Thursday, June 12, 2014

Press In India overview 2012-13



** The total number of registered publications, as on 31st March, 2013: 94,067
** Newspaper category;12,511
** Periodicals category;81,556
** The number of new publications registered during 2012-13: 7,337
** The number of ceased publications during 2012-13:24
** Percentage of growth of total registered publications over the previous year: 8.43%
** The largest number of publications registered in any Indian language (Hindi): 37,891
** The second largest number of newspapers & periodicals registered in any language (English): 12,634
** The state with the largest number of registered publications (Uttar Pradesh): 14,336
** The state with the second largest number of registered publications (Maharashtra): 12,466
** The number of publications that submitted Annual Statements( the figure includes 460 misc.    publications): 19,007
** The total circulation of publications during 2012-13 : 40,50,37,930
** Hindi publications:2,21,64,175
** English publications:5,63,85,998
** Urdu publicationd:3,00,59,618
** The largest number of publications that submitted Annual Statements in any Indian language (Hindi): 10,210
** The second largest number of publications that submitted Annual Statements in any language (English) : 1,754
** The largest circulated Daily: Ananda Bazar Patrika,Bengali,Kolkata : 12,44,048
** The second largest circulated Daily: The Times of India,English,Delhi : 11,19,088
** The largest circulated Hindi Daily: Punjab Kesari,jalandhar : 6,50,705
** The largest circulated multi-edition Daily: The Times of India, English (21 editions):46,40,374
** The second largest circulated multi-edition Daily: Dainik Jagran, Hindi (18 editions):31,50,478
** The largest circulated periodical: The Hindu Weekly,English, Chennai : 13,15,612
** The largest circulated periodical in Hindi: Rishi Parsad,Ahemdabad: 12,13,094
** The total number of application received: 21,897

** Titles approved:13,556 ** Titles deblocked:6.205