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 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 2014-15, a total number of 14,882 annual statements were received from the publishers online in respect of other periodicals raising their claimed circulation figure to 21,32,45,547 copies per publishing day (Table 7.2). As a growth rate of 16.78% was recorded in e-filing of annual statements by weeklies and other periodicals, an increase of 15.02% was also recorded in their claimed circulation this year compared to the year previous year.
7.1.2. Among the periodicals, Weeklies dominated the scene by bagging a total number of 8,084 publications out of 14,882 publications which filed online annual statements for 2014- 15 and in circulation also remained at the top by claiming 12,74,83,338 out of 21,32,45,547 copies per publishing day, followed by Monthlies 3,912 with circulation of 5,22,92,669 copies, Fortnightlies 2,219 with circulation of 2,87,69,695 copies, Quarterlies 309 with circulation of 18,24,274 copies and Annuals 76 with 14,97,868 copies. The remaining 282 publications were of other periodicities with a claimed circulation of 13,77,703 copies per publishing day. (Table 7.2)
LANGUAGE WISE
7.2.1. While going through Annual Statements filed for the year 2014-15, it has been observed that periodicals were brought out in all principal languages of the country except Bodo. Language wise analysis states that Hindi periodicals have maintained a lead with 8,815 publications followed by English (1,409), Gujarati (1,016), Telugu (619), Urdu (539), Marathi (534), Odia (222), Bengali (179), Kannada (158), Tamil (150) and Malayalam (134). (Table 7.3)
7.2.2. In circulation also, Hindi periodicals maintains their lead with a total circulation of 11,61,56,946 copies per publishing day followed by English (2,87,99,009), Gujarati (96,35,051), Marathi (82,97,679), Telugu (81,79,205), Urdu (80,08,806), Malayalam (67,37,016) and Odia (54,25,849). (Table 7.3)
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STATE/UT WISE
7.3.1. Uttar Pradesh continued to maintain its lead with 3,458 periodicals; Delhi came second with 1,797 followed by Madhya Pradesh 1,778, Uttaranchal 1,611, Rajasthan 1,221, Gujarat 1,094 and Maharashtra 995. (Table 7.4)
7.3.2. Uttar Pradesh remained on top position in terms of circulation also with a claim of 5,60,92,715 copies per publishing day followed by Delhi with 3,63,69,689 copies, Madhya Pradesh 1,77,80,850 copies, Maharashtra 1,75,32,364 copies, Uttrakhand 1,25,97,312 copies, Gujarat 05,63,696 copies, and Andhra Pradesh 1,04,12,374 copies per publishing day. (Table 7.4) CONTENTS
7.4.1. The periodicals have been classified into 21 categories according to their contents as per total number of annual statements received for the year 2014-15.
7.4.2. The periodicals which cover major topics fall under the category of NCA (News and Current Affairs 12,975), followed by AOC (231), SOW (Social Welfare 214), EDU (Education 189), LAC (Literary & Culture 132), MAH (Medicine & Health 110), AAH (Agriculture & Animal Husbandry 74) CHI (Children 69), ART (Arts 60), WOM (Women 60) and CAI (Commerce & Industry 55) 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 7,924 and 2,789 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 8,285 publications followed by Gujarati & English with 930 & 754 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 18,14,76,817 copies followed by UNC (Unclassified 84,41,594) EDU (Education 35,73,010), SOW (Social Welfare 30,44,214) LAC (Literature & Culture 28,26,387) and WOM (Women 19,38,805). (Table 7.7)
Circulation of Weeklies and Other Periodicals 359
GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS
7.5.1. There were 51 Government Publications, which filed annual statements for the year 2014-15, out of which 38 belonged to the Central and 13 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 more higher.
7.5.2. Out of the 51 Government Publications, monthlies dominated the scene having 23 in number followed by quarterlies, weeklies, fortnightlies and daily having 04, 03, 02, and 01 publication respectively. Remaining 05 were of other periodicities. (Table 7.8)
7.5.3. Language wise, the largest number of government publications were brought out in English (15) followed by Hindi (14), Telugu (07), Urdu (04), Bi-lingual (03) and Malayalam (02). (Table 7.9)
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS
7.6.1. Out of 38 Central Government Publications; 14 were in English, 12 in Hindi, 04 in Urdu, 02 in Telugu, and 01 each in Konkani, Malayalam, Gujarati, Punjabi, Odia and Marathi. (Table 7.9)
7.6.2. Out of the 38 Central Government Publications; 29 were published from Delhi followed by 03 from Maharashtra, 02 from A.P. and 01 each from Gujarat, Kerala, Rajasthan and Uttrakhand. (Table 7.10)
STATE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS
7.7.1. There were 13 State Government Publications which filed their annual statements in 2014-15. Out of them 05 were in Telugu, 03 were in Bi-Lingual, 02 were in Hindi, 01 each were in Bengali, English and Malayalam. (Table 7.9)
7.7.2. State-wise study shows that, 03 publications were from A.P., 02 each were from Kerala, M.P. and Telangana, 01 each from Delhi, Tamil Nadu, U.P. and West Bengal. (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 2,71,364 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 DELHI 885201 SUNDAY TIMES OF INDIA ENGLISH WEEKLY MUMBAI 865049 VANITHA MALAYALAM FORTNIGHTLY KOTTAYAM 731750 SUNDAY MUMBAI MIRROR ENGLISH WEEKLY MUMBAI 717374 SUNDAY NAVBHARAT TIMES HINDI WEEKLY MUMBAI 704257 SUNDAY HINDUSTAN TIMES ENGLISH WEEKLY DELHI 656141 THE STRATEGIST ENGLISH WEEKLY DELHI 534611 THE SUNDAY TIMES OF INDIA ENGLISH WEEKLY BANGALORE 455691 SARAS SALIL HINDI FORTNIGHTLY DELHI 448251 GAUTAM BUDDHA AMAR UJALA UDAAN HINDI WEEKLY NAGAR 422753 RAVIVASRIYA HINDUSTAN HINDI WEEKLY PATNA 421942 MALAYALA MANORAMA WEEKLY MALAYALAM WEEKLY KOTTAYAM 415437 MATHRUBHUMI THOZHIL VARTHA MALAYALAM WEEKLY CALICUT 415051 SUNDAY HINDUSTAN TIMES ENGLISH WEEKLY MUMBAI 378070 THE HINDU ENGLISH WEEKLY CHENNAI 359525 MERI SAHELI HINDI MONTHLY MUMBAI 343042 SUNDAY SHALOM MALAYALAM WEEKLY KOZHIKODE 319414 KARMASANGSTHAAN BENGALI WEEKLY KOLKATA 316351 RAVIVAR MAHARASHTRA TIMES MARATHI WEEKLY MUMBAI 313147 RAVIVASRIYA HINDUSTAN HINDI WEEKLY LUCKNOW 306734 GRAHLAXMI HINDI MONTHLY DELHI 304521 SUNDAY TIMES OF INDIA ENGLISH WEEKLY CHENNAI 303076 MANORAMA YEAR BOOK ENGLISH ANNUAL KOTTAYAM 302673 ANNADATA TELUGU MONTHLY HYDERABAD 298546 SACHI SHIKSHA HINDI MONTHLY SIRSA 292778 CHOUTHI DUNIYA HINDI WEEKLY DELHI 287617 THE READERS DIGEST ENGLISH MONTHLY MUMBAI 287058 RAVIVASRIYA HINDUSTAN HINDI WEEKLY DELHI 280346 THE SUNDAY TIMES OF INDIA ENGLISH WEEKLY KOLKATA 275855 EMPLOYMENT NEWS ENGLISH WEEKLY DELHI 271364 MATHRUBHUMI AROGYA MASIKA MALAYALAM MONTHLY KOZHIKODE 269790 GRIHALAKSHMI MALAYALAM FORTNIGHTLY CALICUT 268547 PRATIYOGITA DARPAN HINDI MONTHLY AGRA 262328 TENDER-HI-TENDER HINDI WEEKLY DELHI 259898 RASHTRA DOOT HINDI WEEKLY JAIPUR 253110 THE CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT ENGLISH MONTHLY DELHI 252562 Circulation of Weeklies and Other Periodicals 361
NASER TIMES ENGLISH WEEKLY HYDERABAD 250320 RAVIVAR LOKSATTA MARATHI WEEKLY MUMBAI 249522 GAUTAM BUDDHA CHAUTHI DUNIYA URDU WEEKLY NAGAR 248841 ANANDA VIKATAN TAMIL WEEKLY CHENNAI 244072 KUMUDAM TAMIL WEEKLY CHENNAI 242569 SUNDAY TIMES OF INDIA ENGLISH WEEKLY HYDERABAD 234833 GAUTAM BUDDHA CHAUTHI DUNIYA ENGLISH WEEKLY NAGAR 234596 FEMINA ENGLISH FORTNIGHTLY MUMBAI 231859 THE SUNDAY TIMES OF INDIA ENGLISH WEEKLY PUNE 229817 GRIHSHOBHA HINDI FORTNIGHTLY DELHI 223580 GYAN AMRIT GUJARATI MONTHLY AHMEDABAD 205600 BALARAMA MALAYALAM WEEKLY KOTTAYAM 202316 HINDUSTAN KI NAI DISHAEIN HINDI WEEKLY PATNA 201878 AROGYAM MALAYALAM MONTHLY KOTTAYAM 201813 BAL BHASKAR HINDI FORTNIGHTLY BHOPAL 200464 CHARCHAUGHI MARATHI MONTHLY MUMBAI 196875 THE SUNDAY TIMES OF INDIA ENGLISH WEEKLY AHMEDABAD 194980 GAUTAM BUDDHA AMAR UJALA CHAUPAL HINDI MONTHLY NAGAR 192414 RAVIVAR MAHARASHTRA TIMES MARATHI WEEKLY MUMBAI 192216 JAGRAN CITY PLUS ENGLISH WEEKLY DELHI 190889 THE WEEK ENGLISH WEEKLY ERNAKULAM 190403 TELEKIDS ENGLISH WEEKLY CALCUTTA 188054 EMPLOYMENT MASTER TAMIL WEEKLY CHENNAI 186666 SANKALP SHAKTI HINDI WEEKLY SHAHDOL 180516 TRAVELLERS TIMES ENGLISH FORTNIGHTLY RANGAREDDI 180000 MANORAMA TELL ME WHY ENGLISH MONTHLY KOTTAYAM 178529 SUBH SHAAM URDU WEEKLY KANPUR 177748 THE SUNDAY STATESMAN ENGLISH WEEKLY KOLKATA 175870 TASVEER-E-HIND ENGLISH MONTHLY DELHI 175200 MAHILARATNAM MALAYALAM MONTHLY KOLLAM 171656 COMPETITION SUCCESS REVIEW ENGLISH MONTHLY DELHI 170619 KARMAKSHETRA BENGALI WEEKLY KOLKATA 169521 RAVIVASRIYA HINDUSTAN HINDI WEEKLY MUZAFFARPUR 169129 SUNDAY NAV GUJARAT SAMAY GUJARATI WEEKLY AHMEDBAD 167767 VANITHA HINDI MONTHLY KOTTAYAM 167590 RAVIVASRIYA HINDUSTAN HINDI WEEKLY BHAGALPUR 162392 RAVIVASRIYA HINDUSTAN HINDI WEEKLY KANPUR 161628 RAVIVASRIYA HINDUSTAN HINDI WEEKLY MEERUT 161026 362 The Press in India 2014-15
EMPLOYMENT SERVICE TAMIL WEEKLY KANYAKUMARI 159303 THOZHIL VEEDHI MALAYALAM WEEKLY KERLA 155419 SAPTAHIK BARTMAN BENGALI WEEKLY KOLKATA 154558 TIME PASS TAMIL WEEKLY CHENNAI 152740 CHENNAI(PRINTED AT THE HINDU ENGLISH WEEKLY BANGALORE) 152366 THE SPEAKING TREE ENGLISH WEEKLY MUMBAI 151788 IIBF VISION ENGLISH MONTHLY MUMBAI 150831 SUNDAY NAVBHARAT TIMES HINDI WEEKLY MUMBAI 147757 MATRUVANI MALAYALAM MONTHLY KOLLAM 147590 KALIKKUDUKKA MALAYALAM WEEKLY KOTTAYAM 142300 JAGRAN CITY PLUS ENGLISH WEEKLY BANGALORE(NORTH) 140868 BANGALORE MIRROR ON SATURDAY ENGLISH WEEKLY BANGALORE(NORTH) 140580 NAI SADI KI PRASTUTI HINDI WEEKLY DELHI 140444 BANGALORE MIRROR ON SUNDAY ENGLISH WEEKLY BANGALORE(NORTH) 140297 MANGALAM MALAYALAM WEEKLY KOTTAYAM 137801 SWATI TELUGU WEEKLY VIJAYAWADA 137312 CHENNAI(PRINTED AT THE HINDU ENGLISH WEEKLY HYDERABAD) 136888 FILMFARE ENGLISH FORTNIGHTLY MUMBAI 136218 RAVIVASRIYA HINDUSTAN HINDI WEEKLY VARANASI 136016 KUMUDAM SNEHIDHI TAMIL FORTNIGHTLY CHENNAI 134729 SUNDAY HINDUSTAN TIMES ENGLISH WEEKLY CHANDIGARH 133504 KUNGUMAM TAMIL WEEKLY CHENNAI 132140 KOTHRUD PLUS MARATHI FORTNIGHTLY PUNE 131125 KOTHRUD MITRA MARATHI FORTNIGHTLY PUNE 130791 SUNDAY TIMES OF INDIA ENGLISH WEEKLY LUCKNOW 127874 MANGAYAR MALAR TAMIL FORTNIGHTLY CHENNAI 126491 KRUSHIJAL SWARAJYA MARATHI WEEKLY SOLAPUR 123978 RAVIVASRIYA HINDUSTAN HINDI WEEKLY RANCHI 122633 DNA TIMES ENGLISH WEEKLY PUNE 122200 NAVA SINHAGAD PARISAR MARATHI FORTNIGHTLY PUNE 121667 PRATIYOGITA DARPAN ENGLISH MONTHLY AGRA 120221 INDIA TODAY HINDI WEEKLY DELHI 119140 KRANTI TEJ MARATHI WEEKLY PUNE 118738 SANGHARSHACHA AWAZ MARATHI WEEKLY PUNE 118738 BHARARI PATHAK MARATHI WEEKLY PUNE 118738 Chennai published at THE HINDU ENGLISH WEEKLY Gautam Budh Nagar 118339 JUNIOR SCIENCE REFRESHER ENGLISH MONTHLY DELHI 117980 RAVIVASRIYA HINDUSTAN HINDI WEEKLY AGRA 115905 Circulation of Weeklies and Other Periodicals 363
WOMAN ON TOP HINDI MONTHLY DELHI 113850 SUCCESS MIRROR HINDI MONTHLY AGRA 113260 ACTION INDIA HINDI WEEKLY DELHI 112691 B S 1000 ENGLISH ANNUAL DELHI 112602 ENGINEERS INSTITUTE HINDI WEEKLY PATNA 112500 BANKING SERVICES CHRONICLES ENGLISH MONTHLY DELHI 111280 SUKHI GRIHAKON BENGALI MONTHLY KOLKATA 111243 FREEDOM FIGHTER HINDI WEEKLY BIHAR 110834 FRIDAY GURGAON ENGLISH WEEKLY GURGAON 108333 BUSINESS STANDARD FUND MANAGER ENGLISH ANNUAL DELHI 108165 DEEPOTSAV MARATHI ANNUAL NAGPUR 108000 BUSINESS STANDARD BANKING ANNUAL ENGLISH ANNUAL DELHI 107910 SAMANAYA GYAN DARPAN HINDI MONTHLY AGRA 107866 SNEHA SENA MALAYALAM MONTHLY KANJIRAFALLY 107375 SUNDAY PUNE TIMES MIRROR ENGLISH WEEKLY PUNE 107298 SHALOM TIMES MALAYALAM MONTHLY KOZHIKODE 107281 CHITRALEKHA GUJARATI WEEKLY MUMBAI 106782 SPARDHA SPOORTI KANNADA MONTHLY DHARWAD 106417 SUNDAY TIMES OF INDIA ENGLISH WEEKLY JAIPUR 105239 GAUTAM BUDDHA AKBARI BILINGUAL WEEKLY NAGAR 105200 PALLIBADHU ODIA MONTHLY PURI 105025 EXAM MASTER TAMIL MONTHLY CHENNAI 104750 EVER LATEST GENERAL KNOWLEDGE REFRESHER ENGLISH MONTHLY DELHI 103529 RAVIVASRIYA HINDUSTAN HINDI WEEKLY DHANBAD 102853 CUSTOMER MATTERS ENGLISH QUARTERLY MUMBAI 102700 SANANDA BENGALI FORTNIGHTLY KOLKATA 101919 RAVIVASRIYA HINDUSTAN HINDI WEEKLY MORADABAD 101490 LIFE POSITIVE ENGLISH MONTHLY DELHI 101102 BALABHUMI MALAYALAM WEEKLY CALICUT 100124 INDIA UNBOUND BILINGUAL MONTHLY THANE 100000 KARVENAGAR PARISAR MARATHI FORTNIGHTLY PUNE 100000 DESHVANI MARATHI WEEKLY NANDED 100000 THE VERDICT ENGLISH WEEKLY MUMBAI 100000 COMMUNITY SAMVADA ENGLISH MONTHLY DELHI 100000
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TABLE 7.1 YEAR WISE CIRCULATION OF PERIODICALS (2004-05 to 2014-15)
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
2014-15 21,32,45,547
TABLE 7.2 NUMBER & CIRCULATION OF PERIODICALS DURING 2014-15 (Periodicity-wise)
PERIODITY NUMBER CIRCULATION WEEKLY 8084 127483338 FORTNIGHTLY 2219 28769695 MONTHLY 3912 52292669 QUARTERLY 309 1824274 ANNUAL 76 1497868 OTHERS 282 1377703 Total 14,882 213245547
Circulation of Weeklies and Other Periodicals 365
TABLE 7.3 NUMBER & CIRCULATION OF PERIODICALS DURING 2014-15 (Language-wise)
Languages Number Circulation ASSAMESE 19 380810 BENGALI 179 2868913 BILINGUAL 871 10767466 DOGRI 1 5450 ENGLISH 1409 28799009 GUJARATI 1016 9635051 HINDI 8815 116156946 KANNADA 158 1531584 KASHMIRI 2 45450 KONKANI 3 97292 MAITHILI 3 15600 MALAYALAM 134 6737016 MANIPURI 1 3700 MARATHI 534 8297679 MULTILINGUAL 79 731637 NEPALI 7 18650 ODIA 222 5425849 OTHERS 25 264041 PUNJABI 75 1512617 SANSKRIT 11 200350 SANTHALI 1 500 SINDHI 9 168635 TAMIL 150 3393291 TELUGU 619 8179205 URDU 539 8008806 Total 14882 213245547
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TABLE 7.4 NUMBER & CIRCULATION OF PERIODICALS DURING 2014-15 (State/Union Territory-wise)
State/Union Territory Number Total Circulation
ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS 1 610 ANDHRA PRADESH 738 10412374 ASSAM 37 836245 BIHAR 73 2582565 CHANDIGARH 36 751007 CHHATTISGARH 172 1827879 DELHI 1797 36369689 DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI 10 273651 GOA 8 71592 GUJARAT 1094 10563696 HARYANA 144 2299279 HIMACHAL PRADESH 51 349800 JHARKHAND 50 906480 JAMMU & KASHMIR 119 1425536 KARNATAKA 242 3177217 KERALA 183 8058211 MAHARASHTRA 995 17532364 MANIPUR 1 3700 MEGHALAYA 1 1880 MADHYA PRADESH 1778 17780850 NAGALAND 1 13255 ODISHA 277 6902624 PUDUCHERRY 16 121405 PUNJAB 99 1506978 RAJASTHAN 1221 8681566 SIKKIM 6 39150 TELANGANA 92 697917 TAMIL NADU 303 7148758 TRIPURA 24 132013 UTTAR PRADESH 3458 56092715 UTTARAKHAND 1611 12597312 WEST BENGAL 244 4087229 Total 14882 213245547
Circulation of Weeklies and Other Periodicals 367
TABLE 7.5 NUMBER OF PERIODICALS ACCORDING TO CONTENTS (PERIODICITY- WISE) During 2014-15
CATEGORY WEEKLY FORTNIGHTLY MONTHLY QUARTERLY ANNUAL OTHERS Total AAH 7 4 46 5 0 12 74 AOC 15 21 131 26 7 31 231 ART 2 1 40 7 0 10 60 CAI 4 6 34 5 0 6 55 CHI 7 11 48 2 0 1 69 EAT 5 2 26 8 0 7 48 EDU 14 12 108 12 6 37 189 FAE 9 6 15 4 2 2 38 FIL 11 8 23 0 0 0 42 IBC 2 1 9 1 1 0 14 LAB 1 2 5 0 0 0 8 LAC 4 9 89 19 5 6 132 LAP 3 11 20 3 2 2 41 MAH 1 8 69 18 1 13 110 NCA 7924 1972 2789 143 37 110 12975 SCI 1 2 8 3 0 9 23 SOW 18 13 151 22 0 10 214 SPO 2 0 15 2 1 2 22 TAC 0 4 25 3 1 1 34 UNC 49 120 218 24 11 21 443 WOM 5 6 43 2 2 2 60 Total 8084 2219 3912 309 76 282 14882
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TABLE 7.6 NUMBER OF PERIDICALS ACCORDING TO CONTENTS (LANGUAGE- WISE) During 2014-15
Language AAH AOC ART CAI CHI EAT EDU FAE FIL IBC LAB ASSAMESE 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 BENGALI 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 BILINGUAL 5 28 7 7 6 1 38 2 3 1 0 DOGRI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ENGLISH 17 107 44 38 19 45 79 23 6 9 1 GUJARATI 2 10 1 0 3 0 7 1 0 2 1 HINDI 36 36 4 5 18 2 28 10 12 1 5 KANNADA 1 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 KASHMIRI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 KONKANI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MAITHILI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MALAYALAM 2 7 1 2 10 0 15 1 3 0 0 MANIPURI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MARATHI 0 7 1 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 MULTILINGUAL 0 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 NEPALI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ODIA 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 OTHERS 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PUNJABI 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 SANSKRIT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 2 4 1 0 2 0 5 1 5 0 0 TELUGU 8 12 0 0 2 0 8 0 10 0 0 URDU 0 4 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Total 74 231 60 55 69 48 189 38 42 14 8
Circulation of Weeklies and Other Periodicals 369
TABLE 7.6(Contd) NUMBER OF PERIDICALS ACCORDING TO CONTENTS (LANGUAGE- WISE) During 2014-15
Language LAC LAP MAH NCA SCI SOW SPO TAC UNC WOM Total ASSAMESE 1 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 BENGALI 5 0 0 145 0 2 0 1 18 2 179 BILINGUAL 7 7 17 675 1 26 5 3 31 1 871 DOGRI 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 ENGLISH 16 22 42 754 17 24 5 24 108 9 1409 GUJARATI 5 1 2 930 0 18 0 1 30 2 1016 HINDI 59 10 30 8285 4 80 10 4 148 28 8815 KANNADA 5 0 2 132 0 3 0 0 6 1 158 KASHMIRI 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 KONKANI 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 MAITHILI 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 MALAYALAM 3 0 2 61 0 6 1 0 18 2 134 MANIPURI 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 MARATHI 4 0 3 488 0 8 0 0 14 3 534 MULTILINGUAL 3 0 2 57 0 6 0 0 3 0 79 NEPALI 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 ODIA 5 0 2 191 0 1 0 0 16 3 222 OTHERS 2 0 0 16 0 1 0 0 2 0 25 PUNJABI 0 0 0 60 0 2 0 0 8 1 75 SANSKRIT 1 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 SANTHALI 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 SINDHI 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 TAMIL 3 1 3 91 1 12 1 1 13 4 150 TELUGU 3 0 4 539 0 19 0 0 10 4 619 URDU 9 0 1 501 0 3 0 0 18 0 539 Total 132 41 110 12975 23 214 22 34 443 60 14882
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NUMBER OF PERIDICALS ACCORDING TO CONTENTS (CIRCULATION- WISE) During 2014-15 TABLE 7.7
ANNUAL OTHERS FORTNIGHTLY MONTHLY QUARTERLY WEEKLY TOTAL
CATEGORY No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation
AAH 0 0 12 10039 4 169345 46 711778 5 33883 7 244314 74 1169359
AOC 7 33583 31 102856 21 484052 131 1531999 26 96432 15 183803 231 2432725
ART 0 0 10 43377 1 223580 40 534491 7 37825 2 90700 60 929973
CAI 0 0 6 24208 6 300567 34 293916 5 4560 4 98898 55 722149
CHI 0 0 1 0 11 246491 48 723463 2 1304 7 503702 69 1474960
EAT 0 0 7 18615 2 6124 26 172621 8 33656 5 102950 48 333966
EDU 6 126152 37 43416 12 67818 108 2434929 12 30107 14 870588 189 3573010
FAE 2 220767 2 969 6 98947 15 359835 4 2075 9 112236 38 794829
FIL 0 0 0 0 8 304613 23 374645 0 0 11 200035 42 879293
IBC 1 107910 0 0 1 6000 9 144833 1 102700 2 5959 14 367402
LAB 0 0 0 0 2 3633 5 30759 0 0 1 31307 8 65699
LAC 5 25516 6 12848 9 723927 89 1835597 19 118049 4 110450 132 2826387
LAP 2 65 2 300 11 69907 20 99905 3 9000 3 12521 41 191698
MAH 1 6891 13 43267 8 133430 69 1171427 18 163186 1 4010 110 1522211
NCA 37 504786 110 860433 1972 22593028 2789 33193657 143 1005651 7924 123319262 12975 181476817
SCI 0 0 9 5575 2 45282 8 239582 3 1893 1 11695 23 304027
SOW 0 0 10 105042 13 129869 151 2259172 22 61898 18 488233 214 3044214
SPO 1 500 2 11650 0 0 15 357555 2 1100 2 51147 22 421952
TAC 1 1950 1 27014 4 31202 25 268011 3 6300 0 0 34 334477
UNC 11 467477 21 60694 120 2664622 218 4184972 24 91056 49 972773 443 8441594
WOM 2 2271 2 7400 6 467258 43 1369522 2 23599 5 68755 60 1938805
Total 76 1497868 282 1377703 2219 28769695 3912 52292669 309 1824274 8084 127483338 14882 213245547
Circulation of Weeklies and Other Periodicals 371
TABLE 7.8 NUMBER OF GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS (Periodicity-wise) 2014-15 (Annual Statements)
PERIODICITY CENTRAL STATE TOTAL DAILY 1 3 4 FORTNIGHTLY 2 1 3 MONTHLY 23 6 29 QUARTERLY 4 0 4 WEEKLY 3 2 5 OTHERS 5 1 6 Total 38 13 51
TABLE 7.9 NUMBER OF GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS (Language-wise) 2014-15 (Annual Statements)
LANGUAGE CENTRAL STATE TOTAL BENGALI 0 1 1 BILINGUAL 0 3 3 ENGLISH 14 1 15 GUJARATI 1 0 1 HINDI 12 2 14 KONKANI 1 0 1 MALAYALAM 1 1 2 MARATHI 1 0 1 ODIA 1 0 1 PUNJABI 1 0 1 TELUGU 2 5 7 URDU 4 0 4 Total 38 13 51
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TABLE 7.10 NUMBER OF GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS (State-wise) 2014-15 (Annual Statements)
PERIODICITY CENTRAL STATE TOTAL ANDHRA PRADESH 2 3 5 DELHI 29 1 30 GUJARAT 1 0 1 KERALA 1 2 3 MAHARASHTRA 3 0 3 MADHYA PRADESH 0 2 2 RAJASTHAN 1 0 1 TELANGANA 0 2 2 TAMIL NADU 0 1 1 UTTAR PRADESH 0 1 1 UTTRAKHAND 1 0 1 WEST BENGAL 0 1 1 Total 38 13 51