INFORMATION RECEIVED FORM STATE DIRECTORS OF INFORMATION, PUBLIC RELATIONS/PUBLICITY REGARDING GOVERNMENT ADVERTISEMENTS INCLUDING OTHER FACILITIES.

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1. Delhi Admn. : Director Information & Publicity Delhi (i) The total amount earmarked for Government advertisements 20,000 50,000 2,20,000 3,40,000 (ii) Total value of advertis- ements given in Urdu newspapers and periodicals 6,055 15,340 37,792 15,456 30.27% 30.68% 15.36% 4.54% $ (iii) Total number of Urdu newspapers & Periodicals receiving Govt. advertisements 41 57 139 84 $ 2. Haryana-Director, Public Relations. Haryana, Chandigarh, Chandigarh (i) No separate funds are earmarked for Govt. advertisements, Different Departments release advertisements through Public Relations Department as and when necessary. (ii) Total value of advertis- ements given to Urdu newspapers and periodicals 36,925.60 47,277.94 47,264.20 .. (iii) Total Number or Urdu Newspapers & Periodicals receiving Govt. advertisements 29 28 22 .. 3. Chandigarh Admn. : Publicity Officer, Chandigarh Admn. Chandigarh. Rs. Rs. Rs. (i) Total amount earmarked for Govt. Advertisements Figures, 99,330.77 1,52,196.76 1,38,471.97 represent the total amount spent on such advertisements or say or say or say 1,00,000.00 1,53,000.00 1,39,000.00 (ii)Total value of advertis- ements given to Urdu newspapers/ 11,989.58 13,462.28 14,529.68 periodicals or say or say or say 12,000.00 13,500.00 14,500.00, 12% 8.82% 10.43% (iii) Total number of Urdu newspapers receiving Govt. advertisements: Names of approved Urdu newspapers receiving Union Territory advertisements 1. Hind Samachar, jullundur, Urdu daily 2. Pratap, Jullundur Urdu daily. 3. Milap. Jullundur, Urdu daily. 4. Pradesh, Jullundur, Urdu Daily, 5. Prabhat, Jullundur, Urdu Daily. 6. Tej, Delhi, Urdu Daily. 7. Local Times, Chandigarh, Urdu Weekly. In addition to these seven approved newspapers and periodicals, Union Territory Admn. releases advertisements on special occasions to the following local Urdu weeklies:- 1. Awaz-e-Ustad, Urdu Weekly. 2. Balak, Urdu weekly. 3. Chetawani, Urdu Weekly. The Union Territory have informed that overall provision of publicity funds is considered to be inadequate. 4. Gujarat Govt. : Director of information, Sachivalaya, Gandhinagar, Gujarat Reasons indicated Nil: (i) Normally Govt. advertisements in Gujarati and English are given by the Department to newspapers etc. in the State and outside, but no specific budget earmarked for Urdu newspapers etc. (ii) State Language being Gujarati Govt. advertisements are issued in Gujarati only. 5. Andhra Pradesh : Director, Public Relations & Tourism, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad Rs. Rs. Rs. (i) Total amount earmarked for advertisements 5,00,000.00 8,00,000.00 10,00,000.00 (ii) Total value of advertis- ements given to Urdu newspapers 72,522.04 1,69,123.65 2,54,572.08 and periodicals. 14.5% 21.14% 25.46% (iii) Total number of Urdu newspapers and periodicals receiving (6 dailies and 72 periodicals which include weekly, Govt. advertisements. Fortnightly, and monthlies). Names of daily Urdu Newspapers. 1. Angarey, Hyderabad. 2. Rehnuma-e-Deccan, Hyderabad.

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3. Siasat, Hyderabad. 4. Milap, Hyderabad. 5. Musheer-e-Deccan, Hyderabad & 6. Naya Karwan, Hyderabad. Area-wise break down of 72 periodicals (i) Hyderabad 60 (ii) Nizambad 7 (iii) Mahaboobnagar 1 (iv) Nalgonda. 1 (v) Warangal. 2 (vi) Adilabad 1 6. Maharashtra:-Director of Publicity, Maharashtra, Bombay-2. Rs. Rs. Rs. (i) Total amount earmarked for Govt. advertisements 3,32,150 3,30,450 3,01,350 (ii) Total value of adverti- sements given to Urdu newspapers 22,018 30,440 32,670 and periodicals. 6.83% 9.5% 10.84% (iii) Total number or Urdu newspapers and periodicals receiving 8 10 12 Govt. advertisements Note- (a) The figures on prepage only relate to display advertisements by the Director of Publicity, Bombay. (b) As the classified advertisements are released by different departments of Maharashtra Govt. and are paid by them directly, figures on this expenditure are not available. (c) Grants for the purpose placed at the disposal of Director of Publicity have been stated to be inadequate. 7. Goa, Daman & Diu :-Director, Information & Tourism, Department of Information and Tourism Panaji (Goa). Rs. Rs. Rs. (i) Total amount earmarked for Government advertisements 45,000 (ii) Total value of adverti- sements given to Urdu newspapers Nil and periodicals. (iii) Total number of Urdu newspapers and periodicals receiving Govt. advertisements. Nil The State Government have stated that:- "This year, however,we propose to give a few advertisement to some Urdu papers". 8. Jammu & Kashmir :-Information Officer, Directorate of Information, J & K Government. Rs. Rs. Rs. Rs. (i) Total amount earmarked for Government advertisement not fixed (ii) Total value of Govt. advertisements given to Urdu newspapers. 1,42,776.25 1,54,756.48 1,30,742.38 (iii) Total number of Urdu newspapers/periodicals receiving Govt. About eighty-eight papers local in Jammu & advertisements. Kashmir State. 9. Uttar Pradesh :-Additional Secretary & Director, Information (G) Deptt. Government of Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow. i) Total amount earmarked for Govt. advertisements No fixed amount However, Rs. 40,000 per annum have been allocated for display advertisements through Information Deptt. of which 10% is spent on advertisements Urdu newspapers. (ii)Total value of adverti- sements given to Urdu newspapers/ 4,500 4,500 8,000 - periodicals. (iii) Total number of Urdu newspapers/periodicals, receiving Urdu Dairy newspapers 6 Govt. advertisements. Urdu Weeklies 18 10. Tamil Nadu, Madras:- Director of Information & Public Relations Officer, Madras. Rs. Rs. Rs. Rs. (i) Total amount earmarked for Government advertisements 34,626.46 38,117.67 50,000.00 - (amount spent). (ii) Total value of adverti- sement given to Urdu newspapers/ 6,941.00 1,861.20 4,799.20 periodicals (All Family Planning advertisements) 20.04% 4.88% 9.6% (iii) Total number of Urdu newspapers/receiving Govt. advertisements Two (i) Ittehad and (ii) Musalman 11. Pondichery :-Director of Information and Publicity (Home, Information and Publicity Department, Pondicherry). (i) Total amount earmarked for Government advertisements. 6,000 6,000 6,000 (ii) Total value of advertisements given to Urdu newspapers/ Nil periodicals. (iii) Total number of Urdu newspapers/periodicals receiving Nil Govt. advertisements. NOTE: There is no publication of Urdu newspapers/periodicals in the Union Territory.

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12. Arunachal Pradesh: (Director, Public Relations, Shillong) Rs. Rs. Rs. Rs. (i) Total amount earmarked for Government advertisements 2,000 2,000 4,000 3,000 (ii) Total value of advertisements given to Urdu newspapers/ Nil periodicals (iii) Total number of Urdu newspapers/Periodicals receiving Nil Govt. advertisements. NOTE : It has been stated that the present budget provisions for release of advertisements is totally inadequate. 13. Assam: The message is as below : Message from Information Officer, PIB,Assam, Gauhati "As no Urdu paper is published from this region, no advertisement is given by Assam Government Department to Urdu Newspapers/ Periodicals. The Director of Information has however, been requested to send a formal reply". 14. Madhya Pradesh: Message from Information Officer, The message from PIB & PIB, Bhopal in Hindi Roman later confirmation reply from confirmed through DO from Shri H. R. Director of Information and Tiwari, Director of Information & publicity is below : Publicity, M. P. Bhopal. (1) Separate amount for Govt. advertisements is not earmarked Expenditure on Govt advertisement is made as and when necessary 2. Total value of advts. given to Urdu Newspapers/Periodicals 4,480.82 17,276.32 28,354.58 - 3. There are only three Urdu dailies in Madhya Pradesh and advertisements are being released to all of them. 15. Government of Mysore : Department of Information & Tourism, Bangalore - 1 Reply in a statement is as below : (i) Total amount earmarked for Govt. advertisements 22,00,000 23,00,000 28,000 - (ii) Total value of advts. given to Urdu Newspapers/ periodicals 50,745.55 57,618.80 29,225.60 - 2. 31% 2.5% 1.76% - (iii) Total number of Urdu newspapers/periodicals receiving 6 6 6 - Govt. advertisements. NOTE : The present provision is considered to be adequate. 16. Government of Meghalaya: Nil Message from PIB, Information officer, Shillong The Director of Information & Public Relations was contacted by Information Officer, PIB, who asked him to convey that the information called for may be treated as nil 17. Andaman Nicobar Administration Reply is as below: Chief Commissioner's Secretariat, Port Blair 1 That total amount is not earmarked Hence reply is nil. 2 As regards total value of Govt advertisements to Urdu newspapers/ periodicals etc. is concerned, the reply is: "There are no Urdu newspapers/ periodicals in this territory" 3 The question of receiving of Govt advertisements by Urdu Newspapers/Periodicals does not arise in view of reply in (2) above 18. Government of Tripura: Director of Public Instructions & Tourism, Government of In reply it has been Tripura, Agartala stated that there is no Urdu Newspaper in Tripura at present. So the information may be treated as nil. 19. Government of West Bengal: Reply is as below : Information & Public Relations Department, Calcutta. - - - - (1) Total amount earmarked for Govt. advertisements 20,38,519.00 21,00,000.00 27,52,000.00 - (2) Total value of advts to - - - - (a) Urdu Newspapers: 14,281.05 15,251.59 32,904.03 - (b) Urdu Periodicals 382.50 1,719.49 578.00 - 0.72% 0.81% 1.22% (3) Total number of Urdu Newspapers /Periodicals receiving (a) News-Papers =4 Govt. advertisements (b) Periodicals =5

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Rs. Rs. Rs. Rs. 20. Government of Punjab: Deputy Director (Press) The reply is as below: Directorate of Information and Publicity, Punjab, Chandigarh Display advertisements: (1) Total amount earmarked for Govt. advertisements. 25,000 31,000 82,000 - (2) Total value of advts. given to Urdu Newspapers/periodicals 18,000 19,053.01 21,008.08 - 72% 61.46% 25.62% (3) Total number of Urdu Newspapers/Periodicals receiving Approximately 40 Govt. advertisements. NOTE : (1) A fair share of total government advertisements is issued to Urdu newspapers. In case total provision is increased, Urdu newspapers would surely benefit. (2) Classified advertisements are routed by various departments through Director of Information & Publicity, Punjab, and the payments are made by them. However, the percentage fixed by Punjab Government for release of classified advertisements to different languages newspapers etc. is as below : (a) English - 27% (b) Punjabi - 45 % (c) Hindi - 14% (d) Urdu - 14% 21. Government of Bihar: Public Relations Dept Patna (reply received in Hindi) Reply is as below : (1) Total amount earmarked for government advertisements: There is a provision of Rs. 30,000/- for press adverti- sements of the Public Relations Department (2) Total value of advts. given to Urdu Newspapers/Periodicals One third of the above provision is spent for release of advertisements of Urdu newspapers etc. (3) Total No. of Urdu News-papers/ Periodicals receiving 5. dailies, 12 weeklies and 1 Govt. advertisements monthly Patna and 1 weekly each from Delhi, Purnea (Pulwari Shrief and Muzzafarpur) and 2 weeklies from Gaya. 22. Government of Orissa:- It has been stated that during 1969-70 and 1970-71 and 1971-72 Name (Public Relations) Deptt. no government advertisement Education has been released to Urdu Newspapers/Periodicals. Even no Editor of any Urdu Newspapers etc. has approached the government in the matter. 23. Government of Rajasthan: Directorate of Public Relations, Govt of Rajasthan, Jaipur. Reply seriatim. is as under: (Letter received in Hindi) (1) Total amount earmarked for Govt. advertisements There is no separate amount earmarked by the Directorate of Public Relations for release of Govt. advts. to newspapers etc. (2) Total value of advts. given to Urdu Newspapers Periodicals According to the needs of the Govt of Rajasthan, Advts. are being released to Urdu newspapers. (3) Total number of Urdu Newspapers / Periodicals receiving, During the years 1969-70, Govt. advts. 1970-71 and 1971-72 the advts. have been given to the following Urdu Newspapers/Periodicals: (a) Basharat, fortnightly, Jaipur (b) Badla Hua Zamana, Weekly, (this weekly was not approved one during the above period) (c) Sultan-e-Ullah Hind, Monthly Ajmer (was not approved during 1969-70 and 1970-71)