STEADY RISE IN NUMBER AND CIRCULATION OF NEWSPAPERS PRESS IN INDIA- 2002 PRESENTED

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The number of registered newspapers and periodicals in India rose from 49,145 to 51,960 in 2001, registering a growth of 5.73 per cent. The total circulation of publications in 2001 was 11,82,57,597 copies. According to the Press in India- 2002, the number of dailies increased from 5364 in 2000 to 5638 in 2001. The total circulation of daily newspapers also rose from 5,91,29,183 copies in 2000 to 5,98,73,881 in 2001.

The Press in India – 2002 was presented by the Registrar of Newspapers for India, Shri G. D Beliya to the Secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Shri Pawan Chopra here today.

The highlights of the report are:

• The largest circulated Daily: The Hindu, English, Chennai(printed from nine centers) (9,37,222 copies)
• The second largest circulated Daily: The Hindustan Times, English, Delhi (Printed from eleven centers) (9,09,278)
• The third largest circulated Daily: Anand Bazar Patrika, Bengali, Kolkata(8,76,727)
• The largest circulated multi-edition Daily: The Times of India, English (Nine editions) (21,52,046)
• The second largest circulated multi-edition Daily: Malayala Manorma, Malayalm, Kerla ( Nine editions) ( 12,72,823)
• The largest circulated periodicals: Saras Salil(Fortnightly) Hindi, Delhi(11,01,598)
• The total number of registered newspapers, as on 31^st December 2001: 51,960.
• The total number of new newspapers registerd in the year: 2824.
• Percentage of growth of registered publications over the previous year: 5.73 Per cent.
• The largest number of newspapers & periodicals in any Indian language: Hindi(20,589)
• The second largest number of newspapers & periodicals in any language: English(7,596).
• The third largest number of newspapers & periodicals in any laguage: Marathi(2,943)
• The state publishing the largest number of newspapers: Uttar Pradesh(8,397)
• The state publishing the second largest number of newspapers: Delhi(6,923)
• The state publishing the third largest number of newspapers: Maharashtra(6,018).