The Department is the authorized publisher and custodian of Government of India Publications and Periodicals brought out by various Ministries/Departments including Army Publications and Supreme Court Reports.It is responsible for storage, sale and distribution of all saleable official Publications and Copyright holder.

The Government of India publications are:

Authentic in Content, accurate and strictly in accordance with the Government Policies / decisions. These are quality product and economically priced. It is mandatory for the Ministries/Departments to obtain symbol numbers from Department of Publication to symbolize their publications as Government of India Publications.

Any infringement of the Indian Copyright Act is a legal offence. Dispute if any, will be settled within the Jurisdiction of Delhi.