Lok Sabha Question No. 1184 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-23
Subject: Registration of Newspapers
Ministry: INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING
Asked by: NABA KUMAR SARANIA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1184 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.11.2016

## REGISTRATION OF NEWSPAPERS

## 1184.  SHRI NABA KUMAR SARANIA:

Will the Minister of INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING be pleased to state:

- (a)     the number of newspapers weekly, fortnightly and monthly registered, State-wise and the details thereof;
- (b) the  number  of  newspapers  that  receive  advertisements  from  DAVP  out  of  them along with the details thereof;
- (c) the number of newspapers out of these which have deposited the annual reports and the details thereof with names;
- (d) the number of such newspapers/magazines whose owner/editor is the same person and the details thereof;
- (e) the number of newspapers whose owners/editors have been issued PIB cards and the details thereof with names; and
- (f) whether any special concessions have been given to the newspapers or magazines published, State-wise by DAVP and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION & BROADCASTING {COL RAJYAVARDHAN RATHORE (Retd.)}

- (a) The  details  of  the  total  number  of  newspapers  weekly,  fortnightly  and  monthly registered State-wise for the year 2014-15 is placed at Annexure-I.

(b) and (c) Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity (DAVP), the nodal multi-media agency for release  of  Central  Government  advertisements  issues  advertisement  only  to those newspapers/journals which are on its approved panel which is available on DAVP's website,  i.e.  www.davp.nic.in  under  head  'Newspapers'  and  sub-head  'Publishers  on Panel'.

As  per  clause  15  (note  2)  of  Print  Media  Advertisement  Policy  -  2016,  all empanelled publications must submit a copy of annual return submitted to Office of the Registrar of Newspapers for India (RNI) with receiving proof from RNI for the previous financial year, in the month of September every year, failing which the newspaper can be suspended by DG, DAVP.

Ás on 22.11.2016, total 8317 Newspapers/journals are on approved panel of DAVP. They are required to provide a copy of Annual Return submitted to RNI, at the time of empanelment /rate renewal with DAVP.

- (d) The information regarding publication units under common ownership is available in Chapter-5 (page no-75-340) of 'Press in India' 2014-15 which can be accessed on RNI website on the link: http://rni.nic.in/pin2014\_15/pin-05.pdf
- (e) Press Information Bureau (PIB) card is not issued on the basis of ownership. So far, 76 cards have been issued to print media in the editor category in the year 2016. The list is attached at Annexure-II.
- (f) Clause 8 of 'The Print Media Advertisement Policy of the Government of India 2016' with effect from 7.6.2016 provides relaxation in eligibility criteria for newspapers/journals published in J&K, Andaman & Nicobar islands and North Eastern States.  They  can  be  considered  for  empanelment  after  6  months  of  regular  and uninterrupted publication. In the case of all regional and other language small & medium newspapers, the qualifying period is 12 months.

Further, Clause 10 of the above policy stipulates that a newspaper/journal should have a minimum paid circulation of not less than 2000 copies for being considered eligible for empanelment. However, newspapers/journals published in J&K, Andaman & Nicobar islands and North-Eastern States need to have substantiated minimum paid circulation of only 500 copies per publishing day.

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## ANNEXURE  AS  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1184 FOR REPLY ON 23.11.2014

## THE  DETAILS  OF  THE  TOTAL  NUMBER  OF  NEWSPAPERS  FORTNIGHTLY, WEEKLY AND MONTHLY REGISTERED STATE-WISE FOR THE YEAR 2014-15:

| State/UT's               |   Weekly |   Fortnightly |   Monthly |
|--------------------------|----------|---------------|-----------|
| ANDAMAN &NICOBAR ISLANDS |       27 |            22 |        16 |
| ANDHRA PRADESH           |     1133 |           769 |      2377 |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH        |       11 |             0 |         2 |
| ASSAM                    |      239 |            81 |       154 |
| BIHAR                    |      688 |           174 |       326 |
| CHANDIGARH               |      138 |            39 |       201 |
| CHATTISGARH              |      538 |            97 |       370 |
| DADRA&NAGAR HAVELI       |        7 |             9 |         2 |
| DAMAN &DIU               |        2 |             2 |         0 |
| DELHI                    |     2367 |          1507 |      5099 |
| GOA                      |       24 |            17 |        49 |
| GUJARAT                  |     2303 |           592 |      1448 |
| HARYANA                  |      578 |           286 |       449 |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH         |      115 |            35 |        76 |
| JAMMU &KASHMIR           |      474 |            82 |        89 |
| JHARKHAND                |       96 |            51 |       125 |
| KARNATAKA                |     1159 |          1020 |      2403 |
| KERALA                   |      282 |           253 |      1803 |
| LAKSHADWEEP              |        3 |             2 |         1 |
| MADHYA PRADESH           |     3789 |           447 |      3056 |
| MAHARASHTRA              |     6434 |          1098 |      3612 |
| MANIPUR                  |       20 |            12 |        48 |
| MEGHALAYA                |       35 |             7 |        20 |
| MIZORAM                  |       40 |             8 |        49 |
| NAGALAND                 |       10 |             1 |         2 |
| ORISSA                   |      438 |           261 |       651 |
| PONDICHERRY              |       31 |            17 |        57 |
| PUNJAB                   |      636 |           221 |       553 |
| RAJASTHAN                |     1512 |          2231 |      1140 |
| SIKKIM                   |       83 |             1 |         4 |
| TAMILNADU                |      774 |           697 |      3288 |
| TELANGANA                |       26 |            27 |        85 |
| TRIPURA                  |       76 |            11 |        15 |
| UTTAR PRADESH            |     8071 |          1339 |      2727 |
| UTTARAKHAND              |     1872 |           339 |       434 |
| WEST BENGAL              |      960 |           992 |      1549 |
| Total                    |    34991 |         12747 |     32280 |

## ANNEXURE-II

## ANNEXURE  AS  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (e)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1184 FOR REPLY ON 23.11.2014

## THE LIST OF EDITOR CARDS ISSUED BY PRESS INFORMATION BUREAU (PIB) TO PRINT MEDIA IN THE YEAR 2016:

|   S.No | Name                     | Organisation Name         |
|--------|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|      1 | ABHILASH KHANDEKAR       | Dainik Bhaskar            |
|      2 | AJAY KUMAR               | BPN Times                 |
|      3 | AMIT BARUAH              | The Hindu                 |
|      4 | AMIT GOEL                | Pioneer                   |
|      5 | ANIL NARENDRA            | Veer Arjun                |
|      6 | ANKIT SRIVASTAVA         | NAI DILLI TIMES           |
|      7 | ANSHUMAN TIWARI          | India Today               |
|      8 | ANUPAM MISHRA            | OUR LEADER                |
|      9 | ARINDAM SEN GUPTA        | The Times of India        |
|     10 | AROON PURIE              | India Today               |
|     11 | ASHOK KUMAR BHATTACHARYA | Business Standard Limited |
|     12 | ASHUTOSH CHATURVEDI      | Amar Ujala                |
|     13 | BALDEV BHAI SHARMA       | National Duniya           |
|     14 | BALKISHAN GOYAL          | siyasat nama              |
|     15 | BALWAN SINGH BABIYAN     | STAR SAVERA               |
|     16 | BHARAT AGRAWAL           | Dainik Bhaskar            |
|     17 | BISHWAMBHAR MISHRA       | NEWS STREET               |
|     18 | CHANDRA PRAKASH SHIVHARE | Hindustan Express         |
|     19 | DES RAJ MUZTAR           | Hamara Maqsad             |
|     20 | DIWAKAR                  | The Times of India        |
|     21 | DR. HIMANSHU DWIVEDI     | HARI BHOOMI               |
|     22 | DR.RAMLAKHAN GUPTA       | Halat-e-watan             |
|     23 | DURBAR GANGULY           | Millennium Post           |

|   24 | GURINDER SINGH           | Indian Observer                      |
|------|--------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|   25 | HARDEEP BISHT            | Nai Rashtriya Dhara                  |
|   26 | HISAMUL ISLAM SIDDIQUI   | JADEED MARKAZ                        |
|   27 | HITESH SHANKAR           | Panchjanya Weekly                    |
|   28 | IMTEYAZ UDDIN            | Siyasi Ufuque                        |
|   29 | JAISHANKAR GUPTA         | Deshbandhu                           |
|   30 | KAVEREE BAMZAI           | India Today                          |
|   31 | KRISHNA PRASAD           | Outlook                              |
|   32 | LAEQA ASIF               | These Days                           |
|   33 | LALITA PANICKER          | Hindustan Times                      |
|   34 | LUBNA ASIF               | Indinon                              |
|   35 | MASLAMQURESHI            | The Times Newsday                    |
|   36 | MWHAQUE                  | Akhbar - E - Mashriq                 |
|   37 | MANINI CHATTERJEE        | The Telegraph                        |
|   38 | MANISH SARAF             | TIMES DAY                            |
|   39 | MUKESH VATS              | Public Asia                          |
|   40 | MUKUND PADMANABHAN       | The Hindu Business Line              |
|   41 | NIKHILKUMAR              | Time Magazine                        |
|   42 | NP NAWANI                | New India Herald                     |
|   43 | P. N. KHERA              | Asia Defence News International ADNI |
|   44 | PANKAJ VOHRA             | The Sunday Guardian                  |
|   45 | PRABHU CHAWLA            | New Indian Express                   |
|   46 | PRATAP SOMVANSHI         | Hindustan                            |
|   47 | PROSENJIT DATTA          | India Today                          |
|   48 | PUNIT JAIN               | Nav Bharat Times                     |
|   49 | RAJ CHENGAPPA            | India Today                          |
|   50 | RAJ SINGH BHATI          | Mahamedha                            |
|   51 | RAJEEV JAIN              | The Page                             |
|   52 | RAJEEV RANJAN SRIVASTAVA | Deshbandhu                           |
|   53 | RAJENDRA SHARMA          | Lok Lahar                            |
|   54 | RAJESH KUMARJAIN         | New India Herald                     |
|   55 | RAJSHREE                 | Views on News                        |
|   56 | RAMPALSINGH RAGHUVANSHI  | CHETNA MANCH                         |
|   57 | RAVISHANKAR              | New Indian Express                   |

|   58 | ROOP CHAUDHARY           | pratham pravakth                      |
|------|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|   59 | S A QASIM                | Qaumi Samachar                        |
|   60 | S MASIF                  | Jadeed indinon                        |
|   61 | SANJAY GUPTA             | Dainik Jagran                         |
|   62 | SANJOY NARAYAN           | Hindustan Times                       |
|   63 | SHASHI SHEKHAR           | Hindustan                             |
|   64 | SHEELA BHATT             | Indian Express                        |
|   65 | SUHAIB A.ILYASI          | BUREAUCRACY TODAY                     |
|   66 | SUMIT CHAKRAVARTTY       | MainStream                            |
|   67 | SUNIL JAIN               | The Financial Express                 |
|   68 | SUNITA NARAIN            | Down to Earth                         |
|   69 | SURESH THAKUR            | Aapka Faisla                          |
|   70 | SURESH THAKUR            | Aapka Faisla                          |
|   71 | SYED FAISAL ALI          | Roznama Rashtriya Sahara/Aalami Samay |
|   72 | UDAIKUMAR                | Amar Ujala                            |
|   73 | VIJAY SHANKER CHATURVEDI | Rashtra Times                         |
|   74 | VINEETA PANDEY           | Pioneer                               |
|   75 | VINOD AGNIHOTRI          | Amar Ujala Compact                    |
|   76 | VINOD KUMAR SHARMA       | Hindustan Times                       |