India has a live and active
print media. India is known for its vastness of area, diversity of culture and
multiplicity of languages which are spoken and written. India has 28 states and
seven union territories .Most of them have their own language. When India
became Independent in 1947, there were only 3533 newspapers and periodicals. Among
them 330 were newspapers and 3203 were other publications.
After 50 years in 1997, their
number has increased 12 times. Every year new publications are coming up in
almost all languages in India. This has resulted in a manifold increase of
newspapers, magazines and weeklies across all languages in the country. As of
March 31, 2006 India has 62550 publications. Among this 2130 are newspapers,3428
are weeklies and 1471 monthlies and the rest are other publications.
However, the newspaper
circulation varies from year to year. Though some newspapers in some languages
continue to occupy the position of largest circulation for years together, it
may not be the same in other states and languages. So even if the circulation
position of one particular year is given here it can vary in subsequent years.
You may be interested in
knowing the latest circulation figures. For this, you may go through the
following websites :
Registrar of Newspapers of
India (RNI) http//rni.nic.in
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