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REGISTERED NO. D. 221

The Gazette of India

EXTRAORDINARY

PART I—Section 1

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

No. 48] NEW DELHI, SATURDAY, MARCH 30, 1963/CHAITRA 9, 1885

MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

PUBLIC NOTICES

IMPORT TRADE CONTROL

New Delhi, the 30th March 1963

SUBJECT:—Last date for submission of annual licences of April 1962—March 1963

period for endorsement for utilisation of the second half of the

licence.

No. 24-ITC(PN)/63.—Attention of the importers is invited to sub-para 3 of para 5 of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry Public Notice No. 167-ITC (PN)/62, dated 24th December 1962, in terms of which the holders of annual licences arc required to send the licences for endorsement to the licensing autho- rity upto the 31st March, 1963,

2 The matter has been reviewed and it has been decided to extend the last date for submission of annual licences to the licensing authorities for endorse- ment upto the 15th May, 1963.

SUBJECT:—Import policy for Newsprint [White printing paper (excluding laid marked paper which contains mechanical wood pulp amounting to not less than 70 per cent of the fibre contents)] S. No. 44/V for the year April 1963—March 1964.

No. 25-ITC(PN)/63.—The import policy for Newsprint (S. No. 44/V) for the year April 1963—March 1964 is given in the Annexure I to this Public Notice and shall be applicable with effect from the 1st April, 1963

ANNEXURE I TO PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 25-ITC(PN)/63, DATED 30-3-1963

Licensing Description authority

Remarks

Policy for Validity Established of Importers licences

part and S.No. of I. T C. Schedule 44/V.

Nil Twelve months

White printing paper C C I. (excluding laid marked paper which contains mechanic wood pulp amounting to not less than 70% of the fibre contents).

( 1 3 7) I. A. U. 2. A. U applications from publishers and, or printers of newspapers and periodicals for Newsprint, Art paper and specialised requirements of Newspapers should be sub- mitted in duplicate and comp- lete in all respects, through the Registrar of Newspapers for India, Ministry of Infor- mation and Broadcasting, New Delhi. The applications should reach the Registrar of Newspapers for India by the 15th August, 1963.

2. Actual Users mentioned in remarks 21 and 22 below should submit tbeir applications direct to the Chief Controller of Imports and Exports, New Delhi, by the 15th August, 1963.

3. A.U. licences will be issued to publishers and/or printers of newspapers and periodicals only, on an annual basis, for meeting part of their entitlement for newsprint and the balance will be made available from canalised imports and Nepa Mills.

4. The entitlement for newsprint for twelve months will be determined by the Registrar of Newspapers for India, Ministry of Information and Broadcast- ing, New Delhi, on the following basis: —

(i) Page area and pages published during 1957, subject to the following page reductions in the case of daily newspapers (including their Sunday editions): —

(a) Daily newspapers, including their Sunday editions, which published iz pages or more per publishing day in 1957 will be eligible for a quota based on IZ pages per publishing day;

(b) Daily newspapers, including their Sunday editions, which published less than 12, but not less than 10 pages per publishing day in 1957 will be eligible for a quota based on 10 pages per publishing day;

(c; Daily newspapers, including their Sunday editions, which published less than 10, but not leas than 8 pages per publishing day in 1957 will be eligible for a quota on 8 pages per publishing day; and

(d) Daily newspapers, including their Sunday editions, which started publication alter 1957 and whose entitlement was calculated in April 1962—March 1963 on the number of pages published during some later year as well as those newspapers and periodicals whose number of pages were allowed to be increased after 1957 will also be subject to the cuts mentioned in (a), (b) and (c) above.

(n) Regularity of publication during 1962.

(iii) Average circulation during April 1961—March 1962.

The entitlement thus worked out will be made available to the extent of 30 per cent from indigenous newsprint manufactured by Nepa Mills and the balance 70 per cent will be met from imported newsprint. The requirement of those newspapers and periodicals whose annual entitlement works out 1o 100 m. tons, or less will be met entirely from imported newsprint, Separate applications for allocation of Nepa Newsprint may be addressed to the Registrar of Newspapers for India.

5 Those actual users who are eligible to use standard or unglazed newsprint and'whose entitlement is 100 metric tons or above will be given licences to, the extent of 75 per cent from free resources and the balance of 25 per cent from cinaliscd imports against contracts entered into by the S.T.C, The newsprint liVnsed from free resources wil) be imported against contracts entered into by tho S~T C v/ith specified suppliers in Scandinavian countries

fi With the exception of newspapers mentioned in the succeeding paragraph, •t w'nnlH not b' possible to meet the demand of newspapers and periodicals for n a t i o n al newsprint on account of increase in their circulation. However, within the- authorised quota of newsprint for the licensing period each newspaper or Periodical will be permitted to adjust its pages and circulation to meet its indi- vidual requirements.

7 TiSri^tine newspapers with a circulation of less than 10,000 copies will, on n r m i i cS be allowed1 to increase thHr circulation upto 10,000 copies, or 25 per cent ol their circulation during April 1961-March 1962, whichever is less.

fi Existing dailies which were publishing in 1P57 or were allowed, to P o l i sh later on four or six pages per publishing day will on application, be allowed lo increase the number of their paces upto a maximum of six and eight per publishing day, respectively.

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9. New newspapers and periodicals will be allowed generally an initial quota to develop and build up an average circulation to the maximum Unut of 10,0U0 'copies of eight pages per publishing day during the first three months after commencement of publication. During¹ these three months, indigenous news- print manufactured by Nepa Mills will normally be allotted. As a concession, this allotment may, however, on application, be converted into 50 per cent Nepa and 50 per cent imported newsprint. The quantity of imported newsprint so allowed will be adjusted against the entitlement of the newspaper/periodical for the subsequent months.

After three months of its publication, the newspaper/periodical will be requir- ed to produce evidence (a Chartered Accountant Certificate) to show the average circulation achieved and the average number of pages printed during the first three months. If the newspaper attains the targetted average circulation, on the number of pages allowed, it will continue to receive newsprint quota for the rest of the licensing period for the number of copies and average number of pages initially allowed. If, however, the newspaper/periodical does not achieve the targetted average circulation and print the average number of pages during the three-months trial period, it will be allowed newsprint quota for the average circulation actually achieved and the average number of pages actually printed.

10. It will not be possible to allocate any quota of newsprint to newspapers chains, groups and multiple units for publication of news periodicals and news- papers.

NOTE.—Chains, groups, and multiple units are those that have been cate- gorised in Chapter V on page 94 of the Annual Report of the Registrar of Newspapers for India, 1962, Part I.

11. Newspapers, and periodicals whose annual entitlement is 5 m. tons, or less, will not be given licences for direct import. Authorisations for obtaining news- print in reels from the stocks of the State Trading Corporation will only be issued. Newspapers and periodicals can, however, apply for letters of autho- rity in favour of established importers of newsprint who can procure the goods from the State Trading Corporation and supply them to Actual Users after converting them into sheets, if necessary.

12. Glazed newsprint will be allott d only to those newspapers and periodicals which had been getting licences for it regularly in the past. Licences will be issued subject to 80 per cent of the entitlement being allowed m glazed news- print and the remaining 20 per cent in standard, unglazed newsprint.

13. The Actual Users mentioned above should furnish the following informa- tion/documents with their applications: —

(i) Title of the newspaper/periodical and the date from which it is regu- larly published;

(ii) Area of the page of newspaper/periodical (in sq. inches) lor which

newsprint is applied for;

(iii) Average number of pages per regular issue, including No. of pages

issued as supplements during 1957;

(iv) Periodicity of issue and language of the newspaper/pwioukal and whether the paper has been in regular publication from

(v) Average circulation per publishing day during the period April 1961— March 1962 indicating the paid and free (including complementary, voucher, exchange, bonus, sample and oihee copies only) circula- tion separately. Copies representing unsold returns and other ropjes which might have been printed, but not actually sold or distributed in any other way, should not be included in the circulation state- ment, but given separately, The number of copies distributed iree, unsold returns or anv other copies printed but neither sold nor dis- tributed free would be taken into consideration for purpose of allot- ment of newsprint provided it represents a reasonable percentage of the print order, The circulation should be certified by a Char- tered Accountant where it exceeds 2,000 copies per publishing day; (vi) Sample copy of an issue bearing the date of 1st April 1962 or the date nearest to it;

(vii) Information whether the newspaper/periodical is registered with the Registrar of Newspapers for India and, if so, the registration number

(viii) The total quantity (imported and Indigenous separately) consumed, during April 1962—March 1963 and the quantities allotted. In cas& an applicant had consumed more newsprint than what had been allotted for the period mentioned above, the source(s) from which, the additional quantities were procured should also be indicated.

(ix) Stock in hand of imported and Nepa newsprint (to be indicated sepa- rately) on 1st Annl 1963 and expected arrivals against licences and authorisations on Nepa Mills in hand. Licences and authorisations, issued in advance for the year 1963-64 and Colombo Plan Allocations, should be shown separately.

(x) Details whether the newspaper/periodical is (a) printed on Rotary of Flat-bed press or any other type of printing machinery, and (b) whether the newsprint used is in reels or sheets, glazed or unglazed,. and the size of the reels or the sheets;

(xi) If sheets are used, is import actually effected in reels cut to sizes on, arrival in India?

14. In the case of those newspapers which had been permitted to increase their pages in 1961-62 or 1962-63, a certificate duly certified by a Chartered Accountant showing circulation and average pages should also be furnished for the following; periods: —

(a) 1961-62.—Certificate from the date of nermission to increase the pages-.

to 31st March, 1963.

(b) 1962-63.-—Certificates for the periods: —

(i) 1st April 1962 to 29th July, 1962; (ii) 30th July 1962 to 31st March, 1963;

(ill) fiom the date of permission to increase the pages to 31st March, 1963.

15. Small newspapers whose entitlement for newsprint is less than 40 metric- tons per annum will be exempted from payment of licence fee and income-tax verification number.

16. If any actual user is not in a position to effect import himself against the licence issued to him, he can apply to the Chief Controller 01 Imports and Exports lor a letter of authority in favour of the party through whom he desires to effect import, provided such parties hold quota certificates for newsprint or are the sole agents of the foreign suppliers.

17. The weight of white printing paper (excluding laid marked paper) which contains mechanical wood pu]p amounting to not less than 70 per cent of the fibre content falling under S. No. 44/V should not be less than 50 grammes per square meter.

18. Licences for art paper will be issued only to those periodicals which had been getting such licences regularly m the past. For cover pages, no art paper will be licensed for periodicals whose average pages per publishing day are less than 50. Such periodicals will be allowed to import glazed newsprint upto 10O> grammes per,square meter. In other cases, art paper will be licensed for cover papes, but the grammage per square meter will not exceed 100 for periodicals publishing upto 100 pages per publishing day and 135 in oth^r cases. Art paper not exceeding 100 grammes per square meter will be allowed for inside pages on the basis of No. of cages published on art paper in 1957, or later (in the case of periodicals started after 1957). Entitlement for art paper will be calculated on the basis of certified consumption during April 19G2—March 1963 and the No. of pages published on art paper, page area and certified circulation during 1961-62 etc. Only 50 per cent of the entitlement will be licensed in imported paper, the balance 50 per cent will be authorised to be purchased from indigenous manu- facturers.

19. A.U. applications in duplicate, from newspaper establishments for specia- lised requirements, such as stereo flongs, rubber blankets, spare parts for print- ing machinery, or any other essential item which is not indigenously available should be submitted giving detailed justification for the demand and the actual consumption of each commodity during 1962-63, duly certified by a Chartered Accountant, and would he considered, provided the printer and/or publisher owns the printing press for which these requirements have been applied for. Requests, for the import of photographic materials, copppr sheets and zinc sheets for block.

making will also be considered, on the basis of consumption during 1002-63, pro- vided the puDiisher anu/ur prime- maintains hii own processing depariment. Requests for mgn speed lotary ink will only be considered wnert oauy news- papers arc printed on high speed rotary presses.

20. Licences for art paper and specialized requirements of newspapers (men- tioned in remarks Id and "itf above) will be issued oil a hall-yearly oaais. Licen- ces tor newsprint will, however, be issued on aii annual basis, as already men- tioned viae remark 3 above. These licences will be issued suoject to the condi- tion tnat they will be utilised upio the 3uui September, ltiG3, ior bu per cent of the quantity and value covered by them, u will not be necessury lor dm actual users to return these licences for endorsement in respect of utilization ol the balance 50 per cem. Licences issued to newspapers and periodicals with an entitlement of Rs. 20,000 m terms of value, will not be subjected to the condi- tion regarding utilisation of 50 per cent only upto the 30th September, 1963.

21. A.U. applications for import of standard glazed newsprint for publishing of textbooks irom publishers and/or printers of textbooks approved/saiutioned/ recommended lor scnools and colleges will bu considered on the basis oil a certi- ficate m the l'orm given in Anncxure 11 fieri the State Director of Education/ Hcf4iotrai of the UniveiEisy certifying the e:>e-r>Uility of their requirements for gjjzjd and/ov standard newsprint. The applicants should also furnish a declara- tion that they have not obtained any licences tor import of standard glazed news- print under Export Promotion Scncme during any of the two preceding periods. In case they have obtained such licences dining the specihed period, the details thereof including the quantities license should be furnished along with the applications.

22. A.U. applications from publishers of books other than textbooks will be considered for import of standard newsprint only (b2 grammage per sq, metre only). Requests should be supported by certificate from Chartered Accountant showing past consumption of imported newsprint during 1961 and 1962. Charter- ed Accountant's certificate should be furnished in the prescribed form given in Annexure III. Applications should be accompanied by the lists of books publish- ed in the past year and proposed to be publisned in 1963. The applicants should also furnish a declaration that they have not obtained any, licences for import of standard newsprint (52 grammage per sq. metre only) under Export Promotion Scheme during any of the two preceding perioas. In case they have obtained such licences during the specified period, the details thereof including the quanti- ties licensed should be furnished along with the applications. Licences will be issued on the basis of past consumption of imported Newsprint only.

ANNEXURE II TO THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY PUBLIC NOTICE No. 25-ITC (PN)/63 DATED 30TH MARCH, 1963.

Form of Certificate of Essentiality to be furnished by Actual User applicants for newsprint licences who are publishers and/or printers of Text Books,

This should be typed on the Letter Head of the Office of Director of Education of the State concerned.

OFFICE OF THE

DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION State

Doted the

CERTIFICATE or ESSENTIALITY

Certified that M/s

are bonaflde publishersI of sanctioned/recommended/approved Text Books in use jj! tne State. The following text books published by them are 'on the sanctioned list. They have been allowed to use glazed/standard newsprint for re-prints/prints of their text books and their need for newsprint is genuine and essential: —

No. of pigea

No. of reams requited

No. of copies printed

Specification of newsprint required Name of Text Book

Approved/sanctioned' recommended and Class for which prescribed

Total requirement, = reams

— Tone.

2. If the required quota is sanctioned the publishers will give an undertaking that the quota ol newsprint granted will not be u^ed by Uiem for any other purpose besides printing the above mentioned text books.

Seal of the Office.

Director of Education State.

ANNXXURE—III TO TUB MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY PUBLIC Norcci No. 25-lTC(,iJN)/b2, DAIED aUTH MAIIUI, iyb3.

Form of Chartered Accounts' certificate to be typed on the Letter Head 0}

the Chartered Accountant.

We/I

the Registered Chartered Accountant (Registration No ) of

(full address) do hereby solemnly declare that we/I have examined the books and refords of M/s

for the period

(calendar years)

for consumption of newsprint and do certify that to the best of our information and belief and according to explanation given to us/me that their consumption of imported/indigenous newsprint during the said period was

tons.

(Signature) Stamp of the Chartered Accountant!.

(Name in capitals)

(Registration No.)

K. T. SATARAWALA, Chief Controller.

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