India 2018

432 India 2018
Registration
After the title verification, publisher is required to submit a declaration duly
authenticated by the District Magistrate concerned, along with a copy of the
first issue published within specified days after authentication of declaration
as per the Act and an affidavit for no-foreign tie-up. After ascertaining that
the publication has been printed and published in conformity with the
various provisions of the PRB Act and the rules made thereunder, a
registration number is allotted to the newspaper/periodical and entries
made in the Register of RNI. The Certificate of Registration (CR) is then
issued to the publisher.
Annual Statement
As per Section 19D of the PRB Act, an Annual Statement in Form-II
prescribed in the Registration of Newspapers (Central) Rules 1956 is required
to be submitted by the publishers of newspapers to the Press Registrar on or
before the last day of May each year containing various information as
prescribed under the rules. It is also obligatory on the part of every
publisher to print in the publication, a statement indicating the ownership
and other relevant particulars in Form IV in the first issue every year after
the last day of February. Annual Statement is the basic document on the
basis of which RNI undertakes compilation and analysis of the status of the
Press, which is incorporated in its Annual Report, called “Press in India”.
Press Information Bureau
www.pib.gov.in
The Press Information Bureau (PIB) is the nodal agency of the Government
of India to disseminate information to the print and electronic media on
government policies, programmes, initiatives and achievements. It functions
as an interface between the Government and the media and also provides
feedback to the Government on people’s reaction as reflected in the media.
Prime Minister’s Unit
PIB has a dedicated unit for the publicity and media support to the Prime
Minister’s office. This unit functions all 365 days of the year on 24X7 basis.
The PM Unit compiles a number of reports on all days including holidays
for PMO, Cabinet Secretariat and other senior officials of PMO. The Unit
reaches out extensively to regional/branch offices for ensuring nation-wide
publicity efforts, and gathering feedback for perusal of PMO.
Social Media
With the opening up of the air waves, 24x7 news channels in English, Hindi
and other languages have come up in the country. PIB is doing video
releases which facilitate more effective projection of the Government’s point
of view through the electronic media.