CHAPTER 7 CIRCULATION OF WEEKLIES AND OTHER PERIODICALS

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1 435 CHAPTER 7 CIRCULATION OF WEEKLIES AND OTHER PERIODICALS 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 , 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 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 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 While going through Annual Statements filed for the year , 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) 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)

2 436 The Press in India STATE/UT-WISE 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) 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 The Periodicals have been classified into 20 categories according to their contents as per total number of Annual Statements received for the year 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) 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) Periodicals were published in all major Indian languages except Bodo and Manipuri covering topics on news and current affairs 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) 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)

3 CIRCULATION OF WEEKLIES AND OTHER PERIODICALS 437 GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS There were 60 Government Publications, which filed Annual Statements for the year , 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 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) 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 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) 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 There were 25 State Government Publications which filed their Annual Statements in 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) 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.

4 438 The Press in India LIST OF PERIODICALS CLAIMING MORE THAN ONE LAKH CIRCULATION Title Language Periodicity Place of Publication Circulation The Sunday Times of India English Weekly Delhi The Times of India English Daily (Monday to Saturday) Mumbai Sunday Times of India English Weekly Mumbai Sunday Navbharat Times Hindi Weekly Mumbai Sunday Hindustan Times English Weekly Delhi Vanitha Malayalam Fortnightly Kottayam Sunday Mumbai Mirror English Weekly Mumbai Amar Ujala Udaan Hindi Weekly Gautam Buddha Nagar Mumbai Mirror English Daily (Monday to Saturday) Mumbai The Sunday Times of India English Weekly Bangalore Hindustan Hindi Daily (Monday to Saturday) Patna Sunday Hindustan Times English Weekly Mumbai Ravivasriya Hindustan Hindi Weekly Patna Mathrubhumi Thozhil Vartha Malayalam Weekly Kozhikode Malayala Manorama Weekly Malayalam Weekly Kottayam Gadchiroli Patrika Marathi Weekly Gadchiroli Karmasangsthaan Bengali Weekly Kolkata Grahlaxmi Hindi Monthly Delhi The Hindu English Weekly Chennai Annadata Telugu Monthly Hyderabad Sandesh Anand Marathi Daily Evening Nagpur Meri Saheli Hindi Monthly Mumbai Ravivasriya Hindustan Hindi Weekly Delhi Saras Salil Hindi Fortnightly Delhi Manorama Year Book English Annual Kottayam Ravivar Maharashtra Times Marathi Weekly Mumbai The Hindu Young World English Weekly Chennai Sunday Shalom Malayalam Weekly Kozhikode The Sunday Times of India English Weekly Kolkata Sunday Times of India English Weekly Chennai Ravivar Loksatta Marathi Weekly Mumbai Hamara Bal Prabhat Hindi Weekly Ranchi The Chartered Accountant English Monthly Delhi Ascent English Weekly South Twenty Four Parganas Education Times English Weekly Kolkata Kasrat Marathi Daily Evening Amravati

5 CIRCULATION OF WEEKLIES AND OTHER PERIODICALS 439 Ravivasriya Hindustan Hindi Weekly Lucknow Mathrubhumi Arogya Masika Malayalam Monthly Kozhikode Prabhat Khabar Healthy Life Hindi Weekly Ranchi The Hindu English Weekly Chennai (Printed at Bangalore) The Sunday Times of India English Weekly Pune Kendriya Manavadhikar Hindi Daily Evening Nagpur The Readers Digest English Monthly Mumbai Employment News English Weekly Delhi Deepotsav Marathi Annual Nagpur The Economic Times English Daily (Monday to Saturday) Mumbai Grihalakshmi Malayalam Fortnightly Kozhikode Nai Sadi Ki Prastuti Hindi Weekly Delhi Ravivasriya Hindustan Hindi Weekly Kanpur Ananda Vikatan Tamil Weekly Chennai Mangayar Malar Tamil Fortnightly Chennai Ravivasriya Hindustan Hindi Weekly Muzaffarpur Rashtra Doot Hindi Weekly Jaipur Pratiyogita Darpan Hindi Monthly Agra Kumudam Tamil Weekly Chennai Telekids English Weekly Calcutta The Week English Weekly Ernakulam Hindustan Hindi Daily (Monday to Saturday) Bhagalpur The Speaking Tree English Weekly Mumbai Ravivasriya Hindustan Hindi Weekly Bhagalpur Competition Refresher English Monthly Delhi Tasveer-E-Hind English Monthly Delhi Femina English Fortnightly Mumbai Junior Vikatan Tamil Twice A Week Chennai Sachi Shiksha Hindi Monthly Sirsa The Sunday Statesman English Weekly Kolkata The Sunday Times of India English Weekly Ahmedabad Standard Herald Gujarati Daily Evening Ahmedabad Sachitra Nimad Darpan Hindi Daily Evening Khandwa Balarama Malayalam Weekly Kottayam The Observer of Management Education English Monthly Bhopal Matruvani Malayalam Monthly Kollam Prabodhanam Malayalam Weekly Kozhikode Capital Kranti Gujarati Fortnightly Gandhi Nagar Sunday Times of India English Weekly Hyderabad Manorama Tell Me Why English Monthly Kottayam

6 440 The Press in India Ravivasriya Hindustan Hindi Weekly Varanasi Swati Telugu Weekly Krishna/ Vijaywada Ravivar Maharashtra Times Marathi Weekly Mumbai Banking Services Chronicle English Monthly Delhi Competition Success Review English Monthly Delhi Arogyam Malayalam Monthly Kottayam Ravivasriya Hindustan Hindi Weekly Meerut The Hitavada School Edition English Weekly Nagpur The Hindu English Weekly Chennai(Printed at Hyderabad) Nakkheeran Tamil Thrice A Week Chennai Saptahik Bartman Bengali Weekly Kolkata Vanitha Hindi Monthly Kottayam Thozhil Veedhi Malayalam Weekly Kottayam Sunday Navbharat Times Hindi Weekly Mumbai Kothrud Plus Marathi Fortnightly Pune Kothrud Mitra Marathi Fortnightly Pune Ajagar Bhoomi Hindi Fortnightly Bulandshahr Bal Bhaskar Hindi Fortnightly Bhopal Mid-Day English Daily (Monday to Saturday) Mumbai Sahityabindu Marathi Weekly Kolhapur Kalki Tamil Weekly Chennai Mahilaratnam Malayalam Monthly Kollam Hindustan Ki Nai Dishaein Hindi Weekly Patna Kalikkudukka Malayalam Weekly Kottayam Bala Bharatam Telugu Monthly Rangareddi Dayanand Anglo Vedic Students' World Bilingual Bi-Monthly Delhi Amma Express Tamil Weekly Coimbatore Ravivasriya Hindustan Hindi Weekly Agra The Hindu English Weekly Chennai Published at Gautam Budh Nagar Junior Science Refresher English Monthly Delhi Sunday Times of India English Weekly Lucknow Hindustan Hindi Daily (Monday to Saturday) Ranchi Ravivasriya Hindustan Hindi Weekly Ranchi The Global Times English Fortnightly Delhi Kumudam Snehidhi Tamil Fortnightly Chennai Lok Priya Nishpaksh Varta Hindi Weekly Korba Shalom Times Malayalam Monthly Kozhikode Samsamaiki Mahasagar Hindi Monthly Meerut Arogya Dham Hindi Quarterly Muzaffarnagar Berojgar Hindi Twice A Week Patna

7 CIRCULATION OF WEEKLIES AND OTHER PERIODICALS 441 Mangalam Malayalam Weekly Kottayam Tnai Bulletin Bilingual Monthly Delhi Arihant Yuva Hindi Monthly Meerut Kerala Karshakan Malayalam Monthly Thiruvananthapuram Freedom Fighter Hindi Weekly Bihar Ever Latest General Knowledge Refresher English Monthly Delhi Punch Hindi Thrice A Week Patna Kungumam Tamil Weekly Chennai Nyay Ka Prahari Hindi Weekly Allahabad Sneha Sena Malayalam Monthly Kanjirafally Charaiveti Hindi Weekly Bhopal Bangalore Mirror On Saturday English Weekly Bangalore(North) Pradesh Today Hindi Monthly Bhopal Bangalore Mirror On Sunday English Weekly Bangalore(North) Sunday Hindustan Times English Weekly Chandigarh Engineers Institute Hindi Weekly Patna Kumudam Reporter Tamil Twice A Week Chennai Antarashtriya Chronology Hindi Monthly Bharatpur Business Standard Fund Manager English Annual Delhi Karshakasree Malayalam Monthly Kottayam The Sunday Express English Weekly Delhi Krishak Doot Hindi Weekly Bhopal Sant Nirankari Hindi Monthly Delhi The Voice of Chandigarh Bilingual Weekly Chandigarh Community Samvada English Monthly Delhi

8 442 The Press in India TABLE 7.1 YEAR WISE CIRCULATION OF PERIODICALS ( to ) YEAR CIRCULATION ,13,09, ,25,02, ,06,61, ,15,73, ,58,68, ,25,70, ,59,59, ,95,12, ,54,03, ,32,45, ,86,25, ,27,28,237 TABLE 7.2 NUMBER & CIRCULATION OF PERIODICALS DURING (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 ,16,051 Annual 96 14,50,045 Others 723 1,23,56,102 Total 20,495 21,27,28,237

9 CIRCULATION OF WEEKLIES AND OTHER PERIODICALS 443 TABLE 7.3 NUMBER & CIRCULATION OF PERIODICALS DURING (Language-wise) Languages Number Circulation Assamese Bengali Bilingual Dogri English Gujarati Hindi Kannada Kashmiri Konkani Maithili Malayalam Manipuri Marathi Multilingual Nepali Odia Others Punjabi Sanskrit Santhali 1 0 Sindhi Tamil Telugu Urdu Total

10 444 The Press in India TABLE 7.4 NUMBER & CIRCULATION OF PERIODICALS DURING (State/Union Territory-wise) State/Union Territory Number Total Circulation Andaman & Nicobar Islands Andhra Pradesh Assam Bihar Chandigarh Chhattisgarh Delhi Dadra & Nagar Haveli Goa Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh Jharkhand Jammu & Kashmir Karnataka Kerala Maharashtra Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Madhya Pradesh Nagaland Odisha Puducherry Punjab Rajasthan Sikkim Telangana Tamil Nadu Tripura Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand West Bengal Total

11 CIRCULATION OF WEEKLIES AND OTHER PERIODICALS 445 TABLE 7.5 NUMBER OF PERIODICALS ACCORDING TO CONTENT (PERIODICITY- WISE) During Category Weekly Fortnightly Monthly Quarterly Annual Others Total AAH ART CAI CHI EAT EDU FAE FIL IBC LAB LAC LAP MAH NCA SCI SOW SPO TAC UNC WOM Total

12 446 The Press in India TABLE 7.6 NUMBER OF PERIDICALS ACCORDING TO CONTENT (LANGUAGE- WISE) During Language AAH ART CAI CHI EAT EDU FAE FIL IBC LAB LAC Assamese Bengali Bilingual Dogri English Gujarati Hindi Kannada Kashmiri Konkani Maithili Malayalam Manipuri Marathi Multilingual Nepali Odia Others Punjabi Sanskrit Santhali Sindhi Tamil Telugu Urdu Total

13 CIRCULATION OF WEEKLIES AND OTHER PERIODICALS 447 TABLE 7.6 (Continued) NUMBER OF PERIDICALS ACCORDING TO CONTENT (LANGUAGE- WISE) During Language LAP MAH NCA SCI SOW SPO TAC UNC WOM Total Assamese Bengali Bilingual Dogri English Gujarati Hindi Kannada Kashmiri Konkani Maithili Malayalam Manipuri Marathi Multilingual Nepali Odia Others Punjabi Sanskrit Santhali Sindhi Tamil Telugu Urdu Total

14 448 The Press in India Category AAH TABLE 7.7 NUMBER OF PERIDICALS ACCORDING TO CONTENTS (CIRCULATION- WISE) During Annual Others Fortnightly Monthly Quarterly Weekly Total No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation No. Circulation ART CAI CHI EAT EDU FAE FIL IBC LAB LAC LAP MAH NCA SCI SOW SPO TAC UNC WOM Total

15 CIRCULATION OF WEEKLIES AND OTHER PERIODICALS 449 TABLE 7.8 NUMBER OF GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS (Periodicity-wise) Periodicity Central State Total Daily Weekly Fortnightly Monthly Quarterly Annual Others Total TABLE 7.9 NUMBER OF GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS (Language-wise) Language Central State Total Bengali Bilingual English Gujarati Hindi Kannada Malayalam Marathi Multilingual Odia Punjabi Tamil Telugu Urdu Total

16 450 The Press in India TABLE 7.10 NUMBER OF GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS (State-wise) (Annual Statements) Periodicity Central State Total Andhra Pradesh Assam Delhi Gujarat Karnataka Kerala Maharashtra Madhya Pradesh Rajasthan Telangana Tamil Nadu Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand West Bengal Total

CHAPTER 7 CIRCULATION OF WEEKLIES AND OTHER PERIODICALS

329 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