Press Registrar General of India

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Press Registrar General of India
AbbreviationPRGI
PredecessorRegistrar of Newspapers for India
Formation1 July 1956;68 years ago (1956-07-01)
Type Statutory body
PurposeRegistration of newspapers and periodicals
HeadquartersSoochna Bhawan, New Delhi
Coordinates 28°35′38″N77°13′50″E / 28.59396°N 77.23056°E / 28.59396; 77.23056
Region
India
ServicesRegistration of publications
Press Registrar General & Head of the Department
Bhupendra Kainthola
Deputy Press Registrar
Rajith Chandran M. R.
Ashutosh Mohle
Parent organization
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
Website prgi.gov.in
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The Press Registrar General of India (PRGI), formerly the Registrar of Newspapers for India (RNI), is a statutory body under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, for the registration of newspapers and periodicals. It was established in 1956 by amending the Press and Registration of Books Act 1867. However, in 2024, the Act was repealed and replaced by the Press & Registration of Periodicals Act, 2023. PRGI is headquartered in New Delhi.

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History

It was established on 1 July 1956, on the recommendation of the First Press Commission in 1953 and by amending the Press and Registration of Books Act 1867. [1] [2] RNI regulates and monitors printing and publication of newspapers based on the Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867 and the Registration of Newspapers (Central) Rules, 1956. [3]

The Press and Registration of Books Act contains the duties and functions of the RNI. On account of some more responsibilities entrusted upon RNI during all these years, the office is performing both statutory as well as some non-statutory functions. [4] Online registration system was formally inaugurated in 2004 by the Information and Broadcasting Minister S. Jaipal Reddy. [5] The Press and Registration of Periodicals Act, 2023 was enacted on 28 December 2023 and the name of the office was changed to the present one.

Duties

Under statutory functions, RNI performs the following duties [2]

The following fall under the non-statutory functions:

Registration

Registrar maintains the legal procedures for registering a newspaper, which can be summarised as:

  1. As a first stage, the applicant applies for title verification of the publication to the jurisdictional District Magistrate. The District Magistrate will get the title verified from RNI.
  2. After receiving the title verification letter from RNI, the applicant needs to file a declaration for authentication before District Magistrate.
  3. After authentication, the newspaper must be published within 6 weeks if it is published once a week or oftener than that. In case of any other periodicity, the first issue should be published within 3 months from the date of authentication.
  4. After the first issue is published, the applicant needs to file an application for RNI registration, enclosing the following documents
    1. Title verification letter
    2. Authenticated declaration
    3. An affidavit for no foreign tie-up
    4. First issue and latest issue of the publication
    5. Content intimation/ confirmation in the prescribed form
    6. Certificate intimating appointment of the printer

Registration of Publication

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References

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