online through the COMPOSE platform. This
content includes notifications, announcements,
Beena Jayaprakash
Sr. Technical Director and other relevant information.
beena.jp@nic.in • Digital Signature and Approval: The submit-
cumbersome procedure, involving around fifteen ted content undergoes digital signature and ap-
workflow stages, often resulted in delays and proval processes. This ensures the authenticity
challenges in timely publication, especially for and integrity of the Gazette publications. Once
urgent notifications. approved, the content becomes ready for publi-
K.V. Jaya Kumar To address these inefficiencies, COMPOSE cation.
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Technical Director re-engineers Gazette publication processes, fa- Template-Based Content Preparation: COM-
jaykumar.kv@nic.in cilitating online content submission with digital POSE provides standard templates in multiple
signatures and offering templates in multiple languages, such as English, Malayalam, Tamil,
languages. Once submitted, Gazette content un- and Kannada, for content preparation. This en-

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