On the occasion of Government of India calender release, Mr. Venkaiah Naidu, Ministers of Information and Broadcasting said that they are committed to bring about transformational changes in the country with the mantra of ‘Reform, Perform & Transform’. The vision has been depicted in the Government of India Calendar 2017 with the theme “Mera Desh Badal Raha Hai, Aage Badh Raha Hai”. He mentioned this while delivering his address at the release of the Government of India Calendar 2017.The Minister of Information and Broad casting gave a broad analysis of the general trend of the Indian Print Media based on the Annual Report by RNI. He said that the Indian print industry continued its growth story at a steady rate of 5.13% over the previous year. A total of 5,423 new publications had been registered during the year 2015-16 with the total number of Registered Publications as on 31st March, 2016 standing at 1, 10,851. Giving the Circulation-wise details, Shri Naidu said that Hindi publications continued to lead with 31,44,55,106 copies per publishing day followed by English with 6,54,13,443 copies and Urdu with 5,17,75,006 copies per publishing day.
The highlights of the Press in India Report is given below:
1
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The Total Number of Registered Publications
i) Newspaper category (Daily, Tri/Bi-weekly periodicities)
ii) Periodicals category (other periodicities)
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1,10,851
16,136
94,715
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2
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The number of new publications registered during 2015-16
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5,423
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3
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Number of publications ceased during 2015-16
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15
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4
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Number of publications deregistered during 2015-16
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22
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5
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Percentage of growth of total registered publications over the previous year
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5.13 %
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6
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The largest number of publications registered in any Indian language (Hindi)
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44,557
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7
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The second largest number of publications registered in any language other than Hindi (English)
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14,083
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8
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The State with the largest number of registered publications (Uttar Pradesh)
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16,984
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9
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The State with the second largest number of registered publications (Maharashtra)
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15,260
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10
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The number of publications that submitted Annual Statements
(This figure includes 1,341 Misc. publications)
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27,445
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11
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The total claimed circulation of publications during 2015-16
i) Hindi Publications
ii) English Publications
iii) Urdu Publications
iv) Marathi
v) Gujarati
vi) Telugu
vii) Odiya
viii) Malayalam
ix) Tamil
x) Kannada
xi) Punjabi
xii) Assamese
xiii) Kashmiri
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61,02,38,581
31,44,55,106
6,54,13,443
5,17,75,006
3,67,88,737
2,88,28,334
2,76,45,134
2,03,12,592
1,55,57,673
93,39,722
64,85,082
59,31,641
13,90,759
1,37,450
|
12
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The largest number of publications that submitted Annual Statements in any Indian language (Hindi).
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14,316
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13
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The second largest number of publications that submitted Annual Statements in any language (English).
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2,174
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14
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The largest circulated Daily: “Ananda Bazar Patrika”, Bengali, Kolkata.
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11,50,038
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15
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The Second largest circulated Daily: “Hindustan Times” English, Delhi.
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9,92,239
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16
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The largest circulated Hindi Daily: “Punjab Kesari”, Jalandhar
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7,36,399
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17
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The largest circulated Multi-edition Daily: “Dainik Bhaskar”, Hindi. (45 editions)
|
46,14,939
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18
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The second largest circulated Multi-edition Daily: “The Times of India”, English. (33 editions)
|
44,21,374
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19
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The largest circulated Periodical: “The Sunday Times of India”, English/Weekly edition, Delhi.
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8,02,466
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20
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The largest circulated Periodical in Malayalam: “Vanitha”, Malayalam/Fortnightly edition, Kottayam.
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6,94,291
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21
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Total Title Applications Received
Titles Approved
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20,999
12,817
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22
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Titles Deblocked during 2015-16
(As they did not apply for registration within 2 years)
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7,754
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