FAQs

In the context of the Act, "notification" means a notification published in the Gazette of India or the Official Gazette of a State. The expression "notify", with its grammatical variation and cognate expressions, shall be construed accordingly. 

The following steps need to be followed to submit an application for registration of a periodical:

1. The title owner creates a profile on the portal.
2. In case, the owner has existing registered tittles, the same are to mapped from the existing database of the RNI.
3. To apply for a new title, the owner fills up details of language, periodicity and proposed place of publication along with title options. Title Allocation Guidelines must be adhered to while filling title options. Application not in accordance with the Guidelines, shall be rejected.
4. The owner invites the appointed publisher on the portal by giving name, email id and mobile number (in case, the owner is also the publisher, the appropriate option may be chosen).
5. The publisher, on receipt of link from the portal, creates his/ her profile and submits application on the portal for registration giving requisite details for registration, makes fee payment (on-line through the BharatKosh) with Aadhaar based e-sign. An application submitted without e-sign will not be entertained.
6. The Press Sewa Portal will generate an acknowledgement along with a unique 10-digit Applicant Reference Number (ARN). The ARN is to be used by the publisher for all future correspondences and references.

'Bharat Kosh' is the online service window of the Government of India for the applicants to deposit fees, fines, or other money into the Government Account. 

The "Press Registrar General" is an official appointed by the Central Government under sub-section (1) of section 5. 

Yes, the publisher can make corrections or remove omissions in the application within five days of initial submission and submit the application again with e-sign.

In these rules, the 'financial year' refers to the period beginning April 1 any one year and ending March 31 of the next year. 

The Act defines a "newspaper" as a periodical of loose-folded sheets, usually printed on newsprint, and brought out daily or at least once a week, containing information on current events, public news, or comments on public news. 

The Press Registrar General verifies the application for completeness, payment of fees, adherence to guidelines, and other necessary particulars. Deficiencies, if any, will be communicated within seven working days of receiving the application. The publisher has thirty days to rectify these deficiencies. If deficiencies are not removed within thirty days, the application may be rejected.

'National Single Window System' (NSWS) is the digital platform of the Central Government (https://www.nsws.gov.in) to guide individuals about identifying and applying for various approvals, permissions, and registrations. 

A "periodical" is any publication, including a newspaper, which is published and printed at regular intervals, containing public news or comments on public news. However, it does not include a book or a journal of scientific, technical, and academic nature.