Lok Sabha Question No. 1601 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-04
Subject: Publication of Newspapers
Ministry: INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING
Asked by: HARISH DWIVEDI, GOPALAKRISHNAN CHINNARAJ

## GOWRNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY  OF INFORMATON AND BROADCASTING

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO. 1601 TO BE ANSWERED ON 4,3.2016

## PUBLICATION OF NEWSPAPERS

## 1601. SHRI HARISH CHANDRA,4Z11S  HARISH DWIVEDI:

## DR. C. GOPALAKRISHNAN:

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

- (a) the total number of newspapers registered  with the Registrar of Newspapers  for India (RNI) in the country  at presint name,  language, medium and StateAJT-wise;
- (b) the number oftitles had been granted  and rejected and grounds for their rejection during the last three years, StateAJT-wise;  and
- (c)thedetailsofstepstakentoincreaseadvertisementtariffs,simplifythenormsof eligibility  for advertisement,  protect  newspapers  of language  and regional languages and supply  newsprint  at concessional  rates?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF STATE IN  THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION  & nnOlOC,q.srrNG  {COL  RAJYAVARDHAN  RATHORE  (Retd')}

- (a)officeofRegistrarotNewspapersforlndiaismandatedtoverifyandregisteratitleof newspaper/periodicat  as per the prJvisions-of  Press. and Registration ofBooks Act' 1867' As on 31.03.2015,  1,05,443  ;-u'bltution,  t uning different  periodicities\_  were.  registered  with RNI in the country.  The StatiUT  -  wise and language  -wiie  list of publications  is placed at Annexure-I.

The name- wise details of these  publications  are available at RNI official  website www.rni.nic.in  under heading caption  Reeistered  Titles. blications  of the State/Laneuaee/State & lansuage/Place  of  publicattons

- (b)Thenumberoftitlesgrantedandrejected(State.wise)byRNlduringlastthleeyears ii...  zOrf,  2074  and2015)  is placed at Arurexure-ll'

The availability  of a proposed title is verified or rejected by RNI in terms  of p.roviso  to Section 6 of the Press and RJgistration of Books Act' 1867 wherein  it is stated that the n *rpup". proposed to be publilhed  does not bear a title which is the same as' or similar  to' that of any other newspaper published either in the same language or in the same State'

(c) The Directorate  of Advertising  and Visual Publicity (DAVP) had increased  the aivertisement  tariff by Nineteen perc-ent (19%) on 15.10.2013  with the concurrence  of Ministry  of Finance,  Department of Expenditure'

TheNewAdvertisementPolicy(w.e.f.2ndoctober,2007)hassimplified.thenormsfor empanelment of newspapers in u*iout languages  and has prescribed  a ceiling  1U/o for illtrh,  isy" eu"hfor  Hindi ana tor Region;Voiher  languages'  in Rupee terms' for display advertisements.

TheofficeofRNlissueseligibilitycertificateonlyfortheimportofn€wsprint,onActual User Condition  to tfre registereJp?lications  under ITC (HS) Code 480100-01  and 48O100 09 based on Newsprint tmport Policy of Ministry  of Commerce and Industry and as per notification  No. 24 (RE-96y;t-;i  dated 5th Much,  199'7 of Ministry of commerce  and ffirtry *t.r"in  it l, ,tut.a'tt ut rmpo,t st,att ue  germ]tte!  without  an import licence subject to Actual  User  Condition  to t5o.. *'t o holds  Registration  Certificate  issued  by RNI' Ministry of Information  urra grouA";ting,  o; t"t.ittl;'"  of necessary  documentary  evidence duly authenticated  by RNI, to the sati*siaction  ofthe  customs  autho;ity o ft: 'iT:-d tJeatance of soods.  Foreign  Trade Policy  for 2015'2020  has been announced  in April'  2015 and-no change il;;r"-;;; in noti.y condition  in respect of Import\_of  Newsprint.  Hence,  RNI continues to issue eligibility  certificate  In tft" U}ir'J".istini  policy condition'  As such RM  does not supply newsprint at concessional  rate'

## ANNEXURE-I

## ANNEXI]RE  AS REFERRED  TO IN REPLY TO PART  (A)  OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  OUESTION NO. 160T FOR Rf,PLY ON 4.3.2016 ON PUBLICATION OF NEWSPAPERS

## THE LIST OF STATEru.T'S.WISE  & PERIODICITY-WISE  DETAILS  OF THEREGISTERED  PUBLICATIONS  WITH RNI AS ON 31,03.2015  (SOURCE PRESS IN tr'{DIA 2014-15)

| Strte/UT's                | Daily   | Bi/Tri- Weekly   | Weekly     | Fortnightly   | Monthly   | Qu!rterly   | Annual   | Others   | Total   |
|---------------------------|---------|------------------|------------|---------------|-----------|-------------|----------|----------|---------|
| ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS | 11      | 0                |            |               | l6        |             | 0        |          | 86      |
| ANDHRA PRADESH            | 1598    |                  | | 133 | 169           | 2371      | lE0         | t        | t4l      | 6215    |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH         | 9       | I                | ll         | 0             | 2         | 2           | 0        | 0        |         |
| ASSAM                     | 127     | 20               | 239        | EI            | 154       | 32          |          | 25       | 682     |
| BIHAR                     | 499     |                  | 6t8        | 114           | 326       |             | J        | 43       | I E58   |
| CHANDIGARH                | 70      | 2                | 138        | 39            | 20r       | 5l          | 7        | 37       | 545     |
| CHATTISGARH               | 264     |                  | 538        | 91            | 310       | 79          | 4        | 2A       | r3a2    |
| DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI      | l4      | 0                | 7          | 9             | 2         | 0           | 0        | 0        |         |
| DAMAN & DIU               | l4      | 0                |            |               | 0         | 0           | 0        | 0        | IE      |
| DELHT                     | 1040    | 59               | 2367       | 1507          | 509       | It90        | r35      | 780      | 12171   |
| GOA                       | 24      | 0                | 24         | t1            | 49        | t2          | I        |          | 133     |
| CUJARAT                   |         | t7               | 2303       |               | l44t      | 132         |          | l3l      | 5262    |
| HARYANA                   | 2t0     | t0               | 578        | 2E6           | 449       | 9l          | E        | 5E       | 1690    |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH          | 34      | 0                | I t5       | 35            | 16        | 34          | 5        | l2       | 3ll     |
| JAMMU & KASHMIR           | J07     |                  | 414        | E2            | 89        | 2l          | .,       |          | r003    |
| JHARKHAND                 | E       | 0                | 96         | 5l            | 125       | 3E          |          | 1        | 436     |
| KARNATAKA                 | 941     | 17               | l159       | 1020          | 2403      | 221         | I        | 150      |         |
| KERALA                    | 357     | l0               | 242        | 253           | I E03     | 217         | 44       | 119      | 3145    |
| eP                        | 0       | 0                |            |               |           | I           | 0        | 0        | 1       |
| MADHYA PRADESH            | lt5t    | E                | 3?t9       | 441           | 3056      | 285         | 16       | 113      | 8932    |
| -t;xsueowe MAHARASHTRA    | 1493    | 53               | 6434       | l09E          | 3612      | EIE         | 306      | 580      | 14394   |
| IT'ANIPUR                 | 68      |                  | 20         | t2            | 4E        | 9           |          | l3       | l7t     |
| MEGHALAYA                 | la      | 4                |            | 1             | 20        | 6           |          |          | 94      |
| MIZORAM                   |         | I5               | 40         | 8             | 49        |             | 0        | 1        | 178     |
| N AGALAND                 | 7       | U                | l0         |               | 2         | 2           | 0        | 0        |         |
| ORISSA                    |         | {                | 138        | 261           | 651       | 226         | 26       | 78       | 1909    |
| PONDlCHERRY               | l5      | I                | JI         | t1            |           |             |          | E        | 152     |
| PUNJAB                    | 261     | t4               |            | 221           |           |             | t7       | 56       | 1&30    |
| RAJASTHAN                 | 794     |                  | l512       | 2231          | 40        | 2t6         | 2l       | 109      | 6045    |
| SIKKIM                    | 1E      | 1                | E3         |               | 4         |             | 0        | J        | 4       |
| TAIIIIL NADU              | 519     | 57               |            | 691           | 32EE      | 262         | 45       | r78      | 5E20    |
| TELANGANA                 |         | 0                | 26         | 21            | 85        | 4           | 0        |          | 203     |
| TRIPURA                   | 35      | 2                |            | ll            | l5        | 5           | 0        |          | 146     |
| PRADESH                   | 2936    |                  | 8071       | r339          |           | 66E         | 45       | 320      | t6t30   |
| -ulrAR UTTAR{KHAND        | 36J     | 1                | tan        | 339           | 434       | 94          |          | 59       | 3119    |
| WEST BENGAL               | 241     |                  | 960        | 992           | 1549      | t9E         |          | 430      | S IEE   |
|                           |         |                  | 3{991      | 12741         |           |             |          | 3649     |         |
| Tot!l                     | 145?3   | 4lr              |            |               | 322E0     | 5994        | 19E      |          | t05443  |

| LANGUAGE           | DATLY    | BI/TRt. WEI;KLY   | WEEKLY      | FORTNIGHTLY   | MONTHLY   | QUARTERLY   | IANNUAL   | OTHERS   | TOTAL   |
|--------------------|----------|-------------------|-------------|---------------|-----------|-------------|-----------|----------|---------|
| ASSAMf,Sf,         | 52       | 1                 | lt6         |               | 91        | t6          |           | t4       | 340     |
| BENGALI            | r84      | t9                | 823         | 831           | 1035      | 63E         |           | 288      | 3855    |
| BODO               |          | 0                 | 0           | 0             | 1         | I           | 0         | 0        | 5       |
| Dffii              |          | 0                 | 0           | t             | 0         | 0           | 0         | 0        | 7       |
| ENGLISH            | 1209     |                   | 1946        | t206          | 5308      | 1973        | t26       | l63l     | 13661   |
| GUJARATI           | s39      | l9                | 2189        | 548           | 1324      | r05         | 17        | 95       | 4836    |
| HINDI              | 6291     | l3l               | t8,t64      |               | 9930      | 1455        |           | 5t4      | 42493   |
| NANNADA            | 755      | 6                 | 88t         | E56           | 1850      |             | 4         | 62       | 4513    |
| KASHMIRI           | I        | 0                 | 2           |               | 0         | I           | 0         | 0        | 5       |
| KONKANI            |          | 0                 | 5           | J             | l4        |             | 0         | 0        |         |
| MAITHILI           | 4        | 0                 | 0           |               |           |             | 0         |          | l5      |
| MALAYALA ll        | 344      |                   | 243         | 214           | 1453      | r09         | 23        | 82       | 2411    |
| MANIPURI           |          | 0                 | l2          |               | l3        |             | 0         | 6        |         |
| MARATHI            | 1037     |                   | 42E0        | 55r           | l3E7      | 216         | 170       |          | ?Elt    |
| NEPALI             | l6       | I                 | 90          | 1             | 2E        | t8          | 0         | E        | l6t     |
| ORIYA              | l1l      |                   | J75         |               | 50r       | 147         | E         | 44       | 1466    |
| OTHERS             | 90       |                   | -f-rl_____i |               | 239       | 1E          | I         |          | s92     |
| ruN.legt           | 166      | t6                | 452         | -T            | 3eo       |             |           |          | 123t    |
|                    | | 3 | 0                 |             |               |           |             | 0         | 0        | l2      |
| -sANTnALl SANSKRIT | 1t       | 0                 | l3          | IU            |           | 2n          | 0         | 6        | 95      |
| SINDHI             | l4       | 0                 | 44          | I             | 4l        | ll          | 0         | 3        | r24     |
| TAMIL              | 461      | 46                | 545         | 519           | rt?<      | 69          | l3        | 57       | 4091    |
| TELUGU             | 1193     | 5                 | 608         | 574           | t191      | 54          |           | 1t       | 43t r   |
| URDU               | l63s     | I 16              | lTyd        |               | 129       | 108         |           | 29       | 4170    |
| BILINGUAL          | 316      | t1                | r139        | t3l           | 3200      | lvz         | 90        | 391      | 7282    |
| MULTILING TJAL     |          | 6                 | 264         | 122           | 534       | l3l         |           | 67       | r tt6   |
| Tottl              | 14573    | 4ll               | 3,t99r      | lz'/47        |           | 6i4         | 194       | 3649     | r05443  |

## AI{NEX[]RE-II

## ANNEXURE AS REFERRED  rO rN REPLY.T9-P-4BTJb)  OF THE:L:O:ES4P:E{u\I l'r.zoro ox  pulr'rclrrox  or NEWSPAPERS

## TIIE |IUMBER OF TITLES GRANTED & REJECTED IN THE YEAR 2Ol32Ol4  &2015

|    | Andaman & Nicobar    | 9    | t0   | t2   | 6    | ll    |           |
|----|----------------------|------|------|------|------|-------|-----------|
| 2  | Aldhra Pradesb       | 476  | 3m   | at<  | JJ'  | 541   | zo)       |
| 3  | Arun.chal Pradesh    | 2    |      | I    | 0    | 8     | 0         |
| 4  | Assam                | 25   | ll   | 14   | t7   | 67    |           |
| 5  | Bihar                | 7l   | )6   | t23  | 4l   | l3E   | 44        |
| 6  | Chandig8rh           | 2l   | ll   | 47   | 2l   | 3l    | 9         |
| 7  | Chattisgarh          | 166  | 205  | 303  |      | 230   | 128       |
| 8  | Dadar & Nagar Havgli | l0   |      | I    |      | I     | I         |
| 9  | Damer & Diu          | 5    | I    |      | 7    |       | 0         |
| r0 | Delhi                | 445  | 387  | 66   | 291  | 703   | 270       |
| ll | Goa                  | 5    | 8    | 20   |      | 28    | ll        |
| t2 | Cujarat              | 500  | 215  | 665  | 216  | 6U    | 26        |
| t3 | H.ryam               | 91   |      | 236  | 128  | 360   | ll8       |
| t4 | Hinachal Pradesh     |      | 20   | 6l   | t7   |       |           |
| IJ | Jammu & Kashmir      | 74   | 68   | 99   | 34   | 86    | 39        |
| l6 | Jhlrk,|and      | 6l   | 50   | 94   | 55   | lll   |           |
| t7 | Ksmdaka              | 432  | 537  | l0l0 | 482  | l0l8  | 4t2       |
| IE | Kerala               |      | 96   | 211  | 78   | 262   | 65        |
| 19 | Lal(shadl{eep        | 0    | 0    | 0    | 0    | 0     | 0         |
| 20 | Madhya Pradesh       | 681  | 9U   | 1224 | 683  | r 498 | 683       |
| 2l | Maharashta           | I154 | 1859 | 2262 | 1706 | 2735  | 1694      |
| 22 | Mmipur               | 7    | 2    | l0   |      | 2     | 0         |
|    | Meghalaya            | 3    | 0    |      | 0    | 3     |           |
| 24 | Mi2omm               | 0    | 7    | 43   | 8    | ll    |           |
| 25 | Nagatand             | 0    | 0    | 2    | 0    |       | 0         |
| 26 | Odisha               | 108  | 93   | 236  | 98   | 286   | 80        |
| 27 | Puducllerry          | 9    | 9    | t1   | 8    |       | t4        |
| 28 | Punjab               | 72   | 79   | 149  | g    | 152   | 98        |
| 29 | Rajasthan            | J49  | 338  |      |      | 440   | 2t4       |
| 30 | Sikkim               | 5    | 0    | 10   | 0    | 2     | 0         |
| 3l | Tamil Nadu           | 36   | 354  | 819  | 368  | 851   | 303       |
|    | Telangana            | 8    | 0    | 277  | 108  | 407   | 207       |
|    | Tripura              | 3    | 4    | It   | 2    | l8    |           |
| 34 | Uttar Prad€sh        | l0l0 | 945  | 1505 | u2   | t634  | | 97 |
| 35 | Uttorakhand          | L&   | l8r  | 3ll  | r87  | J)J   | 193       |
| 36 | W€st Bengal          | r24  | 185  | 341  | t28  | 307   | ll?       |