(a) the number of titles registered with the Registrar of Newspapers of India as daily, weekly, fortnightly, monthly etc. in the country category-wise and State-wise;
(b) whether all these titles are in circulation currently;
(c) if so, whether these titles are kept confidential; and
(d) if so, the details and reasons therefor?
THE MINISTER OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING AND PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS (SHRI P. R. DASMUNSI)
(a) & (b) 62,851 titles have been registered with Registrar of Newspaper for India as on 28.7.2006. A detailed statement is enclosed.Registrar of Newspapers for India does not maintain data regarding state of publication of these titles.
(c) The details of titles registered with the Registrar of Newspapers for India are available on its website www.rni.nic.in
(d) Does not arise.
The Titles Registered with the Registrar of Newspapers for Indian as on 28th July, 2006.
(States/U.Ts. and Periodicity wise) State Daily Tri/Bi- Weekly Fort- Monthly Quarterly Bi-Monthly Annual Total Weekly nightly Half Yearly
A and N Islands 5 0 20 16 13 2 2 0 58 Andhra Pradesh 489 8 717 467 1164 134 123 45 3147 Arunachal 4 1 4 0 2 2 0 0 13 Pradesh Assam 57 11 191 69 111 27 25 12 503 Bihar 378 33 655 161 247 69 39 3 1585 Chandigarh 46 1 86 33 170 43 29 5 413 Chhatisgarh 109 1 218 29 58 16 11 7 449 Dadra & Nagar 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 Haveli Daman & Diu 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 5 Delhi 467 54 1545 1165 3635 949 676 138 8629 Goa 15 0 17 14 35 10 6 2 99 Gujarat 264 12 1335 288 706 91 135 16 2847 Haryana 154 9 419 225 277 61 33 11 1189 Himachal 14 0 69 29 58 29 9 5 213 Pradesh Jammu and 110 4 252 51 48 11 14 4 494 Kashmir Jharkhand 47 0 64 26 71 15 4 1 228 Karnataka 589 12 671 488 1181 155 128 34 3258 Kerala 242 8 220 214 1125 144 123 35 2111 Lakshadweep 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 5 Madhya Pradesh 554 8 2483 210 780 141 138 32 4346 Maharashtra 824 47 2529 638 1984 573 416 267 7278 Manipur 55 3 17 12 42 9 11 5 154 Meghalaya 5 4 33 7 17 5 4 1 76 Mizoram 44 14 36 7 24 6 5 0 136 Nagaland 5 0 9 1 1 2 0 1 19 Orissa 135 4 234 134 381 165 59 21 1133 Pondicherry 8 1 10 4 31 18 8 1 81 Punjab 145 13 488 176 414 57 59 11 1363 Rajasthan 483 22 1156 1464 569 142 117 32 3985 Sikkim 1 2 27 1 1 2 3 1 38 Tamil Nadu 412 53 528 395 1793 196 207 37 3621 Tripura 24 2 59 9 13 3 1 1 112 Uttranchal 196 7 542 106 145 43 38 15 1092 Uttar Pradesh 1142 24 5423 1054 1648 460 201 74 10026 West Bengal 196 11 800 767 1193 762 361 53 4143 Total 7220 369 20860 8265 17938 4343 2985 871 62851