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office of Registrar of Newspapers for India

Government of India
PRESS IN INDIA HIGHLIGHTS
  1. The total number of registered publications, as on 31st March, 2022: 1,46,045
    • Newspaper category: 20,821
    • Periodicals category: 1,25,767
  2. The number of new publications registered during 2021-22: 1,525
  3. The number of ceased publications during 2021-22: 27
  4. Percentage of growth of total registered publications over the previous year:1.05%
  5. The largest number of publications registered in any Indian language (Hindi): 56,052
  6. The second largest number of newspapers & periodicals registered in any language (English): 19,929
  7. The state with the largest number of registered publications (Uttar Pradesh): 21,336
  8. The state with the second largest number of registered publications (Maharashtra): 20,098
  9. The number of publications that submitted Annual Statements( the figure includes 214 misc. publications): 34,148
  10. The total claimed circulation of publications during 2021-22 : 39,17,12,282
    • Hindi publications: 19,10,59,519
    • Marathi publications: 3,64,66,742
    • English publications:3,63,76,311
    • Urdu publicationd:2,42,04,439
  11. The largest number of publications that submitted Annual Statements in any Indian language (Hindi): 16,793
  12. The second largest number of publications that submitted Annual Statements in any language (Marathi) : 2,807
  13. The largest circulated English Daily-Hindustan Times: 5,13,521
  14. The largest circulated Multy-edition Daily- Dainik Bhaskar (44 editions): 34,47,264
  15. The second largest circulated multi-edition Daily: The Times of India, English (33 editions): 26,46,890
  16. The largest circulated periodical: Sunday Times of India, English/Weekly edition, Mumbai : 8,18,768
  17. The largest circulated periodical in Malayalam: Malayala Manorama, Daily, Kochi: 3,04,276
  18. The total number of title application received: 10,678
    • Titles approved: 5,175
    • Titles deblocked: 283
  19. The Language with largest number of daily publication (Hindi): 8667