Three member committee to review general forms printed by Govt Printers

The President has appointed a three-member committee to review the general forms printed by the Government Printers Department, a senior official of the presidential secretariat said.

 The official said that the committee chaired by  Director General Establishments and Ministry of Public Administration H.A Chandana Kumarasingha and members Additional Director General of  Ministry of Finance D.H.S Pulleperuma and Senior Assistant Secretary ( Development ) Prime Minister’s office U.I.W  Seneveiratne

He said that 98 general forms are currently being used by various government agencies to facilitate government service; however, some of the forms are outdated and need to be amended. Therefore the committee is appointed to carry out a general review of all the general currently printed by the government printer.

The committee is tasked to identify the general forms with minimal use and areas that are redundant, identity general forms which are printed in paper sizes above A4 and whether it could be printed in A4 paper size, and whether forms could be made available to download so the paper does not need to be printed.