Lok Sabha Question No. 1323 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-28
Subject: Publications Registration with RNI
Ministry: INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING
Asked by: Shobha Karandlaje

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1323 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.06.2019

## PUBLICATIONS REGISTRATION WITH RNI

## 1323. KUMARI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE:

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

- (a) the total number of Monthly and Weekly Magazines being published in different  languages  on  various  subjects  and  those which  are  registered with Office of Registrar of Newspapers for India (RNI), State-wise;
- (b) the number of such magazines which are having a circulation exceeding one lakh copies; and
- (c) the details of their publishers and institutions, State-wise?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE; AND MINISTER OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING {SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR}

(a) :  Registrar  of  Newspapers  for  India  (RNI),  maintains  a record  of  newspapers/publications  registered  with  them  under Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867. State-wise details of published  publications  as  per  the  annual  statement  filed  for 2017-18, totaling 6,138 monthly  and  10,834  weekly  are  at Annexure.

(b) and (c)   : As per Annual Statements filed by publishers for the  year  2017-18,  25  monthly  and  76  weekly  publications  have circulation more than one lakh copies; details of publications and their owners are available on the website of RNI i.e. www.rni.nic.in.

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ANNEXURE  AS  REFERRED  TO  IN  PART  (A)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  Q.NO.1323 TO BE ANSWERED  ON  28.06.2019 RAISED BY KUMARI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE REGARDING 'PUBLICATIONS REGISTRATION WITH RNI'

## STATE-WISE DETAILS OF WEEKLY AND MONTHLY PUBLICATIONS PUBLISHED IN 2017-18

| State                     |   Monthly |   Weekly |
|---------------------------|-----------|----------|
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands |         1 |        6 |
| Andhra Pradesh            |       532 |      169 |
| Arunachal Pradesh         |         1 |        0 |
| Assam                     |        15 |       31 |
| Bihar                     |        31 |       33 |
| Chandigarh                |        12 |       25 |
| Chhattisgarh              |       157 |      135 |
| Daman & Diu               |         0 |        1 |
| Delhi                     |       637 |      542 |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli      |         2 |        6 |
| Goa                       |         4 |        5 |
| Gujarat                   |       194 |     1102 |
| Haryana                   |        66 |       89 |
| Himachal Pradesh          |         9 |       55 |
| Jharkhand                 |        26 |       27 |
| Jammu & Kashmir           |        14 |      123 |
| Karnataka                 |       236 |      149 |
| Kerala                    |       166 |       47 |
| Maharashtra               |       441 |     1895 |
| Manipur                   |         0 |        0 |
| Meghalaya                 |         1 |        1 |
| Mizoram                   |         4 |        2 |
| Madhya Pradesh            |      1823 |     1461 |
| Nagaland                  |         0 |        0 |
| Odisha                    |        98 |      160 |
| Puducherry                |        14 |        5 |
| Punjab                    |        52 |       73 |
| Rajasthan                 |       165 |      380 |
| Sikkim                    |         0 |       12 |
| Telangana                 |       225 |      119 |
| Tamil Nadu                |       311 |      123 |
| Tripura                   |         1 |       27 |
| Uttar Pradesh             |       595 |     2623 |
| Uttarakhand               |       155 |     1287 |
| West Bengal               |       150 |      121 |
| Total                     |      6138 |    10834 |