2011-12

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 The office of RNI has completed 56 years of its glorious existence since 1st July, 1956. The Annual Report of RNI, popularly known as Press in India, is a statutory requirement under section 19G of the Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867. This is 56th Annual Report covering period from 1st April 2011 to 31st March, 2012.

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Highlights of the Indian Press in 2011-12

Total Number of Registered Publications
1. 2. Newspapers category - 11,304 Periodicals category - 75,450

- 86,754

No. of New Publications Registered during 2011-12 - 4,545 Percentage growth of Registered Publications over the previous year

- 5.51%

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Highlights of the Indian Press in 2011-12 Continued

Top three states having largest no. of publications
1. 2. 3. Uttar Pradesh - 13,539 publications (Newspapers & Periodicals) Maharashtra - 11,229 publications (Newspapers & Periodicals) Delhi - 10,940 publications (Newspapers & Periodicals)

Top three Indian languages having largest publications

1. 2. 3. Hindi English Marathi - 34651 publications (Newspapers & Periodicals) - 11938 publications (Newspapers & Periodicals) - 5798 publications (Newspapers & Periodicals)

Total no. of publications that submitted annual statements - 16,310

1. 2. Dailies & Bi / Tri Weeklies - 4,957 Periodicals - 11,353

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Highlights of the Indian Press in 2011-12 Continued

Total circulations claimed for 2011-12 - 37,38,39,764 copies per publishing day
1. 2. Dailies & Bi / Tri Weeklies Periodicals - 19,78,80,317 copies per publishing day - 17,59,59,447 copies per publishing day

Top three largest circulated dailies

1. 2. 3. The Hindu, English (Single Edition) - 16,06,711 copies per publishing day Anand Bazar Patrika, Bengali (Single Edition) - 12,82,942 copies per publishing day The Times of India, English (Single Edition) - 12,03,536 copies per publishing day

Top three largest circulated periodicals

1. 2. 3. The Hindu weekly, English/Weekly Rishi Prasad, Hindi/Monthly Times Ascent, English/Weekly - 14,74,082 copies per publishing day - 12,62,254 copies per publishing day - 11,24,956 copies per publishing day

The largest circulated Hindi Daily

1. Nav Bharat Times, Delhi (Single Edition) - 12,08,682 copies per publishing day

The largest circulated multi-edition daily

1. 2. The Times of India English (14 editions) Dainik Bhaskar Hindi (29 editions) - 45,75,895 copies per publishing day - 30,89,013 copies per publishing day

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Highlights of the Indian Press in 2011-12 Continued

The largest circulated dailies in other than Hindi language
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Dainik Lokmat, Marathi/Ahmednagar Gujarat Samachar, Gujarati/Ahmedabad Daily Thanthi, Tamil/Chennai Eenadu, Telugu/Hyderabad Malayala Manorama, Malayalam/Kottayam Sambad, Odia/Bhubaneswar Jag Bani, Punjabi/Jalandhar Prajavani, Kannad/Bengaluru 6,00,155 copies 5,31,196 copies 4,31,580 copies 3,92,796 copies 3,87,201 copies 3,49,587 copies 3,18,330 copies 2,59,642 copies

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