THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION & BROADCASTING (SHRI C.M. JATUA)
(a) : The Registrar of Newspapers for India (RNI) registers all publications as newspapers
under the Press & Registration of Books [PRB] Act, 1867. Journal or magazine is not defined
in the PRB Act. The number of newspapers registered by RNI during the last three years and
the current year are given in Annexure.
(b): The amount for advertisements provided to the journals empanelled with the Directorate
of Advertising and Visual Publicity(DAVP), as per their criteria, during the last three years
and the current year is as under :
Year 2006 Rs.19,42,49,834
Year 2007 Rs.23,48,09,775
Year 2008 Rs.28,31,85,322
Year 2009 Rs.21,63,54,341
(c) : No such complaints have been received in the recent past.
(d) : Does not arise. All advertising activities of DAVP are governed by the Advertisement
Policy, available at DAVP’s official website @ www.davp.nic.in. Advertisements are released
to newspapers/periodicals keeping in view the publicity requirements, target audience,
budgetary provisions and preferences indicated by the client departments.
(e) : Government has already made provisions for allocating display budget in the ratio
50%, 35% and 15% for big, medium and small category newspapers respectively and also 30%,
35% and 35% for English, Hindi and regional/other language newspapers respectively.
ANNEXURE
ANNEXURE AS REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 684 FOR
24.11.2009.
State-wise break-up of registered newspapers during last 3 years and the current
year
( upto 15.11.2009)
Sl.No. Name of State No. of No. of No. of No. of newspapers newspapers newspapers newspapers registered registered registered registered during 2006-07 during 2007-08 during 2008-09 during 2009- 2010 (upto 15.11.2009)
01. Andaman & Nicobar Islands 3 5 2 4
02. Andhra Pradesh 198 264 302 230
03. Arunachal Pradesh Nil Nil 2 1
04. Assam 13 23 23 15
05. Bihar 13 15 22 18
06. Chandigarh 8 12 19 13
07. Chhatisgarh 37 68 67 48
08. Daman & Diu Nil 1 1 1
09. Delhi 409 538 487 235
10. Dadra & Nagar Haveli Nil 2 4 2
11. Goa 5 2 5 2
12. Gujarat 176 195 136 137
13. Haryana 28 52 41 52
14. Himachal Pradesh 1 8 15 5
15. Jharkhand 9 16 21 8
16. Jammu & Kashmir 25 37 37 41
17. Karnataka 89 288 196 113
18. Kerala 78 152 97 79
19. Lakshadweep Nil Nil Nil Nil
20. Maharashtra 426 694 578 304
21. Manipur 1 1 1 4
22. Meghalaya 1 1 1 2
23. Mizoram 3 1 Nil 8
24. Madhya Pradesh 165 289 302 161
25. Nagaland 1 Nil Nil 1
26. Orissa 70 121 71 55
27. Pondicherry 6 6 10 2
28. Punjab 25 41 39 37
29. Rajasthan 114 218 190 141
30. Sikkim 7 35 10 2
31. Tamil Nadu 161 266 198 154
32. Tripura 3 3 3 2
33. Uttar Pradesh 250 662 748 476
34. Uttaranchal 112 140 126 138
35. West Bengal 84 159 111 80 TOTAL 2521 4315 3865 2571
