Lok Sabha Question No. 2727 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-19
Subject: Publishing of Advertisements in Newspapers
Ministry: INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING
Asked by: Haji Fazlur Rehman

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2727

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.12.2023)

## 'PUBLISHING OF ADVERTISEMENTS IN NEWSPAPERS'

## 2727. SHRI HAJI FAZLUR REHMAN:

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

- (a)     the number of newspapers published in the country during each of the last four years and the current year, State-wise including Uttar Pradesh;
- (b)    the  details  of  amount  provided  to  the  said  newspapers  for  advertisements  by  various Government Departments during the said period;
- (c)    the  details  of  criteria  fixed  for  the  selection  of  advertisements  to  be  published  in  the newspapers; and
- (d)    the details of the steps taken by the Government to smoothen the process in this regard?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING; AND MINISTER OF YOUTH

## AFFAIRS AND SPORTS {SHRI ANURAG SINGH THAKUR}

(a):  As per the records maintained by the Registrar of Newspapers for India, the State-wise details of registered periodicals, including newspapers, from 2018-19 to 2022-23 is as per Annexure.

(b):  The details of expenditure incurred by Central Bureau of Communication (CBC), under the  Ministry  of  Information  and  Broadcasting,  on  awareness/publicity  campaigns  about schemes and programmes of Government of India through Print Media from 2019-20 to 2023-24 (till 12.12.2023) is Rs. 967.46 Crore.

(c) and (d): CBC releases awareness/publicity campaigns through print media in accordance with Print Media Advertisement Policy, 2020.

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## Annexure

Annexure as mentioned in the reply to part (a) of the Lok Sabha Question no.2727 regarding 'Publishing of Advertisements in Newspapers' for reply on 19.12.2023

## The number of periodicals, including newspapers, registered with Registrar of Newspapers for India (RNI) from 2018-19 to 2022-23, State-wise

|   S. No. | States/UTs               | As on 31.03.2019   |   As on 31.03.2020 |   As on 31.03.2021 |   As on 31.03.2022 |   As on 31.03.2023* |
|----------|--------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
|        1 | Andaman& Nicobar Islands | 105                |                112 |                112 |                112 |                 112 |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh           | 7042               |               5770 |               5798 |               5837 |                5930 |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh        | 32                 |                 32 |                 32 |                 32 |                  33 |
|        4 | Assam                    | 748                |                876 |                884 |                886 |                 895 |
|        5 | Bihar                    | 1994               |               2177 |               2183 |               2191 |                2206 |
|        6 | Chandigarh               | 582                |                645 |                646 |                646 |                 650 |
|        7 | Chhasttisgarh            | 1604               |               1714 |               1754 |               1816 |                1883 |
|        8 | D &NHaveli & Daman &Diu  | 53                 |                 54 |                 55 |                 55 |                  57 |
|        9 | Delhi                    | 12912              |              16297 |              16351 |              16398 |               16445 |
|       10 | Goa                      | 155                |                183 |                184 |                186 |                 187 |
|       11 | Gujarat                  | 6240               |               7243 |               7340 |               7466 |                7608 |
|       12 | Haryana                  | 1924               |               2529 |               2558 |               2576 |                2618 |
|       13 | Himachal Pradesh         | 355                |                441 |                442 |                446 |                 448 |
|       14 | Jammu& Kashmir           | 1105               |               1209 |               1215 |               1223 |                1251 |
|       15 | Jharkhand                | 513                |                610 |                613 |                615 |                 639 |
|       16 | Karnataka                | 6963               |               7749 |               7862 |               8024 |                8296 |
|       17 | Kerala                   | 3362               |               4550 |               4556 |               4565 |                4577 |
|       18 | Ladakh                   | -                  |                  7 |                  7 |                  7 |                   7 |
|       19 | Lakshadweep              | 7                  |                  7 |                  7 |                  7 |                   7 |
|       20 | Madhya Pradesh           | 11666              |              12885 |              13106 |              13492 |               13955 |
|       21 | Maharashtra              | 16519              |              19631 |              19796 |              20098 |               20488 |
|       22 | Manipur                  | 183                |                254 |                254 |                255 |                 256 |
|       23 | Meghalaya                | 101                |                119 |                119 |                119 |                 119 |
|       24 | Mizoram                  | 186                |                206 |                206 |                206 |                 206 |
|       25 | Nagaland                 | 26                 |                 29 |                 29 |                 29 |                  30 |
|       26 | Odisha                   | 2159               |               2626 |               2648 |               2663 |                2704 |

| 27   | Puducherry    |    176 |    211 |    211 |    212 |    213 |
|------|---------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| 28   | Punjab        |   1999 |   3107 |   3120 |   3136 |   3152 |
| 29   | Rajasthan     |   6581 |   7679 |   7710 |   7744 |   7800 |
| 30   | Sikkim        |    118 |    120 |    120 |    120 |    120 |
| 31   | Tamil Nadu    |   6556 |   8704 |   8752 |   8801 |   8927 |
| 32   | Telangana     |    775 |   3376 |   3397 |   3426 |   3489 |
| 33   | Tripura       |    162 |    169 |    170 |    171 |    175 |
| 34   | Uttar Pradesh |  18140 |  21022 |  21166 |  21336 |  21660 |
| 35   | Uttarakhand   |   3531 |   3578 |   3607 |   3626 |   3652 |
| 36   | West Bengal   |   5421 |   7502 |   7510 |   7523 |   7568 |
|      | Total         | 119995 | 143423 | 144520 | 146045 | 148363 |

*figures of 2022-23 are tentative as the Press In India 2022-23 is currently under compilation.