Publications in India registered 5.8% growth

Press in India Highlights for the Year 2014-15:

The total number of registered publications, as on 31^st March, 2015: 1,05,443

• Newspaper category;14,984
• Periodicals category;90,459

The number of new publications registered during 2014-15: 5,817. (In which around 1230 newspaper category and 4500 in periodical category)

The number of ceased publications during 2014-15:34

Percentage of growth of total registered publications over the previous year: 5.80%

The largest number of publications registered in any Indian language (Hindi): 42,493

The second largest number of newspapers & periodicals registered in any language (English): 13,661

The state with the largest number of registered publications (Uttar Pradesh): 16,130

The state with the second largest number of registered publications (Maharashtra): 14,394

The number of publications that submitted Annual Statements (the figure includes 607 misc. publications): 23,394

The total circulation of publications during 2014-15: 51,05,21,445

• Hindi publications: 25,77,61,985
• English publications:6,26,62,670
• Urdu publicationd:4,12,73,949

The largest number of publications that submitted Annual Statements in any Indian language (Hindi): 12,516

The second largest number of publications that submitted Annual Statements in any language (English) : 2,219

The largest circulated Daily: Ananda Bazar Patrika, Bengali, Kolkata : 11,78,779

The second largest circulated Daily: Hindustan Times, English, Delhi : 10,18,367

The largest circulated Hindi Daily: Punjab Kesari, Jalandhar : 7,42,190

The largest circulated multi-edition Daily: The Times of India, English (33 editions): 46,30,200

The second largest circulated multi-edition Daily: Dainik Bhaskar, Hindi (34 editions): 36,94,385

The largest circulated periodical: The Sunday Times of India, English/Weekly, Delhi : 8,85,201

The largest circulated periodical in Hindi: Sunday Navbharat Times, Hindi/Weekly, Mumbai: 7,04,257

• The total number of application received: 20,217
• Titles approved: 13,492
• Titles deblocked: 7,819

Also Arun Jaitley said that Magazine Journalism is ending slowly with a shift to online and digital platform since people prefer instant and quick news at their disposal.