VII. CIRCULATION OF WEEKLIES AND OTHER PERIODICALS

7.1.1. The Indian Press, especially comprising weeklies, monthlies and other periodicals, has shown significant growth in recent years, which has been reflected elaborately in different statistical tables from 7.1 to 7.9 in this Chapter. The periodicals other than dailies & tri-biweekly formed the important part of 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 2013-14, a total number of 12,744 annual statements were submitted by the publishers online in respect of their other periodicals and their claimed circulation figure rose to 18,54,03,183 copies per publishing day (Table 7.2). Although a nil growth rate was recorded in online e-filing of annual statements by weeklies and other periodicals, yet a growth of 3.28% was recorded in their claimed circulation compared to the year of 2012-13.

7.1.2. Among the periodicals, Weeklies dominated the scene by bagging a total number of 7,033 publications out of 12,744 publications which filed online annual statements for 2013- 14 and in circulation also remained at the top by claiming 11,20,05,740 out of 18,54,03,183 copies per publishing day, followed by Monthlies 3,425 with circulation of 4,58,85,746 copies, Fortnightlies 1,855 with circulation of 2,27,59,091 copies, Quarterlies 201 with circulation of 18,07,667 copies and Annuals 55 with 15,67,610 copies. The remaining 175 publications were of other periodicities with a claimed circulation of 13,77,329 copies per publishing day. (Table 7.2)

LANGUAGE WISE

7.2.1. While going through Annual Statements online filed for the year 2013-14, it has been observed that periodicals were brought out in all principal languages of the country. Language wise analysis states that periodicals have maintained a lead with 7,968 publications followed by English (1,183), Gujarati (752), (514), Telugu (399), Marathi (320), Bengali (117), (114) and Tamil (113). (Table 7.3)

7.2.2. In circulation also, Hindi periodicals maintains its lead with 9,98,66,264 copies per publishing day followed by English (3,11,22,333), Gujarati (72,67,826), Urdu (72,97,150), Malayalam (63,89,553) and Odia (49,23,712). (Table 7.3)

STATE/UT WISE

7.3.1. Uttar Pradesh continued to maintain the lead with 3,138 periodicals; Delhi came second with 1,743 followed by Uttaranchal with 1,547, Madhya Pradesh with 1,497, Rajasthan with 1,075, Gujarat with 815 and Maharashtra with 673. (Table 7.4) 232 The Press in 2013-14

7.3.2. Uttar Pradesh remained on top position in circulation terms also with a claim of 4,91,33,651 copies per publishing day followed by Delhi with 3,68,58,886 copies, Maharashtra with 1,13,31,891 copies, Madhya Pradesh with 1,32,81,317 copies and Uttrakhand with 1,06,81,747 copies per publishing day. (Table 7.4)

CONTENTS

7.4.1. The periodicals have been classified into 38 categories according to their contents as per total number of annual statements received for the year 2013-14.

7.4.2. The periodicals which cover major topics fall under the category of NCA (News and Current Affairs 12,364), followed by AOC (71), EDU (61), CHI (13), SCI (11), FAL (11), WOM (9), FIL (8) etc. (Table 7.5)

7.4.3. Weeklies and Monthlies maintained the leading trend in terms of coverage on matters pertaining to News and Current Affairs with 7,033 and 3,424 publications in numbers respectively. (Table 7.5)

7.4.4. Periodicals published in all major Indian languages except Santhali and Konkani 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 7857 publications followed by English with 1022 publications. 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)

GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS

7.5.1. There were 43 Government Publications, which filed annual statements for the year 2013-14, out of which 29 belonged to the Central and 14 to the State Governments. (Table 7.7)

7.5.2. Out of the 43 Government Publications, monthlies dominated the scene having 20 in number followed by weeklies, dailies, fortnightlies and quarterlies having 09, 04, 07, and 01 publication respectively. Remaining 02 were of other periodicities. (Table 7.7)

7.5.3. Language wise, the largest number of government publications reported to be published in Hindi (12), followed by English (08), Urdu (05), Bi-lingual (05), Telugu (04), Bengali (02), Gujarati (02) and Malayalam (01). (Table 7.8)

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CENTRAL GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS

7.6.1. There were 29 Central Government Publications; 08 in English, 09 in Hindi, 03 in Urdu, 03 in Bilingual, 02 in Telugu, and 01 each in , Gujarati, Odia and Marathi. (Table 7.8)

7.6.2. Out of the 29 Central Government Publications; 21 were published from Delhi followed by 02 each from A.P. and Uttrakhand and 01 each from Maharashtra, Gujarat,, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. (Table 7.9)

STATE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS

7.7.1. There were 14 State Government Publications. Out of them 03 were in Hindi, 02 each were in Bengali, Bi-Lingual, Urdu and Telugu, 01 each in Gujarati, Malayalam, and Tamil. (Table 7.8)

7.7.2. State-wise study shows that, 02 publications each from A.P., Delhi, Tamil Nadu, U.P. and West Bengal filed their annual statement for 2013-2014. (Table 7.9)

LARGEST CIRCULATED GOVERNMENT PUBLICATION

Central Government

Employment News, English/Weekly published from Delhi by Publications Division, M/o &B, Government of India, had circulation of 3,05,229 copies per publishing day.

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LIST OF PERIODICALS CLAIMING MORE THAN ONE LAKH CIRCULATION

TITLE LANGUAGES PERIODICITY PLACE OF PUBLICATION CIRCULATION THE SUNDAY TIMES OF INDIA ENGLISH WEEKLY MUMBAI 1021260 THE SUNDAY TIMES OF INDIA ENGLISH WEEKLY NEW DELHI 918913 ASCENT ENGLISH WEEKLY DELHI 795820 MALAYALAM FORTNIGHTLY 762112 EDUCATION TIMES ENGLISH WEEKLY DELHI 709809 SUNDAY HINDI WEEKLY MUMBAI 688330 SUNDAY TIMES ENGLISH WEEKLY DELHI 650894 THE STRATEGIST ENGLISH WEEKLY DELHI 557879 THE SUNDAY TIMES OF INDIA ENGLISH WEEKLY 479234 BANGALORE TIMES ENGLISH WEEKLY BANGALORE 479233 TIMES PROPERTY ENGLISH WEEKLY BANGALORE(NORTH) 471158 MALAYALA MALAYALAM WEEKLY KOTTAYAM 459314 AMAR UJALA UDAAN HINDI WEEKLY GAUTAM BUDDHA NAGAR 441893 BLUECHIP BULLETIN ENGLISH FORTNIGHTLY THANE 436404 THE ADDRESS ENGLISH MONTHLY BANGALORE(NORTH) 427083 THOZHIL VARTHA MALAYALAM WEEKLY CALICUT 406267 ASCENT ENGLISH WEEKLY BANGALORE 396453 RAVIVASRIYA HINDUSTAN HINDI WEEKLY PATNA 395636 ENGLISH WEEKLY CHENNAI 394978 SOUTH TWENTY FOUR ASCENT ENGLISH WEEKLY PARGANAS 385074 THE READERS DIGEST ENGLISH MONTHLY MUMBAI 384807 THE SUNDAY TIMES OF INDIA ENGLISH WEEKLY KOLKATA 382272 SUNDAY ENGLISH WEEKLY MUMBAI-16 375233 CHARCHAUGHI MARATHI MONTHLY MUMBAI 369916 KARMA SANGSTHAAN BENGALI WEEKLY KOLKATA 342095 MANORAMA YEAR BOOK ENGLISH ANNUAL KOTTAYAM 340287 YOUNG LEADER GUJARATI WEEKLY AHMEDABAD 337420 MERI SAHELI HINDI MONTHLY MUMBAI 327820 GRAH LAXMI HINDI MONTHLY NEW DELHI 326166 GYANAMRIT HINDI MONTHLY SIROHI 318500 GRIHALAKSHMI MALAYALAM FORTNIGHTLY CALICUT 309391 EMPLOYMENT NEWS ENGLISH WEEKLY NEW DELHI. 305229 CHOUTHI DUNIYA HINDI WEEKLY DELHI 293950 RAVIVASRIYA HINDUSTAN HINDI WEEKLY DELHI 288907 PRATIYOGITA DARPAN HINDI MONTHLY AGRA 284416 Circulation of Weeklies and Other Periodicals 235

ANNADATA TELUGU MONTHLY HYDERABAD 280214 SUNDAY TIMES OF INDIA ENGLISH WEEKLY CHENNAI 276525 ANANDA VIKATAN TAMIL WEEKLY CHENNAI 275871 MATHRUBHUMI AROGYA MASIKA MALAYALAM MONTHLY KOZHIKODE 270281 RAVIVASRIYA HINDUSTAN HINDI WEEKLY LUCKNOW 266111 KUMUDAM TAMIL WEEKLY CHENNAI 265772 EDUCATION TIMES ENGLISH WEEKLY BANGALORE 264885 ENGLISH FORTNIGHTLY MUMBAI 260157 THE SUNDAY TIMES OF INDIA ENGLISH WEEKLY HYDERABAD 259858 RAVIVAR MARATHI WEEKLY MUMBAI 253841 RASHTRA DOOT HINDI WEEKLY JAIPUR 253499 CHAUTHI DUNIYA URDU WEEKLY GAUTAM BUDDHA NAGAR 251252 THE CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT ENGLISH MONTHLY DELHI 242912 THE SPEAKING TREE ENGLISH WEEKLY MUMBAI 236613 CHAUTHI DUNIYA ENGLISH WEEKLY GAUTAM BUDDHA NAGAR 236402 GRIH SHOBHA HINDI MONTHLY NEW DELHI 236378 HINDUSTAN KI NAI DISHAEIN HINDI WEEKLY PATNA 235649 THE SUNDAY TIMES OF INDIA ENGLISH WEEKLY PUNE 227670 BALARAMA MALAYALAM WEEKLY KOTTAYAM 224046 TRANS REPORTER HINDI WEEKLY DELHI 221543 RAVIVAR MARATHI WEEKLY MUMBAI 218652 THE WEEK ENGLISH WEEKLY ERNAKULAM 210452 AVAL VIKATAN TAMIL FORTNIGHTLY CHENNAI 210388 AROGYAM MALAYALAM MONTHLY KOTTAYAM 207707 TELEKIDS ENGLISH WEEKLY CALCUTTA 205105 SACHI SHIKSHA HINDI MONTHLY SIRSA 203791 APNI RANCHI HINDI WEEKLY RANCHI 203607 CIMS NEWS CARE AND CURE BILINGUAL MONTHLY AHMADABAD 199999 THE SUNDAY TIMES OF INDIA ENGLISH WEEKLY AHMEDABAD 197311 AGYAT SHATRU HINDI QUARTERLY BASTI 196500 KARMAKSHETRA BENGALI WEEKLY KOLKATA 194630 ASCENT ENGLISH WEEKLY AHMEDABAD 193004 COMPETITION SUCCESS REVIEW ENGLISH MONTHLY DELHI 184999 VANITHA HINDI MONTHLY KOTTAYAM 181415 MANORAMA TELL ME WHY ENGLISH MONTHLY KOTTAYAM 179245 TIME PASS TAMIL WEEKLY CHENNAI 174562 NADHI TELUGU MONTHLY HYDERABAD 173476 MAHILARATNAM MALAYALAM MONTHLY KOLLAM 173462 THOZHIL VEEDHI MALAYALAM WEEKLY KERLA 173042 236 The Press in India 2013-14

EDUCATION TIMES ENGLISH WEEKLY KOLKATA 170334 THE HINDU ENGLISH WEEKLY CHENNAI 166028 COMPETITION REFRESHER ENGLISH MONTHLY DELHI 165612 PRABODHANAM MALAYALAM WEEKLY CALICUT 165029 RAVIVASRIYA HINDUSTAN HINDI WEEKLY MUZAFFARPUR 161727 ON SATURDAY ENGLISH WEEKLY BANGALORE(NORTH) 157988 IIBF VISION ENGLISH MONTHLY MUMBAI 157950 RAVIVASRIYA HINDUSTAN HINDI WEEKLY BHAGALPUR 157839 BANGALORE MIRROR ON SUNDAY ENGLISH WEEKLY BANGALORE(NORTH) 157759 JAGRAN CITY PLUS ENGLISH WEEKLY BANGALORE(NORTH) 155798 SAPTAHIK BARTMAN BENGALI WEEKLY KOLKATA 154803 RAVIVASRIYA HINDUSTAN HINDI WEEKLY MEERUT 154268 MANGALAM MALAYALAM WEEKLY KOTTAYAM 153978 SUNDAY NAVBHARAT TIMES HINDI WEEKLY MUMBAI 153513 ARTH SANSAR HINDI QUARTERLY KANPUR 153375 THE HINDU ENGLISH WEEKLY CHENNAI 153060 MATRUVANI MALAYALAM MONTHLY QUILON 153038 MANGAYAR MALAR TAMIL MONTHLY CHENNAI 152891 KALIKKUDUKKA MALAYALAM WEEKLY KOTTAYAM 152054 JAGRAN CITY PLUS ENGLISH WEEKLY DELHI 146585 KUNGUMAM TAMIL WEEKLY CHENNAI 146391 ENGLISH FORTNIGHTLY MUMBAI 136604 RAVIVASRIYA HINDUSTAN HINDI WEEKLY VARANASI 132801 KUMUDAM SNEHIDHI TAMIL FORTNIGHTLY CHENNAI 132335 RAVIVASRIYA HINDUSTAN HINDI WEEKLY RANCHI 129895 GETIT BIZLIST ENGLISH ANNUAL DELHI 129500 SUNDAY HINDUSTAN TIMES ENGLISH WEEKLY CHANDIGARH 129252 SUNDAY TIMES OF INDIA ENGLISH WEEKLY LUCKNOW 129248 PRATIYOGITA DARPAN ENGLISH MONTHLY AGRA 126041 DAYANAND ANGLO VEDIC STUDENTS'WORLD BILINGUAL OTHERS DELHI 125000 KOTHRUD MITRA MARATHI FORTNIGHTLY PUNE 123708 KAPILAS VARTA MULTILINGUAL WEEKLY DHENKANAL 123552 TENDER-HI-TENDER HINDI WEEKLY NEW DELHI 121800 RAVIVASRIYA HINDUSTAN HINDI WEEKLY AGRA 121704 LOK PRIYA NISHPAKSH VARTA HINDI WEEKLY KORBA 121064 SANANDA BENGALI FORTNIGHTLY KOLKATA 120651 INDIA TODAY HINDI WEEKLY NEW DELHI 120171 SAMANAYA GYAN DARPAN HINDI MONTHLY AGRA 120041 SUCCESS MIRROR HINDI MONTHLY AGRA 119833 Circulation of Weeklies and Other Periodicals 237

ORISSA EMPLOYMENT & BUSINESS NEWS BILINGUAL WEEKLY BHUBANESWAR 118025 JYOTHISHA RATHNAM MALAYALAM MONTHLY KOLLAM 117958 THE HINDU ENGLISH WEEKLY Gautam Budh Nagar 117718 SANT NIRANKARI HINDI MONTHLY DELHI 115249 JUNIOR SCIENCE REFRESHER ENGLISH MONTHLY DELHI 114450 MAGAZINE ENGLISH WEEKLY DELHI 114203 KOTHRUD PLUS MARATHI FORTNIGHTLY PUNE 113458 CHITRA LEKHA GUJARATI WEEKLY MUMBAI 113344 ENGLISH WEEKLY LUCKNOW 112812 NIJUKTI KHABAR BILINGUAL WEEKLY BHUBANESWAR 112149 INDIA UNBOUND BILINGUAL MONTHLY THANE 110000 SAB KA AKHBAR URDU OTHERS DELHI 109500 FRIDAY GURGAON ENGLISH WEEKLY GURGAON 108333 DAWAT SAMACHAR TIMES HINDI WEEKLY DELHI 108333 THE VERDICT ENGLISH WEEKLY MUMBAI 108332 SAHITYA BINDU MARATHI MONTHLY KOLHAPUR 108029 MATHRUBHUMI YEAR BOOK PLUS MALAYALAM ANNUAL KOZHIKODE 106516 FEELINGS GUJARATI FORTNIGHTLY VADODARA 106389 RAVIVASRIYA HINDUSTAN HINDI WEEKLY MORADABAD 106155 RAVIVASRIYA HINDUSTAN HINDI WEEKLY DHANBAD 104871 SUKHI GRIHAKON BENGALI MONTHLY KOLKATA 104066 MALAYALAM FORTNIGHTLY CALICUT 103648 SUNDAY TIMES OF INDIA ENGLISH WEEKLY JAIPUR 103506 JUSTICE NEWS PUNJABI WEEKLY LUDHIANA 103350 SAMACHAR VINDU OTHERS WEEKLY DELHI 103096 PRIYANKA PATRIKE KANNADA MONTHLY BANGALORE 102975 SNEHA SENA MALAYALAM MONTHLY KANJIRAFALLY 102249 NAVA SINHAGAD PARISAR MARATHI FORTNIGHTLY PUNE 101979 SHALOM TIMES MALAYALAM MONTHLY CALICUT 101483 SAJAL SANDESH WEEKLY DELHI 101391 AKBARI BILINGUAL WEEKLY GAUTAM BUDDHA NAGAR 101085 VAARAANTARI RANI TAMIL WEEKLY CHENNAI 100176 ROZIL TIMES HINDI WEEKLY BHOPAL 100000

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TABLE 7.1 NUMBER & CIRCULATION OF PERIODICALS (2004-05 to 2013-14)

YEAR CIRCULATION 2004-05 7,74,76,070 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

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

PERIODITY NUMBER CIRCULATION WEEKLY 7,033 11,20,05,740 FORTNIGHTLY 1,855 2,27,59,091 MONTHLY 3,425 4,58,85,746 QUARTERLY 201 18,07,667 ANNUAL 55 15,67,610 OTHERS 175 13,77,329 Total 12,744 18,54,03,183

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TABLE 7.3 NUMBER & CIRCULATION OF PERIODICALS DURING 2013-14 (Language-wise)

Languages Number Circulation ASSAMESE 14 278623 BENGALI 117 2372875 BILINGUAL 694 9278802 DOGRI 1 5450 ENGLISH 1183 31122333 GUJARATI 752 7267826 HINDI 7968 99866264 KANNADA 147 1504573 KASHMIRI 3 51200 MAITHILI 3 35500 MALAYALAM 114 6389553 MARATHI 320 3865693 MULTILINGUAL 68 721264 NEPALI 17 99397 ODIA 183 4923712 OTHERS 25 351681 PUNJABI 90 1900620 SANSKRIT 8 200670 SANTHALI 1 3875 SINDHI 10 170179 TAMIL 113 2970296 TELUGU 399 4725647 URDU 514 7297150 Total 12,744 18,54,03,183

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TABLE 7.4 NUMBER & CIRCULATION OF PERIODICALS DURING 2013-14 (State/Union Territory-wise)

State/Union Territory Number Total Circulation ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS 1 700 ANDHRA PRADESH 569 6788860 ASSAM 28 645320 BIHAR 53 2141555 CHANDIGARH 33 740076 CHATTISGARH 160 1781439 DELHI 1743 36858886 DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI 8 129509 GOA 5 92199 GUJARAT 815 8450039 HARYANA 113 1884494 HIMACHAL PRADESH 36 262267 JHARKHAND 40 1029233 JAMMU & KASHMIR 117 1273454 KARNATAKA 209 4993327 KERALA 151 7852367 MAHARASHTRA 673 11331891 MEGHALAYA 1 116 MADHYA PRADESH 1497 13281317 ODISHA 219 6021829 PONDICHERRY 4 6333 PUNJAB 99 1643030 RAJASTHAN 1075 7850604 SIKKIM 16 111362 TAMIL NADU 225 6162585 TRIPURA 18 100480 UTTAR PRADESH 3138 49133651 UTTARANCHAL 1547 10681747 WEST BENGAL 151 4154513 Total 12,744 18,54,03,183

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TABLE 7.5 NUMBER OF PERIODICALS ACCORDING TO CONTENTS (PERIODICITY- WISE)

CATEGORY WEEKLY FORTNIGHTLY MONTHLY QUARTERLY ANNUAL OTHERS Total AAD 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 AGR 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 ALS 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 AOC 0 17 0 28 6 20 71 APR 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 ART 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 BUS 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 CHI 0 11 0 2 0 0 13 CHU 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 CIL 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 COP 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 CRI 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 EDU 0 11 0 11 8 31 61 FAL 0 1 0 3 0 6 10 FIL 0 8 0 0 0 0 8 FIN 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 GOV 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 IND 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 IT 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 JPS 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 L&C 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 LAB 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 LAW 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 MAB 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 NCA 7033 1673 3424 122 25 87 12364 NCD 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 NCI 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 NCN 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 PUB 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 R&P 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 RAM 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 SAW 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 SCI 0 2 0 3 0 6 11 SPO 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 TAC 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 TOU 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 UNC 0 102 1 20 8 17 148 WOM 0 4 0 1 2 2 9 Total 7033 1855 3425 201 55 175 12744

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TABLE 7.6 NUMBER OF PERIDICALS ACCORDING TO CONTENTS (LANGUAGE- WISE)

Language AAD AGR ALS AOC APR ART BUS CHI CHU CIL COP CRI EDU FAL FIL FIN GOV IND IT JPS L&C LAB

ASSAMESE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

BENGALI 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

BILINGUAL 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

DOGRI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

ENGLISH 1 0 0 42 1 0 2 3 0 4 0 0 39 9 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0

GUJARATI 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

HINDI 0 0 0 10 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 7 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 1

KANNADA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

KASHMIRI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

MAITHILI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

MALAYALAM 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

MARATHI 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

MULTILINGUAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

NEPALI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

ODIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OTHERS 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

PUNJABI 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SANSKRIT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SANTHALI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SINDHI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

TAMIL 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

TELUGU 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

URDU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Total 1 1 2 71 1 1 2 13 1 4 1 2 61 10 8 1 1 1 1 1 4 1

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TABLE 7.6(Contd) NUMBER OF PERIDICALS ACCORDING TO CONTENTS (LANGUAGE- WISE)

Language LAB LAW MAB NCA NCD NCI NCN PUB R&P RAM SAW SCI SPO TAC TOU UNC WOM Total

ASSAMESE 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14

BENGALI 0 0 0 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 117

BILINGUAL 0 0 1 666 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 7 1 694

DOGRI 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

ENGLISH 0 1 2 1022 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 9 0 1 1 37 3 1183

GUJARATI 0 0 0 746 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 752

HINDI 1 0 0 7857 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 70 2 7968

KANNADA 0 0 0 140 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 147

KASHMIRI 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3

MAITHILI 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3

MALAYALAM 0 0 0 101 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 114

MARATHI 0 0 0 311 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 320

MULTILINGUAL 0 0 0 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 68

NEPALI 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17

ODIA 0 0 0 176 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 183

OTHERS 0 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 25

PUNJABI 0 0 0 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 90

SANSKRIT 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8

SANTHALI 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

SINDHI 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10

TAMIL 0 0 0 104 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 113

TELUGU 0 0 0 394 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 399

URDU 0 0 0 508 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 514

Total 1 1 3 12364 1 3 1 3 1 2 1 11 3 2 2 148 9 12744

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TABLE 7.7 NUMBER OF GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS (Periodicity-wise)

PERIODICITY CENTRAL STATE TOTAL DAILY 1 3 4 FORTNIGHTLY 3 4 7 MONTHLY 16 4 20 OTHERS 1 1 2 QUARTERLY 1 0 1 WEEKLY 7 2 9 Total 29 14 43

TABLE 7.8 NUMBER OF GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS (Language-wise)

LANGUAGE CENTRAL STATE TOTAL BENGALI 0 2 2 BILINGUAL 3 2 5 ENGLISH 8 0 8 GUJARATI 1 1 2 HINDI 9 3 12 KANNADA 1 0 1 MALAYALAM 0 1 1 MARATHI 1 0 1 ODIA 1 0 1 TAMIL 0 1 1 TELUGU 2 2 4 URDU 3 2 5 Total 29 14 43

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TABLE 7.9 NUMBER OF GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS (State-wise)

PERIODICITY CENTRAL STATE TOTAL ANDHRA PRADESH 2 2 4 DELHI 21 2 23 GUJARAT 1 1 2 KERALA 0 1 1 MAHARASHTRA 1 0 1 MADHYA PRADESH 1 1 2 RAJASTHAN 1 1 2 TAMIL NADU 0 2 2 UTTAR PRADESH 0 2 2 UTTARANCHAL 2 0 2 WEST BENGAL 0 2 2 Total 29 14 43