Press And Print Media

REGISTRATION OF NEWSPAPERS FOR INDIA

The office of the Registrar of Newspaper for India (RNI) came into existence on 1 July, on the recommendation of the First Press Commission in 1953 and by amending the Press and Registraiton of Books Act, 1867. The Registrar of Newspapers for India is required to submit an annual report to the Government of the status of newspapes before 31 Decmeber every year. According to the report submitted by the Press registrar for the year 2005-06, the total number of registered newspaper/periodicals was 62,550 as on 31March 2006. There were 6800 dalies, 369 tri/biweeklies, 21453 weeklies, 8227fortnightly, 18,545 monthlies, 4,340 quarterlies, 584 annuals and 2,232 of other periodicity. The number of newspapers reported published was 7,225. The total circulation of newspapers was 15,67,19,209.

NEWS AGENCIES

Press Trust of India- India’s largest news agency, Press Trust of India is a non-profit sharing cooperative owned by the country’s newspapers with a mandate to provide efficient and unbiased news to all its subscribers. Founded on 27 August 1947, PTI began functioning from 1 February 1949. PTI offers its news services in the English and Hindi languages. Bhasha is the Hindi language news service of the agency. PTI subscribers include 500 newspapers in India and scores abroad. All major TV/Radio channels in India and several abroad, including BBC in London, receive PTI service. The news services are provided at speeds up to 1,200 bits per second (about 1,400 words per minute) by satellite, data channels and ticker lines.