India, Feb. 20 -- By Rajnish Singh

New Delhi [India], February 20 (ANI): The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has declared the headquarters of the Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Limited (SPMCIL) in New Delhi as a "prohibited place" under the provisions of the Official Secrets Act, 1923.

The SPMCIL is engaged in the manufacture and production of currency and bank notes, security paper, non-judicial stamp papers, postal stamps and stationery, travel documents such as passport and visa, security certificates, cheques, bonds, warrant, special certificates with security features, security inks, circulation and commemorative coins, medallions, refining of gold and silver, and assay of precious metals.

The SPMCIL, a wholly o...