Government Publications and Information Dissemination: Indian Scenario.

In India, government is the largest collector and largest publisher of information. It brings out thousands of documents every year in a diffused manner. Apart from regulatory bodies, a number of statistical agencies have been created for the purpose of collection, processing and dissemination of data on Indian society and economy. The purpose of this paper is to identify different genres of print or non-print sources of information that are generated by the government agencies. The factors responsible for limited access to government information and use of electronic media for information dissemination have also been discussed in this paper. To be presented at IFLA GIOPS Session, 2005. World Library and Information Congress: 71st IFLA General Conference and Council, Oslo, Norway, August 14-18, 2005. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]