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CHAPTER – 7 CIRCULATION OF WEEKLIES AND OTHER PERIODICALS

7.1.1. The Indian Press, especially comprising Weeklies, Monthlies and other Periodicals, has shown significant growth in the recent years, which has been reflected elaborately in different statistical tables from 7.1 to 7.10 in this Chapter. The Periodicals other than Dailies and Tri/Bi Weeklies formed an important part of the circulation in Print Media. It highlights and covers diverse topics such as finance, religion and philosophy, medicine, current affairs, fiction, art and science, sports, women power and children in different languages. For the current financial year 2016-17, a total number of 20,495 Annual Statements were received from the publishers online in respect of other Periodicals raising their claimed circulation figure to 21,27,28,237 copies per publishing day (Table 7.2). As a growth rate of 19.26% was recorded in e-filing of Annual Statements by Weeklies and other Periodicals, a decrease of 10.85% was also recorded in their claimed circulation this year compared to the previous year.

7.1.2. Among the Periodicals, Weeklies dominated the scene with a total number of 10,638 publications out of 20,495 publications which filed online Annual Statements for 2016-17 and in circulation also remained top by claiming 11,94,98,723 out of 21,27,28,237 copies per publishing day, followed by Monthlies 5,788 with circulation of 5,13,27,699 copies, Fortnightlies 2,804 with circulation of 2,60,79,617 copies, Quarterlies 446 with circulation of 20,16,051 copies and Annuals 96 with circulation of 14,50,045 copies. The remaining 723 publications were of other periodicities with a claimed circulation of 1,23,56,102 copies per publishing day. (Table 7.2)

LANGUAGE WISE

7.2.1. While going through Annual Statements filed for the year 2016-17, it has been observed that Periodicals were brought out in all principal languages of the country except Bodo. Language wise analysis states that Periodicals have maintained a lead with 11,600 publications followed by English (1,487), Marathi (1424), Gujarati (1,409), Bilingual (1,205), Telugu (939), (643), Bengali (389), (354), Odia (279), Tamil (241) and (197). (Table 7.3)

7.2.2. In circulation also, Hindi Periodicals maintain their lead with a total circulation of 11,20,57,783 copies per publishing day followed by English (2,74,59,953), Gujarati (1,28,96,421), Bilingual (1,07,88,541), Marathi (99,51,128), Telugu (88,35,046), Malayalam (66,09,299) and Urdu (63,38,293). (Table 7.3)

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STATE/UT-WISE

7.3.1. Uttar Pradesh continued to maintain its lead with 3,870 Periodicals; Madhya Pradesh came second with 3,522 followed by Maharashtra 2,248, Uttarakhand 1,773, Delhi 1,760, Gujarat 1,491 and Rajasthan 1,406. (Table 7.4)

7.3.2. Uttar Pradesh remained on top position in terms of circulation also with a claim of 4,43,92,521 copies per publishing day followed by Delhi with 2,70,34,631 copies, Madhya Pradesh 2,44,37,825 copies, Maharashtra 2,11,39,095 copies, Gujarat 1,41,10,724 copies and Uttarakhand 1,39,26,306 copies per publishing day. (Table 7.4)

CONTENTS

7.4.1. The Periodicals have been classified into 20 categories according to their contents as per total number of Annual Statements received for the year 2016-17.

7.4.2. The Periodicals which cover major topics fall under the category of NCA (News and Current Affairs 18,544), followed by UNC (Unclassified 512), SOW (Social Welfare 244), EDU (Education 235), LAC (Literature & Culture 172), MAH (Medicine and Health 160) and AAH (Agriculture and Animal Husbandry 98) etc. (Table 7.5)

7.4.3. Weeklies and Monthlies maintained the leading trend in terms of coverage of matters pertaining to News and Current Affairs with 10,638 and 5,788 publications in numbers respectively. (Table 7.5)

7.4.4. Periodicals were published in all major Indian languages except Bodo and Manipuri covering topics on news and current affairs.

7.4.5. Hindi Periodicals continued to dominate the scene in the category of News and Current Affairs with 11,600 publications followed by English & Marathi with 1,487 & 1,424 publications respectively. They continued to remain on top leaving aside rest of other categories such as topic on social welfare, religion and philosophy, literary and culture, etc. (Table 7.6)

7.4.6. Circulation-wise also the Periodicals covering News and Current Affairs as the main topic remained on top with 18,55,87,724 copies followed by UNC (Unclassified 81,48,587) EDU (Education 37,34,415), LAC (Literature & Culture 22,08,308) and SOW (Social Welfare 21,63,256). (Table 7.7)

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GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS

7.5.1. There were 60 Government Publications, which filed Annual Statements for the year 2016-17, out of which 35 belonged to the Central and 25 to the State Governments (Table 7.8). However, the actual number of publications brought out by the Central as well as State governments and their various Departments are much higher.

7.5.2. Out of the 60 Government Publications, Monthlies dominated the scene having 40 in number followed by Weeklies, Quarterlies, and Fortnightlies and Daily having 5, 4, 3 and 3 publications respectively. Remaining 4 were of other periodicities. (Table 7.8)

7.5.3. Language-wise, the largest number of government publications were brought out in English (20) followed by Hindi (11), Bilingual (7), Malayalam (5), Urdu (3) and Telugu (3). (Table 7.9)

CENTRAL GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS

7.6.1. Out of 35 Central Government Publications; 18 were in English, 07 in Hindi, 04 in Malayalam, 2 in Urdu and 1 each in Odia, Tamil, Telugu and Punjabi. (Table 7.9)

7.6.2. Out of 35 Central Government Publications; 23 were published from Delhi followed by 5 from , 2 from Maharashtra and 1 each from Assam, Telangana, Karnataka, West Bengal and Uttarakhand. (Table 7.10)

STATE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS

7.7.1. There were 25 State Government Publications which filed their Annual Statements in 2016-17. Out of this, 7 were in Bilingual, 4 were in Hindi, 3 were in Marathi, 2 each were in Bengali, English and Telugu, 1 each were in Gujarati, Kannada, Multilingual, Urdu and Malayalam. (Table 7.9)

7.7.2. State-wise study shows that, 3 each were from Delhi, Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh, 2 each were from West Bengal, A.P., and Telangana, 1 each from Assam, Gujarat, U.P., Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan and Kerala. (Table 7.10)

LARGEST CIRCULATED GOVERNMENT PUBLICATION CENTRAL GOVERNMENT

Employment News, English/Weekly published from Delhi by the Publications Division, M/o I&B, Government of India, had a circulation of 2,13,620 copies per publishing day. 438 The Press in India 2016-17

LIST OF PERIODICALS CLAIMING MORE THAN ONE LAKH CIRCULATION

Title Language Periodicity Place of Publication Circulation The Sunday Times of India English Weekly Delhi 835269 Daily (Monday English Mumbai 830501 to Saturday) Sunday Times of India English Weekly Mumbai 790672 Sunday Hindi Weekly Mumbai 669627 Sunday Times English Weekly Delhi 668590 Malayalam Fortnightly 647104 Sunday English Weekly Mumbai 640704 Udaan Hindi Weekly Gautam Buddha Nagar 608234 Daily (Monday Mumbai Mirror English Mumbai 541607 to Saturday) The Sunday Times of India English Weekly Bangalore 422186 Daily (Monday Hindustan Hindi Patna 406404 to Saturday) Sunday English Weekly Mumbai 397638 Ravivasriya Hindustan Hindi Weekly Patna 392074 Thozhil Vartha Malayalam Weekly 380125 Weekly Malayalam Weekly Kottayam 378590 Gadchiroli Patrika Marathi Weekly Gadchiroli 338000 Karmasangsthaan Bengali Weekly Kolkata 337562 Grahlaxmi Hindi Monthly Delhi 333166 English Weekly Chennai 320055 Annadata Telugu Monthly Hyderabad 314708 Sandesh Anand Marathi Daily Evening 312000 Meri Saheli Hindi Monthly Mumbai 307493 Ravivasriya Hindustan Hindi Weekly Delhi 303908 Saras Salil Hindi Fortnightly Delhi 300635 Manorama Year Book English Annual Kottayam 300000 Ravivar Marathi Weekly Mumbai 298089 The Hindu Young World English Weekly Chennai 292741 Sunday Shalom Malayalam Weekly Kozhikode 278393 The Sunday Times of India English Weekly Kolkata 269623 Sunday Times of India English Weekly Chennai 265255 Ravivar Marathi Weekly Mumbai 260214 Hamara Bal Prabhat Hindi Weekly Ranchi 253594 The Chartered Accountant English Monthly Delhi 253182 South Twenty Four Ascent English Weekly 250000 Parganas Education Times English Weekly Kolkata 250000 Kasrat Marathi Daily Evening Amravati 246925 CIRCULATION OF WEEKLIES AND OTHER PERIODICALS 439

Ravivasriya Hindustan Hindi Weekly Lucknow 235400 Mathrubhumi Arogya Masika Malayalam Monthly Kozhikode 234451 Healthy Life Hindi Weekly Ranchi 230690 Chennai (Printed at The Hindu English Weekly 225532 Bangalore) The Sunday Times of India English Weekly Pune 216695 Kendriya Manavadhikar Hindi Daily Evening Nagpur 216000 The Readers Digest English Monthly Mumbai 215923 Employment News English Weekly Delhi 213620 Deepotsav Marathi Annual Nagpur 209145 Daily (Monday English Mumbai 209104 to Saturday) Grihalakshmi Malayalam Fortnightly Kozhikode 207834 Nai Sadi Ki Prastuti Hindi Weekly Delhi 205629 Ravivasriya Hindustan Hindi Weekly Kanpur 200119 Ananda Vikatan Tamil Weekly Chennai 198389 Mangayar Malar Tamil Fortnightly Chennai 197202 Ravivasriya Hindustan Hindi Weekly Muzaffarpur 197123 Rashtra Doot Hindi Weekly Jaipur 195795 Pratiyogita Darpan Hindi Monthly Agra 194666 Kumudam Tamil Weekly Chennai 189024 Telekids English Weekly Calcutta 187675 The Week English Weekly Ernakulam 185595 Daily (Monday Hindustan Hindi Bhagalpur 184534 to Saturday) The Speaking Tree English Weekly Mumbai 184479 Ravivasriya Hindustan Hindi Weekly Bhagalpur 182784 Competition Refresher English Monthly Delhi 179367 Tasveer-E-Hind English Monthly Delhi 175200 Femina English Fortnightly Mumbai 174375 Junior Vikatan Tamil Twice A Week Chennai 173637 Sachi Shiksha Hindi Monthly Sirsa 172438 The Sunday Statesman English Weekly Kolkata 170807 The Sunday Times of India English Weekly Ahmedabad 170666 Standard Herald Gujarati Daily Evening Ahmedabad 165325 Sachitra Nimad Darpan Hindi Daily Evening Khandwa 164708 Balarama Malayalam Weekly Kottayam 160932 The Observer of English Monthly 160000 Management Education Matruvani Malayalam Monthly Kollam 159425 Prabodhanam Malayalam Weekly Kozhikode 159354 Capital Kranti Gujarati Fortnightly Gandhi Nagar 157500 Sunday Times of India English Weekly Hyderabad 156732 Manorama Tell Me Why English Monthly Kottayam 155672 440 The Press in India 2016-17

Ravivasriya Hindustan Hindi Weekly Varanasi 155134 Swati Telugu Weekly Krishna/ Vijaywada 154999 Ravivar Maharashtra Times Marathi Weekly Mumbai 154014 Banking Services Chronicle English Monthly Delhi 152483 Competition Success Review English Monthly Delhi 151350 Arogyam Malayalam Monthly Kottayam 150771 Ravivasriya Hindustan Hindi Weekly Meerut 150370 The Hitavada School Edition English Weekly Nagpur 148049 Chennai(Printed at The Hindu English Weekly 147641 Hyderabad) Nakkheeran Tamil Thrice A Week Chennai 147566 Saptahik Bartman Bengali Weekly Kolkata 146875 Vanitha Hindi Monthly Kottayam 143736 Thozhil Veedhi Malayalam Weekly Kottayam 141341 Sunday Navbharat Times Hindi Weekly Mumbai 140803 Kothrud Plus Marathi Fortnightly Pune 140000 Kothrud Mitra Marathi Fortnightly Pune 140000 Ajagar Bhoomi Hindi Fortnightly Bulandshahr 140000 Bal Bhaskar Hindi Fortnightly Bhopal 139304 Daily (Monday Mid-Day English Mumbai 138587 to Saturday) Sahityabindu Marathi Weekly Kolhapur 135070 Kalki Tamil Weekly Chennai 133015 Mahilaratnam Malayalam Monthly Kollam 132452 Hindustan Ki Nai Dishaein Hindi Weekly Patna 131572 Kalikkudukka Malayalam Weekly Kottayam 130819 Bala Bharatam Telugu Monthly Rangareddi 130350 Dayanand Anglo Vedic Bilingual Bi-Monthly Delhi 130000 Students' World Amma Express Tamil Weekly Coimbatore 130000 Ravivasriya Hindustan Hindi Weekly Agra 128508 Chennai Published at The Hindu English Weekly 127851 Gautam Budh Nagar Junior Science Refresher English Monthly Delhi 126213 Sunday Times of India English Weekly Lucknow 122006 Daily (Monday Hindustan Hindi Ranchi 121 551 to Saturday) Ravivasriya Hindustan Hindi Weekly Ranchi 121106 The Global Times English Fortnightly Delhi 120909 Kumudam Snehidhi Tamil Fortnightly Chennai 120837 Lok Priya Nishpaksh Varta Hindi Weekly Korba 118589 Shalom Times Malayalam Monthly Kozhikode 116458 Samsamaiki Mahasagar Hindi Monthly Meerut 116439 Arogya Dham Hindi Quarterly Muzaffarnagar 115025 Berojgar Hindi Twice A Week Patna 114900 CIRCULATION OF WEEKLIES AND OTHER PERIODICALS 441

Mangalam Malayalam Weekly Kottayam 114398 Tnai Bulletin Bilingual Monthly Delhi 114375 Arihant Yuva Hindi Monthly Meerut 113982 Kerala Karshakan Malayalam Monthly Thiruvananthapuram 113859 Freedom Fighter Hindi Weekly Bihar 112834 Ever Latest English Monthly Delhi 112187 Knowledge Refresher Punch Hindi Thrice A Week Patna 111500 Kungumam Tamil Weekly Chennai 111290 Nyay Ka Prahari Hindi Weekly Allahabad 111000 Sneha Sena Malayalam Monthly Kanjirafally 110954 Charaiveti Hindi Weekly Bhopal 110208 On English Weekly Bangalore(North) 110154 Saturday Pradesh Today Hindi Monthly Bhopal 110145 Bangalore Mirror On Sunday English Weekly Bangalore(North) 109917 Sunday Hindustan Times English Weekly Chandigarh 109806 Engineers Institute Hindi Weekly Patna 109500 Kumudam Reporter Tamil Twice A Week Chennai 108877 Antarashtriya Chronology Hindi Monthly Bharatpur 108000 Fund English Annual Delhi 107615 Manager Karshakasree Malayalam Monthly Kottayam 107250 The Sunday Express English Weekly Delhi 106305 Krishak Doot Hindi Weekly Bhopal 106235 Sant Nirankari Hindi Monthly Delhi 105309 The Voice of Chandigarh Bilingual Weekly Chandigarh 102000 Community Samvada English Monthly Delhi 100000

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TABLE 7.1 YEAR WISE CIRCULATION OF PERIODICALS (2005-06 to 2016-17)

YEAR CIRCULATION 2005-06 9,13,09,365 2006-07 9,25,02,574 2007-08 10,06,61,944 2008-09 12,15,73,074 2009-10 14,58,68,374 2010-11 15,25,70,237 2011-12 17,59,59,447 2012-13 17,95,12,283 2013-14 18,54,03,183 2014-15 21,32,45,547 2015-16 23,86,25,840 2016-17 21,27,28,237

TABLE 7.2 NUMBER & CIRCULATION OF PERIODICALS DURING 2016-17 (Periodicity-wise)

Periodicity Number Circulation Weekly 10,638 11,94,98,723 Fortnightly 2,804 2,60,79,617 Monthly 5,788 5,13,27,699 Quarterly 446 20,16,051 Annual 96 14,50,045 Others 723 1,23,56,102 Total 20,495 21,27,28,237

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TABLE 7.3 NUMBER & CIRCULATION OF PERIODICALS DURING 2016-17 (Language-wise)

Languages Number Circulation

Assamese 33 494305 Bengali 389 3485755 Bilingual 1205 10788541 Dogri 1 1000 English 1487 27459953 Gujarati 1409 12896421 Hindi 11600 112057783 Kannada 354 1846129 Kashmiri 1 5450 Konkani 4 9518 Maithili 2 1500 Malayalam 197 6609299 Manipuri 2 38455 Marathi 1424 9951128 Multilingual 136 938308 Nepali 9 21400 Odia 279 5520820 Others 30 229212 Punjabi 85 1443281 13 71491 Santhali 1 0 Sindhi 11 199468 Tamil 241 3485681 Telugu 939 8835046 Urdu 643 6338293 Total 20495 212728237

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TABLE 7.4 NUMBER & CIRCULATION OF PERIODICALS DURING 2016-17 (State/Union Territory-wise)

State/Union Territory Number Total Circulation Andaman & Nicobar Islands 13 15689 Andhra Pradesh 875 7530159 Assam 67 1064820 Bihar 103 3885582 Chandigarh 42 905194 251 2537157 Delhi 1760 27034631 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 12 258825 Goa 7 97347 Gujarat 1491 14110724 Haryana 220 3065228 Himachal Pradesh 71 423112 Jharkhand 73 1816574 Jammu & Kashmir 159 1507149 Karnataka 467 3014510 Kerala 260 8089457 Maharashtra 2248 21139095 Manipur 2 2995 Meghalaya 2 4700 Mizoram 1 750 Madhya Pradesh 3522 24437825 Nagaland 2 22240 Odisha 358 6884145 Puducherry 28 60962 Punjab 141 1563066 Rajasthan 1406 8115343 Sikkim 10 50600 Telangana 364 3819554 Tamil Nadu 400 7448714 Tripura 34 159784 Uttar Pradesh 3870 44392521 Uttarakhand 1773 13926306 West Bengal 463 5343479 Total 20495 212728237

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TABLE 7.5 NUMBER OF PERIODICALS ACCORDING TO CONTENT (PERIODICITY- WISE) During 2016-17

Category Weekly Fortnightly Monthly Quarterly Annual Others Total AAH 6 4 59 12 1 16 98 ART 0 0 4 1 0 2 7 CAI 4 6 50 2 1 10 73 CHI 8 11 58 3 0 1 81 EAT 4 0 25 7 0 11 47 EDU 16 11 135 18 10 45 235 FAE 7 5 18 5 2 5 42 FIL 11 9 30 0 0 1 51 IBC 5 3 14 2 1 2 27 LAB 1 3 8 1 0 0 13 LAC 8 7 110 27 8 12 172 LAP 7 9 29 4 2 3 54 MAH 3 16 95 24 4 18 160 NCA 10482 2568 4631 267 56 540 18544 SCI 1 2 12 6 0 11 32 SOW 14 13 177 24 1 15 244 SPO 2 0 13 2 1 1 19 TAC 0 4 13 1 0 0 18 UNC 51 127 259 38 9 28 512 WOM 8 6 48 2 0 2 66 Total 10638 2804 5788 446 96 723 20495

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TABLE 7.6 NUMBER OF PERIDICALS ACCORDING TO CONTENT (LANGUAGE- WISE) During 2016-17

Language AAH ART CAI CHI EAT EDU FAE FIL IBC LAB LAC Assamese 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Bengali 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 12 Bilingual 7 0 10 8 1 40 4 5 1 0 11 Dogri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 English 17 4 49 21 43 99 29 8 15 2 16 Gujarati 4 0 1 5 0 8 0 0 2 1 9 Hindi 47 2 7 20 2 38 7 14 7 6 67 Kannada 0 0 1 2 0 6 0 1 0 0 6 Kashmiri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Maithili 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Malayalam 6 0 2 11 0 20 1 3 0 0 6 Manipuri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Marathi 2 0 2 2 0 3 0 2 0 0 7 Multilingual 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 0 1 2 2 Nepali 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Odia 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 8 Others 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 Punjabi 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 Sanskrit 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Santhali 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sindhi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tamil 5 0 1 3 1 2 1 6 0 1 6 Telugu 8 1 0 2 0 7 0 10 0 0 4 Urdu 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 12 Total 98 7 73 81 47 235 42 51 27 13 172

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TABLE 7.6 (Continued) NUMBER OF PERIDICALS ACCORDING TO CONTENT (LANGUAGE- WISE) During 2016-17

Language LAP MAH NCA SCI SOW SPO TAC UNC WOM Total Assamese 0 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 Bengali 0 1 325 0 3 0 1 40 3 389 Bilingual 8 32 1005 1 32 3 3 31 3 1205 Dogri 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 English 31 54 918 24 23 6 11 111 6 1487 Gujarati 2 3 1318 0 19 0 0 34 3 1409 Hindi 10 49 11016 4 107 9 2 155 31 11600 Kannada 0 1 321 0 2 0 0 11 3 354 Kashmiri 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Konkani 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 Maithili 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 Malayalam 1 6 109 2 6 1 0 21 2 197 Manipuri 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Marathi 0 2 1359 0 16 0 0 27 2 1424 Multilingual 0 2 112 0 4 0 0 5 0 136 Nepali 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Odia 0 1 244 0 1 0 0 19 3 279 Others 0 0 23 0 1 0 0 3 0 30 Punjabi 0 0 71 0 0 0 0 9 1 85 Sanskrit 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 Santhali 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Sindhi 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 Tamil 1 4 177 1 12 0 1 17 2 241 Telugu 1 4 870 0 14 0 0 12 6 939 Urdu 0 1 608 0 3 0 0 14 1 643 Total 54 160 18544 32 244 19 18 512 66 20495

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TABLE 7.7 NUMBER OF PERIDICALS ACCORDING TO CONTENTS (CIRCULATION- WISE) During 2016-17 Annual Others Fortnightly Monthly Quarterly Weekly Total Category No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation 1 28000 16 33901 4 189373 59 937495 12 61155 6 118136 98 1368060 AAH

ART 0 0 2 15700 0 0 4 11197 1 1500 0 0 7 28397

CAI 1 1000 10 38674 6 177707 50 343720 2 350 4 42861 73 604312

CHI 0 0 1 5466 11 351129 58 786953 3 19850 8 458308 81 1621706

EAT 0 0 11 27779 0 0 25 177172 7 47979 4 6950 47 259880

EDU 10 177400 45 170101 11 37938 135 2409248 18 41629 16 898099 235 3734415

FAE 2 206310 5 3557 5 83336 18 373183 5 3199 7 180623 42 850208

FIL 0 0 1 3000 9 294944 30 408309 0 0 11 204429 51 910682

IBC 1 96735 2 1450 3 9000 14 242239 2 2500 5 24050 27 375974

LAB 0 0 0 0 3 7650 8 126295 1 50 1 46458 13 180453

LAC 8 30890 12 28367 7 470610 110 1338903 27 125054 8 214484 172 2208308

LAP 2 265 3 10200 9 43017 29 120237 4 3425 7 20832 54 197976

MAH 4 4145 18 641140 16 178569 95 1019646 24 210203 3 14971 160 2068674

NCA 56 469409 540 11177919 2568 21294894 4631 35449656 267 1230855 10482 115964991 18544 185587724

SCI 0 0 11 44308 2 38063 12 251177 6 2908 1 10948 32 347404

SOW 1 1000 15 104607 13 90128 177 1602359 24 57920 14 307242 244 2163256

SPO 1 500 1 500 0 0 13 260543 2 2400 2 88524 19 352467

TAC 0 0 0 0 4 33491 13 150556 1 1575 0 0 18 185622

UNC 9 434391 28 43017 127 2351844 259 4287186 38 176369 51 855780 512 8148587

WOM 0 0 2 6416 6 427924 48 1031625 2 27130 8 41037 66 1534132

Total 96 1450045 723 12356102 2804 26079617 5788 51327699 446 2016051 10638 119498723 20495 212728237

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TABLE 7.8 NUMBER OF GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS 2016-17 (Periodicity-wise)

Periodicity Central State Total Daily 1 2 3 Weekly 1 4 5 Fortnightly 1 2 3 Monthly 25 15 40 Quarterly 4 0 4 Annual 1 0 1 Others 2 2 4 Total 35 25 60

TABLE 7.9 NUMBER OF GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS 2016-17 (Language-wise)

Language Central State Total Bengali 0 2 2 Bilingual 0 7 7 English 18 2 20 Gujarati 0 1 1 Hindi 7 4 11 Kannada 0 1 1 Malayalam 4 1 5 Marathi 0 3 3 Multilingual 0 1 1 Odia 1 0 1 Punjabi 1 0 1 Tamil 1 0 1 Telugu 1 2 3 Urdu 2 1 3 Total 35 25 60

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TABLE 7.10 NUMBER OF GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS 2016-17 (State-wise) (Annual Statements)

Periodicity Central State Total Andhra Pradesh 0 2 2 Assam 1 1 2 Delhi 23 3 26 Gujarat 0 1 1 Karnataka 1 3 4 Kerala 5 1 6 Maharashtra 2 4 6 Madhya Pradesh 0 3 3 Rajasthan 0 1 1 Telangana 1 2 3 Tamil Nadu 0 1 1 Uttar Pradesh 0 1 1 Uttarakhand 1 0 1 West Bengal 1 2 3 Total 35 25 60