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Newspapers still Dominates Indian Media Scene - Readership Survey
NEW DELHI The 47th 'Press In India' Report reveals that the total circulation figure of newspapers jumped up from 11,52,53,948 copies in 2001 to 14,20,05,543 copies in 2002-03, registering an increase of more than 24 per cent. The increase can be attributed to the larger number of publishers submitting Annual Statements. During 2002-03 newspapers in Uttar Pradesh had a total circulation of 2,80,46,287 copies followed by Delhi with 2,18,56,174 copies. On 31st March 2003 the total figure for registered newspapers stood at 55,780, an increase of 7.35 per cent over the previous year.
The Report, the first on a financial year basis, was presented by Shri G.D.Beliya, Registrar, Newspapers of India to Shri Pawan Chopra, Secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting here today. The Report indicates that among multi-edition Dailies, Dainik Bhaskar publishing in Hindi with 18 editions, had the largest claimed circulation of 17, 17,294 copies, followed by Times of India with 13,94,646 copies. For single-edition Dailies, Hindustan Times an English Daily claimed a circulation of 11,12,160 copies, while the Hindu came second with a figure of 9,22,407 copies.
The circulation pattern also revealed that while big publishing houses dominated the metropolises, the Medium and Small newspapers with their local content influenced small town and rural areas. Big newspapers claimed a circulation of 5,11,72,068 copies, while Medium newspapers had 5,26,00,091 copies and small newspapers claimed 3,82,33,384 copies. Since many small newspapers perhaps do not send Annual Statements, these figures do not reflect their actual share in the circulation scenario.
Out of the 7156 newspapers who sent their Annual Statements in 2002-03, 5371 were owned by individuals while 950 were owned by Joint Stock Companies. Language-wise, Hindi dominated with 3410 newspapers, followed by English with 750. In circulation too, Hindi maintained its lead with 6,17,68,735 copies while English followed with 2,6213,142 copies.
The Report also reveals that the challenges from the electronic media have in no way hampered the growth of the Print Media. The Indian reader still relishes detailed analysis in addition to hourly news bulletins and talks shows. The present Report having made a change from the calendar year to the financial year contains an analysis for 15 months i.e. from 01.01.2002 to 31.03.2003.
Vinod Kumar participates in the 7th Asian softball championship held at Manila
The Indian Team: Position (standing from left)
The Indian softball team which attended the Asian Softball championship could not match the international teams, due to lack of official support from the concerned sports authorities in India. The team captain Vinod Kumar from Trivandrum had to find his own resources to attend the championship in Manila. It is strange that the state which boasts of promoting sports talents is neglecting such an aspiring and hardworking sportsman like Vinod Kumar.
The teams participated in the championship are divided into two groups with Hong Kong, Japan, Indonesia and Thailand making up Group A and the Philippines, Chinese-Taipei, India, Iran is in the Group B. The top two teams in each group after the one-round eliminations will advance to the Final Page System Playoff where the top team in Group A meets the runner-up in Group B and the top notcher in Group B takes on the second placer in Group A. Then the winners in the two semifinal round games dispute the title in a one-game playoff while the losers mix it up for third and fourth places.
India defeated Iran in their group match but failed in other 2 matches in a close contest. The Best pitcher award was grabbed by an India (Nain Ghatak, hailing from Madhya Pradesh) in the tournament.Japan won the championship while Philippines (Blue Boys) and Chinese Taipei are the 2nd & 3rd. India landed at the 6th position. Indian Ambassador of the Philippines joined Indian team to encourage and greet the team for their performance. Vinod Kumar the kerala captain hails from Trivandrum who was judged as a good player in the state level. He attended 4 selection camps held at different places of India, to make it to the Indian Team. Kerala is having softball association at the district as well as at the state level, but there is no financial support. "I myself found money to attend the campus as well as to attend the Asian championship. I am still optimistic that the district as well as the state sport counsels will help me to secure a job. We are always ahead of other states in promoting sport-personals.
The Indian Team: Position (standing from left)
Gokula Krishnan, Vikas kumar, Sikkander, Milan, Shyam singh,surath singh,Vinod Kumar, Dilip, vipin Thyagi, (Middle row ) Sheetal,sahitya,loverishi,ravindersingh sudan, Nain Ghatak, Sobhan babu, Rohit pande (Sitting First Row ) kamalesh Kumar, Shiva kumar, Lovejith, Hariharan,Vijay kallia
