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CHAPTER – 7

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 2016-17, a total number of 20,495 Annual

Statements were received from the publishers online in respect of other Periodicals raising

their claimed circulation figure to 21,27,28,237 copies per publishing day (Table 7.2). As a

growth rate of 19.26% was recorded in e-filing of Annual Statements by Weeklies and other

Periodicals, a decrease of 10.85% was also recorded in their claimed circulation this year

compared to the previous year.

7.1.2. Among the Periodicals, Weeklies dominated the scene with a total number of

10,638 publications out of 20,495 publications which filed online Annual Statements for

2016-17 and in circulation also remained top by claiming 11,94,98,723 out of 21,27,28,237

copies per publishing day, followed by Monthlies 5,788 with circulation of 5,13,27,699

copies, Fortnightlies 2,804 with circulation of 2,60,79,617 copies, Quarterlies 446 with

circulation of 20,16,051 copies and Annuals 96 with circulation of 14,50,045 copies. The

remaining 723 publications were of other periodicities with a claimed circulation of

1,23,56,102 copies per publishing day. (Table 7.2)

LANGUAGE WISE

7.2.1. While going through Annual Statements filed for the year 2016-17, 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

11,600 publications followed by English (1,487), Marathi (1424), Gujarati (1,409), Bilingual

(1,205), Telugu (939), Urdu (643), Bengali (389), Kannada (354), Odia (279), Tamil (241)

and Malayalam (197). (Table 7.3)

7.2.2. In circulation also, Hindi Periodicals maintain their lead with a total

circulation of 11,20,57,783 copies per publishing day followed by English (2,74,59,953),

Gujarati (1,28,96,421), Bilingual (1,07,88,541), Marathi (99,51,128), Telugu (88,35,046),

Malayalam (66,09,299) and Urdu (63,38,293). (Table 7.3)

436 The Press in India 2016-17

STATE/UT-WISE

7.3.1. Uttar Pradesh continued to maintain its lead with 3,870 Periodicals; Madhya

Pradesh came second with 3,522 followed by Maharashtra 2,248, Uttarakhand 1,773, Delhi

1,760, Gujarat 1,491 and Rajasthan 1,406. (Table 7.4)

7.3.2. Uttar Pradesh remained on top position in terms of circulation also with a

claim of 4,43,92,521 copies per publishing day followed by Delhi with 2,70,34,631 copies,

Madhya Pradesh 2,44,37,825 copies, Maharashtra 2,11,39,095 copies, Gujarat 1,41,10,724

copies and Uttarakhand 1,39,26,306 copies per publishing day. (Table 7.4)

CONTENTS

7.4.1. The Periodicals have been classified into 20 categories according to their

contents as per total number of Annual Statements received for the year 2016-17.

7.4.2. The Periodicals which cover major topics fall under the category of NCA

(News and Current Affairs 18,544), followed by UNC (Unclassified 512), SOW (Social

Welfare 244), EDU (Education 235), LAC (Literature & Culture 172), MAH (Medicine and

Health 160) and AAH (Agriculture and Animal Husbandry 98) 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 10,638 and 5,788 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 11,600 publications followed by English & Marathi with 1,487 & 1,424

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 18,55,87,724 copies followed by UNC (Unclassified

81,48,587) EDU (Education 37,34,415), LAC (Literature & Culture 22,08,308) and SOW

(Social Welfare 21,63,256). (Table 7.7)

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GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS

7.5.1. There were 60 Government Publications, which filed Annual Statements for

the year 2016-17, out of which 35 belonged to the Central and 25 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 higher.

7.5.2. Out of the 60 Government Publications, Monthlies dominated the scene

having 40 in number followed by Weeklies, Quarterlies, and Fortnightlies and Daily having

5, 4, 3 and 3 publications respectively. Remaining 4 were of other periodicities. (Table 7.8)

7.5.3. Language-wise, the largest number of government publications were brought

out in English (20) followed by Hindi (11), Bilingual (7), Malayalam (5), Urdu (3) and

Telugu (3). (Table 7.9)

CENTRAL GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS

7.6.1. Out of 35 Central Government Publications; 18 were in English, 07 in Hindi,

04 in Malayalam, 2 in Urdu and 1 each in Odia, Tamil, Telugu and Punjabi. (Table 7.9)

7.6.2. Out of 35 Central Government Publications; 23 were published from Delhi

followed by 5 from Kerala, 2 from Maharashtra and 1 each from Assam, Telangana,

Karnataka, West Bengal and Uttarakhand. (Table 7.10)

STATE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS

7.7.1. There were 25 State Government Publications which filed their Annual

Statements in 2016-17. Out of this, 7 were in Bilingual, 4 were in Hindi, 3 were in Marathi, 2

each were in Bengali, English and Telugu, 1 each were in Gujarati, Kannada, Multilingual,

Urdu and Malayalam. (Table 7.9)

7.7.2. State-wise study shows that, 3 each were from Delhi, Karnataka and Madhya

Pradesh, 2 each were from West Bengal, A.P., and Telangana, 1 each from Assam, Gujarat,

U.P., Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan and Kerala. (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 2,13,620 copies per publishing

day.


LIST OF PERIODICALS CLAIMING MORE THAN ONE LAKH CIRCULATION

Title Language Periodicity Place of Publication Circulation

The Sunday Times of India English Weekly Delhi 835269

The Times of India English Daily (Monday

to Saturday) Mumbai 830501

Sunday Times of India English Weekly Mumbai 790672

Sunday Navbharat Times Hindi Weekly Mumbai 669627

Sunday Hindustan Times English Weekly Delhi 668590

Vanitha Malayalam Fortnightly Kottayam 647104

Sunday Mumbai Mirror English Weekly Mumbai 640704

Amar Ujala Udaan Hindi Weekly Gautam Buddha Nagar 608234

Mumbai Mirror English Daily (Monday


The Sunday Times of India English Weekly Bangalore 422186

Hindustan Hindi Daily (Monday

to Saturday) Patna 406404

Sunday Hindustan Times English Weekly Mumbai 397638

Ravivasriya Hindustan Hindi Weekly Patna 392074

Mathrubhumi Thozhil Vartha Malayalam Weekly Kozhikode 380125

Malayala Manorama Weekly Malayalam Weekly Kottayam 378590

Gadchiroli Patrika Marathi Weekly Gadchiroli 338000

Karmasangsthaan Bengali Weekly Kolkata 337562

Grahlaxmi Hindi Monthly Delhi 333166

The Hindu English Weekly Chennai 320055

Annadata Telugu Monthly Hyderabad 314708

Sandesh Anand Marathi Daily Evening Nagpur 312000

Meri Saheli Hindi Monthly Mumbai 307493

Ravivasriya Hindustan Hindi Weekly Delhi 303908

Saras Salil Hindi Fortnightly Delhi 300635

Manorama Year Book English Annual Kottayam 300000

Ravivar Maharashtra Times Marathi Weekly Mumbai 298089

The Hindu Young World English Weekly Chennai 292741

Sunday Shalom Malayalam Weekly Kozhikode 278393

The Sunday Times of India English Weekly Kolkata 269623

Sunday Times of India English Weekly Chennai 265255

Ravivar Loksatta Marathi Weekly Mumbai 260214

Hamara Bal Prabhat Hindi Weekly Ranchi 253594

The Chartered Accountant English Monthly Delhi 253182

Ascent English Weekly South Twenty Four

Parganas 250000

Education Times English Weekly Kolkata 250000

Kasrat Marathi Daily Evening Amravati 246925


Ravivasriya Hindustan Hindi Weekly Lucknow 235400

Mathrubhumi Arogya Masika Malayalam Monthly Kozhikode 234451

Prabhat Khabar Healthy Life Hindi Weekly Ranchi 230690

The Hindu English Weekly Chennai (Printed at

Bangalore) 225532

The Sunday Times of India English Weekly Pune 216695

Kendriya Manavadhikar Hindi Daily Evening Nagpur 216000

The Readers Digest English Monthly Mumbai 215923

Employment News English Weekly Delhi 213620

Deepotsav Marathi Annual Nagpur 209145

The Economic Times English Daily (Monday


Grihalakshmi Malayalam Fortnightly Kozhikode 207834

Nai Sadi Ki Prastuti Hindi Weekly Delhi 205629

Ravivasriya Hindustan Hindi Weekly Kanpur 200119

Ananda Vikatan Tamil Weekly Chennai 198389

Mangayar Malar Tamil Fortnightly Chennai 197202

Ravivasriya Hindustan Hindi Weekly Muzaffarpur 197123

Rashtra Doot Hindi Weekly Jaipur 195795

Pratiyogita Darpan Hindi Monthly Agra 194666

Kumudam Tamil Weekly Chennai 189024

Telekids English Weekly Calcutta 187675

The Week English Weekly Ernakulam 185595


to Saturday) Bhagalpur 184534

The Speaking Tree English Weekly Mumbai 184479

Ravivasriya Hindustan Hindi Weekly Bhagalpur 182784

Competition Refresher English Monthly Delhi 179367

Tasveer-E-Hind English Monthly Delhi 175200

Femina English Fortnightly Mumbai 174375

Junior Vikatan Tamil Twice A Week Chennai 173637

Sachi Shiksha Hindi Monthly Sirsa 172438

The Sunday Statesman English Weekly Kolkata 170807

The Sunday Times of India English Weekly Ahmedabad 170666

Standard Herald Gujarati Daily Evening Ahmedabad 165325

Sachitra Nimad Darpan Hindi Daily Evening Khandwa 164708

Balarama Malayalam Weekly Kottayam 160932

The Observer of

Management Education English Monthly Bhopal 160000

Matruvani Malayalam Monthly Kollam 159425

Prabodhanam Malayalam Weekly Kozhikode 159354

Capital Kranti Gujarati Fortnightly Gandhi Nagar 157500

Sunday Times of India English Weekly Hyderabad 156732

Manorama Tell Me Why English Monthly Kottayam 155672


Ravivasriya Hindustan Hindi Weekly Varanasi 155134

Swati Telugu Weekly Krishna/ Vijaywada 154999

Ravivar Maharashtra Times Marathi Weekly Mumbai 154014

Banking Services Chronicle English Monthly Delhi 152483

Competition Success Review English Monthly Delhi 151350

Arogyam Malayalam Monthly Kottayam 150771

Ravivasriya Hindustan Hindi Weekly Meerut 150370

The Hitavada School Edition English Weekly Nagpur 148049

The Hindu English Weekly Chennai(Printed at

Hyderabad) 147641

Nakkheeran Tamil Thrice A Week Chennai 147566

Saptahik Bartman Bengali Weekly Kolkata 146875

Vanitha Hindi Monthly Kottayam 143736

Thozhil Veedhi Malayalam Weekly Kottayam 141341

Sunday Navbharat Times Hindi Weekly Mumbai 140803

Kothrud Plus Marathi Fortnightly Pune 140000

Kothrud Mitra Marathi Fortnightly Pune 140000

Ajagar Bhoomi Hindi Fortnightly Bulandshahr 140000

Bal Bhaskar Hindi Fortnightly Bhopal 139304

Mid-Day English Daily (Monday


Sahityabindu Marathi Weekly Kolhapur 135070

Kalki Tamil Weekly Chennai 133015

Mahilaratnam Malayalam Monthly Kollam 132452

Hindustan Ki Nai Dishaein Hindi Weekly Patna 131572

Kalikkudukka Malayalam Weekly Kottayam 130819

Bala Bharatam Telugu Monthly Rangareddi 130350

Dayanand Anglo Vedic

Students' World Bilingual Bi-Monthly Delhi 130000

Amma Express Tamil Weekly Coimbatore 130000

Ravivasriya Hindustan Hindi Weekly Agra 128508

The Hindu English Weekly Chennai Published at

Gautam Budh Nagar 127851

Junior Science Refresher English Monthly Delhi 126213

Sunday Times of India English Weekly Lucknow 122006


to Saturday) Ranchi 121551

Ravivasriya Hindustan Hindi Weekly Ranchi 121106

The Global Times English Fortnightly Delhi 120909

Kumudam Snehidhi Tamil Fortnightly Chennai 120837

Lok Priya Nishpaksh Varta Hindi Weekly Korba 118589

Shalom Times Malayalam Monthly Kozhikode 116458

Samsamaiki Mahasagar Hindi Monthly Meerut 116439

Arogya Dham Hindi Quarterly Muzaffarnagar 115025

Berojgar Hindi Twice A Week Patna 114900


Mangalam Malayalam Weekly Kottayam 114398

Tnai Bulletin Bilingual Monthly Delhi 114375

Arihant Yuva Hindi Monthly Meerut 113982

Kerala Karshakan Malayalam Monthly Thiruvananthapuram 113859

Freedom Fighter Hindi Weekly Bihar 112834

Ever Latest General

Knowledge Refresher English Monthly Delhi 112187

Punch Hindi Thrice A Week Patna 111500

Kungumam Tamil Weekly Chennai 111290

Nyay Ka Prahari Hindi Weekly Allahabad 111000

Sneha Sena Malayalam Monthly Kanjirafally 110954

Charaiveti Hindi Weekly Bhopal 110208

Bangalore Mirror On

Saturday English Weekly Bangalore(North) 110154

Pradesh Today Hindi Monthly Bhopal 110145

Bangalore Mirror On Sunday English Weekly Bangalore(North) 109917

Sunday Hindustan Times English Weekly Chandigarh 109806

Engineers Institute Hindi Weekly Patna 109500

Kumudam Reporter Tamil Twice A Week Chennai 108877

Antarashtriya Chronology Hindi Monthly Bharatpur 108000

Business Standard Fund

Manager English Annual Delhi 107615

Karshakasree Malayalam Monthly Kottayam 107250

The Sunday Express English Weekly Delhi 106305

Krishak Doot Hindi Weekly Bhopal 106235

Sant Nirankari Hindi Monthly Delhi 105309

The Voice of Chandigarh Bilingual Weekly Chandigarh 102000

Community Samvada English Monthly Delhi 100000


TABLE 7.1

YEAR WISE CIRCULATION OF PERIODICALS

(2005-06 to 2016-17)

YEAR CIRCULATION

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

2015-16 23,86,25,840

2016-17 21,27,28,237

TABLE 7.2

NUMBER & CIRCULATION OF PERIODICALS DURING 2016-17

(Periodicity-wise)

Periodicity Number Circulation

Weekly 10,638 11,94,98,723

Fortnightly 2,804 2,60,79,617

Monthly 5,788 5,13,27,699

Quarterly 446 20,16,051

Annual 96 14,50,045

Others 723 1,23,56,102

Total 20,495 21,27,28,237


TABLE 7.3


(Language-wise)

Languages

Number Circulation

Assamese 33 494305

Bengali 389 3485755

Bilingual 1205 10788541

Dogri 1 1000

English 1487 27459953

Gujarati 1409 12896421

Hindi 11600 112057783

Kannada 354 1846129

Kashmiri 1 5450

Konkani 4 9518

Maithili 2 1500

Malayalam 197 6609299

Manipuri 2 38455

Marathi 1424 9951128

Multilingual 136 938308

Nepali 9 21400

Odia 279 5520820

Others 30 229212

Punjabi 85 1443281

Sanskrit 13 71491

Santhali 1 0

Sindhi 11 199468

Tamil 241 3485681

Telugu 939 8835046

Urdu 643 6338293

Total 20495 212728237


TABLE 7.4


(State/Union Territory-wise)

State/Union Territory Number Total Circulation

Andaman & Nicobar Islands 13 15689

Andhra Pradesh 875 7530159

Assam 67 1064820

Bihar 103 3885582

Chandigarh 42 905194

Chhattisgarh 251 2537157

Delhi 1760 27034631

Dadra & Nagar Haveli 12 258825

Goa 7 97347

Gujarat 1491 14110724

Haryana 220 3065228

Himachal Pradesh 71 423112

Jharkhand 73 1816574

Jammu & Kashmir 159 1507149

Karnataka 467 3014510

Kerala 260 8089457

Maharashtra 2248 21139095

Manipur 2 2995

Meghalaya 2 4700

Mizoram 1 750

Madhya Pradesh 3522 24437825

Nagaland 2 22240

Odisha 358 6884145

Puducherry 28 60962

Punjab 141 1563066

Rajasthan 1406 8115343

Sikkim 10 50600

Telangana 364 3819554

Tamil Nadu 400 7448714

Tripura 34 159784

Uttar Pradesh 3870 44392521

Uttarakhand 1773 13926306

West Bengal 463 5343479

Total 20495 212728237


TABLE 7.5

NUMBER OF PERIODICALS ACCORDING TO CONTENT

(PERIODICITY- WISE) During 2016-17

Category Weekly Fortnightly Monthly Quarterly Annual Others Total

AAH 6 4 59 12 1 16 98

ART 0 0 4 1 0 2 7

CAI 4 6 50 2 1 10 73

CHI 8 11 58 3 0 1 81

EAT 4 0 25 7 0 11 47

EDU 16 11 135 18 10 45 235

FAE 7 5 18 5 2 5 42

FIL 11 9 30 0 0 1 51

IBC 5 3 14 2 1 2 27

LAB 1 3 8 1 0 0 13

LAC 8 7 110 27 8 12 172

LAP 7 9 29 4 2 3 54

MAH 3 16 95 24 4 18 160

NCA 10482 2568 4631 267 56 540 18544

SCI 1 2 12 6 0 11 32

SOW 14 13 177 24 1 15 244

SPO 2 0 13 2 1 1 19

TAC 0 4 13 1 0 0 18

UNC 51 127 259 38 9 28 512

WOM 8 6 48 2 0 2 66

Total 10638 2804 5788 446 96 723 20495


TABLE 7.6

NUMBER OF PERIDICALS ACCORDING TO CONTENT

(LANGUAGE- WISE) During 2016-17

Language AAH ART CAI CHI EAT EDU FAE FIL IBC LAB LAC

Assamese 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

Bengali 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 12

Bilingual 7 0 10 8 1 40 4 5 1 0 11

Dogri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

English 17 4 49 21 43 99 29 8 15 2 16

Gujarati 4 0 1 5 0 8 0 0 2 1 9

Hindi 47 2 7 20 2 38 7 14 7 6 67

Kannada 0 0 1 2 0 6 0 1 0 0 6

Kashmiri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Maithili 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Malayalam 6 0 2 11 0 20 1 3 0 0 6

Manipuri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Marathi 2 0 2 2 0 3 0 2 0 0 7

Multilingual 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 0 1 2 2

Nepali 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Odia 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 8

Others 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2

Punjabi 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0

Sanskrit 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

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 5 0 1 3 1 2 1 6 0 1 6

Telugu 8 1 0 2 0 7 0 10 0 0 4

Urdu 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 12

Total 98 7 73 81 47 235 42 51 27 13 172


TABLE 7.6 (Continued)

NUMBER OF PERIDICALS ACCORDING TO CONTENT

(LANGUAGE- WISE) During 2016-17

Language LAP MAH NCA SCI SOW SPO TAC UNC WOM Total

Assamese 0 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 33

Bengali 0 1 325 0 3 0 1 40 3 389

Bilingual 8 32 1005 1 32 3 3 31 3 1205

Dogri 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

English 31 54 918 24 23 6 11 111 6 1487

Gujarati 2 3 1318 0 19 0 0 34 3 1409

Hindi 10 49 11016 4 107 9 2 155 31 11600

Kannada 0 1 321 0 2 0 0 11 3 354

Kashmiri 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Konkani 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4

Maithili 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2

Malayalam 1 6 109 2 6 1 0 21 2 197

Manipuri 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

Marathi 0 2 1359 0 16 0 0 27 2 1424

Multilingual 0 2 112 0 4 0 0 5 0 136

Nepali 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 9

Odia 0 1 244 0 1 0 0 19 3 279

Others 0 0 23 0 1 0 0 3 0 30

Punjabi 0 0 71 0 0 0 0 9 1 85

Sanskrit 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 1 0 13

Santhali 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Sindhi 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 11

Tamil 1 4 177 1 12 0 1 17 2 241

Telugu 1 4 870 0 14 0 0 12 6 939

Urdu 0 1 608 0 3 0 0 14 1 643

Total 54 160 18544 32 244 19 18 512 66 20495


TABLE 7.7

NUMBER OF PERIDICALS ACCORDING TO CONTENTS

(CIRCULATION- WISE) During 2016-17

Category

Annual Others Fortnightly Monthly Quarterly Weekly Total

No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation

AAH 1 28000 16 33901 4 189373 59 937495 12 61155 6 118136 98 1368060

ART 0 0 2 15700 0 0 4 11197 1 1500 0 0 7 28397

CAI 1 1000 10 38674 6 177707 50 343720 2 350 4 42861 73 604312

CHI 0 0 1 5466 11 351129 58 786953 3 19850 8 458308 81 1621706

EAT 0 0 11 27779 0 0 25 177172 7 47979 4 6950 47 259880

EDU 10 177400 45 170101 11 37938 135 2409248 18 41629 16 898099 235 3734415

FAE 2 206310 5 3557 5 83336 18 373183 5 3199 7 180623 42 850208

FIL 0 0 1 3000 9 294944 30 408309 0 0 11 204429 51 910682

IBC 1 96735 2 1450 3 9000 14 242239 2 2500 5 24050 27 375974

LAB 0 0 0 0 3 7650 8 126295 1 50 1 46458 13 180453

LAC 8 30890 12 28367 7 470610 110 1338903 27 125054 8 214484 172 2208308

LAP 2 265 3 10200 9 43017 29 120237 4 3425 7 20832 54 197976

MAH 4 4145 18 641140 16 178569 95 1019646 24 210203 3 14971 160 2068674

NCA 56 469409 540 11177919 2568 21294894 4631 35449656 267 1230855 10482 115964991 18544 185587724

SCI 0 0 11 44308 2 38063 12 251177 6 2908 1 10948 32 347404

SOW 1 1000 15 104607 13 90128 177 1602359 24 57920 14 307242 244 2163256

SPO 1 500 1 500 0 0 13 260543 2 2400 2 88524 19 352467

TAC 0 0 0 0 4 33491 13 150556 1 1575 0 0 18 185622

UNC 9 434391 28 43017 127 2351844 259 4287186 38 176369 51 855780 512 8148587

WOM 0 0 2 6416 6 427924 48 1031625 2 27130 8 41037 66 1534132

Total 96 1450045 723 12356102 2804 26079617 5788 51327699 446 2016051 10638 119498723 20495 212728237


TABLE 7.8

NUMBER OF GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS 2016-17

(Periodicity-wise)

Periodicity Central State Total

Daily 1 2 3

Weekly 1 4 5

Fortnightly 1 2 3

Monthly 25 15 40

Quarterly 4 0 4

Annual 1 0 1

Others 2 2 4

Total 35 25 60

TABLE 7.9


(Language-wise)

Language Central State Total

Bengali 0 2 2

Bilingual 0 7 7

English 18 2 20

Gujarati 0 1 1

Hindi 7 4 11

Kannada 0 1 1

Malayalam 4 1 5

Marathi 0 3 3

Multilingual 0 1 1

Odia 1 0 1

Punjabi 1 0 1

Tamil 1 0 1

Telugu 1 2 3

Urdu 2 1 3

Total 35 25 60


TABLE 7.10


(State-wise) (Annual Statements)

Periodicity Central State Total

Andhra Pradesh 0 2 2

Assam 1 1 2

Delhi 23 3 26

Gujarat 0 1 1

Karnataka 1 3 4

Kerala 5 1 6

Maharashtra 2 4 6

Madhya Pradesh 0 3 3

Rajasthan 0 1 1

Telangana 1 2 3

Tamil Nadu 0 1 1

Uttar Pradesh 0 1 1

Uttarakhand 1 0 1

West Bengal 1 2 3

Total 35 25 60

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