Chapter – 9 Press in States and Union Territories
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CHAPTER – 9 PRESS IN STATES AND UNION TERRITORIES 9.1.1. The Indian Press spread over 29 States and 7 Union Territories, has shown phenomenal growth in terms of both the national as well as regional print media, which play a significant role in molding public opinion. This is evident from the statistical data collected over the years. 9.1.2. The Annual Statements received from the publishers online for 2015-16 indicate that Uttar Pradesh retained the top position in filing Annual Statements with 6,083 publications (newspapers & periodicals). Madhya Pradesh came second with 3,308 and Delhi third with 2,583 publications (newspapers & periodicals). (Table 3.2) 9.1.3. The total number of registered publications (newspapers & periodicals) went up in all the States and Union Territories except Lakshadweep during the year under review. 9.1.4. As far as the registered publications are concerned, Uttar Pradesh continued to be the largest publisher with 16,984 publications (newspapers & periodicals) followed by Maharashtra 15,260 and Delhi 12,482. (Chapter 2 Table 2.4) 9.1.5. Delhi brought out publications in 17 languages followed by Maharashtra in 15 languages, Tamil Nadu in 12 languages and Karnataka in 11 languages out of the 23 main languages (including English) listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution. 9.1.6 As many as 27,445 publications (newspapers & periodicals) filed their Annual Statements online for the year 2015-16, which represents an increase of 17.31% per cent as compared to last year. Circulation-wise the press in Uttar Pradesh retained its top position with a combined circulation of 14,37,35,163 copies, followed by Delhi with 7,22,18,322 and Maharashtra with 6,00,83,441 copies per publishing day. 9.1.7. A list of ‘Big’ ‘Medium’ and ‘Small’ publications in each State and Union Territory with their claimed circulation is given in Appendix I. An analysis of the status of the Press in various States and Union Territories along with their circulation is given as under: Note: Population and literacy data are taken from provisional census data 2011 sourced from www.censusindia.gov.in. The Press in India 2015-16 377 1. ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS CAPITAL : Port Blair POPULATION : 3,79,944 (2011) LITERACY : 86.27% (2011) Registered Newspapers 9.2.1. One Multi-lingual Fortnightly publication was again registered in the year 2015-16 raising total number of registered publications to 94 comprising 21 Dailies, 29 Weeklies, 23 Fortnightlies, 17 Monthlies, 2 Quarterlies and 2 of other periodicities. (Table 1) 9.2.2. Out of total 94 registered publications, only 15 publications filed their Annual Statements for 2015-16 comprising 11 Dailies, 2 Weeklies, 1 Fortnightly and 1 Monthly. (Table 2) Circulation 9.2.3 Total claimed circulation was 1,30,192 copies per publishing day. English Press remained the large with 56,969 claimed copies followed by Hindi 38,999 copies. (Table 2) Leading Newspapers 9.2.4 “The Echo Of India”, an English/Daily with the circulation of 27,539 copies per publishing day from Port Blair was the highest circulated publication. TABLE 1 TOTAL NUMBER OF REGISTERED NEWSPAPERS AS ON 31.03.2016 (Language & Periodicity-wise) ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS Languages Dailies Weeklies Fortnightlies Monthlies Quarterlies Others Total English 13 13 12 6 1 1 46 Hindi 5 4 3 1 1 1 15 Bengali 1 2 1 3 0 0 7 Urdu 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Malayalam 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 Tamil 0 5 3 5 0 0 13 Telugu 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 Bilingual 1 5 1 1 0 0 8 Multilingual 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 Total 21 29 23 17 2 2 94 378 Press in States and Union Territories TABLE 2 CIRCULATION OF NEWSPAPERS Language & Periodicity-wise (Based on Annual Statements 2015-16) ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS Daily Weekly Fortnightly Monthly Total Language No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation Bengali 1 22849 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 22849 Bilingual 1 1000 1 800 0 0 1 517 3 2317 English 5 56269 1 700 0 0 0 0 6 56969 Hindi 3 38999 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 38999 Multilingual 0 0 0 0 1 2000 0 0 1 2000 Tamil 1 7058 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7058 Total 11 126175 2 1500 1 2000 1 517 15 130192 2. ANDHRA PRADESH CAPITAL : Hyderabad POPULATION : 4,93,86,799 (2011) LITERACY : 67.41% (2011) Registered Newspapers 9.3.1. A total number of 291 new publications were added during 2015-16. Of these, 112 were Dailies, 28 Weeklies, 16 Fortnightlies, 131 Monthlies, 2 Quarterlies and 2 other periodicities. Thus, the total number of registered newspapers & periodicals has gone up to 6,506, comprising 1,710 Dailies, 9 Tri-Bi Weeklies, 1,161 Weeklies, 785 Fortnightlies, 2508 Monthlies, 182 Quarterlies, 8 Annuals and 143 other periodicities. (Table 1) 9.3.2. Annual Statements were received from 1,523 publications i.e. 832 Dailies, 156 Weeklies, 115 Fortnightlies, 414 Monthlies, 5 Quarterlies and 1 other. (Table 2) Circulation 9.3.3. Data received from 1,523 publications claiming a total circulation of 2,52,72,232 copies per publishing day. Language-wise, Telugu publications had the major share in the total claimed circulation consisting of 1,98,29,095 copies per publishing day. (Table 2) The Press in India 2015-16 379 Leading Newspapers 9.3.4 The Large circulated daily was “Deccan Chronicle” (English/Daily) from Secunderabad with a circulation of 5,13,856 copies per publishing day. TABLE 1 TOTAL NUMBER OF REGISTERED NEWSPAPERS AS ON 31.03.2016 (Language & Periodicity-wise) ANDHRA PRADESH Tri/Bi- Languages Dailies Weeklies Weeklies Fortnightlies Monthlies Quarterlies Others Annuals Total English 235 1 121 90 303 89 52 6 897 Hindi 26 0 17 5 33 4 1 0 86 Assamese 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 Bengali 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 0 7 Gujarati 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 5 Kannada 1 0 1 0 9 0 0 0 11 Malayalam 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 6 Marathi 0 0 0 0 8 1 0 0 9 Odia 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 6 Punjabi 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 Santhali 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Sindhi 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 Tamil 2 0 1 0 8 0 0 0 11 Telugu 1241 5 611 556 1770 54 64 0 4301 Urdu 182 3 354 77 84 2 2 0 704 Bilingual 15 0 50 49 234 26 19 1 394 Multilingual 7 0 5 5 35 3 3 1 59 Others 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 Total 1710 9 1161 785 2508 182 143 8 6506 TABLE 2 CIRCULATION OF NEWSPAPERS Language & Periodicity-wise (Based on Annual Statements 2015-16) ANDHRA PRADESH DAILY WEEKLY FORTNIGHTLY MONTHLY QUARTERLY OTHERS ANNUAL TOTAL LANGUAGE No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation BILINGUAL 7 85900 5 55350 3 41855 16 113116 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 296221 ENGLISH 120 3242118 15 155316 3 40150 29 333729 2 2300 0 0 0 0 169 3773613 HINDI 9 128392 1 1000 0 0 3 47000 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 176392 KANNADA 1 6500 0 0 0 0 1 10500 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 17000 MULTILINGUAL 1 25500 1 10500 0 0 3 53500 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 89500 ODIA 1 20000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20000 SANSKRIT 0 0 0 0 1 16000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16000 TELUGU 645 14237512 100 905823 106 1039600 357 3638328 3 2632 1 5200 0 0 1212 19829095 URDU 48 702711 34 293400 2 17000 5 41300 0 0 0 0 0 0 89 1054411 TOTAL 832 18448633 156 1421389 115 1154605 414 4237473 5 4932 1 5200 0 0 1523 25272232 380 Press in States and Union Territories 3. ARUNACHAL PRADESH CAPITAL : Itanagar POPULATION : 1,382,611 (2011) LITERACY : 69.95% (2011) Registered Newspapers 9.4.1. Two new publications were registered during 2015-16 for English; one of these was in Daily and one was in Monthly. Total number of publications went to 27, comprising 10 Dailies, 1 Tri-Biweekly, 11 Weeklies, 3 Monthlies and 2 Quarterlies. (Table 1) 9.4.2. Only 9 publications submitted their Annual Statements for 2015-16, which included 8 in English and 1 in Hindi. Their combined claimed circulation figure was 3,11,845 copies per publishing day. (Table 2) Leading Newspapers 9.4.3 The large circulated daily was “The Dawnlit Post”, an English/Daily published from Itanagar with 52,100 copies per publishing day. TABLE 1 TOTAL NUMBER OF REGISTERED NEWSPAPERS AS ON 31.03.2016 (Language & Periodicity-wise) ARUNACHAL PRADESH Tri/Bi- Languages Dailies Weeklies Fortnightlies Monthlies Quarterlies Others Annuals Total Weeklies English 9 1 6 0 2 0 0 0 18 Hindi 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Manipuri 0 0 4 0 1 2 0 0 7 others 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Total 10 1 11 0 3 2 0 0 27 TABLE 2 CIRCULATION OF NEWSPAPERS Language & Periodicity-wise (Based on Annual Statements 2015-16) ARUNACHAL PRADESH TRI/BI- DAILY WEEKLY FORTNIGHTLY MONTHLY TOTAL LANGUAGE WEEKLY No.