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REGISTERED No. D-(D)-72

The Gazette of India

EXTRAORDINARY

PART I—Section 1

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

No. 140] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY. JUNE 7, 1974/JYAISTHA 17, 1896

Separate paging is given to this part in order that it may be filed

as a separate compilation

MINISTRY OF COMMERCE

PUBLIC NOTICE

IMPORT TRADE CONTROL New Delhi, the 7 th june, 1974

SUBJECT :—Import policy for Newsprint—Printing and Writing Paper (excluding laid marked

paper) which contains mechanical wood pulp amounting to not less than 70% of

the fibre contents—(S. No. 44 V)—for the year April 1974—March 1975.

N o. 79-ITC (PN)/74.—The import policy for Newsprint (S. No. 44/V) for the year April 1974—March 1975 is given in Annexure I to IV to this Public Notice and shall be applicable with effect from the 1st April 1974.

ANNEXURE I

Remarks

Licensing Authority

Policy for Established Importers

C. Description

Validity

of

Licence

Parts S.No of I.T Sche- dule

2

1

6

3

4

5

CCI&E Nil

44/V.

Twelve months

I. Licences issued for newsprint will also be valid for import of water lined newsprint provided it contains mechanical wood pulp amounting to not leas than 70% of the fibre content and its weight is not less than 48-52 + 4% gram- mes per square metre.

White Printing Paper ( exclu- ding laid marked paper) which con- tains mechanical wood pulp amoun- ting to not less than 70% of the fibre content.

(847)

I 3 4 1 ⁶

II. A.U. for publishers and/or prin- ter* of newspapers and periodicals. III. A.U. applications In 'J¹ for from publishers and/or printers of newspapers and periodicals for newsprint will be submitted, in duplicate, and complete m all respects, through the Registrar of Newspapers for India, M inistry of Information and Broadcasting. New Delhi.

TV. Grant of import licences for newsprint will be considered on the basis of applications for the BHine received by the Registrar of Newspapers for India not later than the 2nd September, 1974.

V. (a) The entitlement of individual ncwBpapcr* / periodicals for news- print will be determined by the Registrar of Newspaper for India, New Delhi, on the basis 1 f its performance in 1972-73, taking in to' account the average circulation average number of pages and ave- rage number of pages and ave- rage page-area actually published by utilising newsprint authorised for that period.

N.B. In the case of newspapers/ periodicals which commenced publication during 1973-74 and arc in receipt of quota, the entitlement of these newspapers will, be on the basis of their perfor- mance in 1973-74, taking into ac- count the average circulation, ave- rage number of pages and average page-area actually published by utilising newsprint authorised for

that period.

V. (b) The entitlement of individiMl newspapers/periodical! as worked out under Remark V (a) above will be subject to a reduction of 40 per cent on account of reduced avail- ability of newsprint.

V. (c) Daily newspapers on appli- cation will be allocated 7 per cent of their 1974-75 entitlement in priting and writing paper. This is on the basis of a quantity of about 16,000 tonnes (of 60 grammoB substance) made available for dis- tribution to daily nowspapers by the Ministry of Industrial Develop- ment.

V. (d) The entire position will be reviewed when more quantity of newsprint and/or printing and wri- ting paper becomes available for distribution to newspapers.

I ² 3 4 5 6

V. (e) Allocation of newsprint in ac- cordance with the entitlement so fixed is subject to availability of foreign exchange or newsprint or either or both. In case either or both fall short of expec- . tations, appropriate further cut*

will be made.

V. (f) The basis of newsprint entitle- ment of individual newspapers periodicals as indicated above will not be applicable in respect of those newspapers/ periodicals whose circulation has been checked by the circulation teams of the Registrar of Newspapers for India and assessed lower than the claimed circulation. In determining their newsprint entitlement the basis Will be the assessed circulation on the one hand and the claimed ave- rage number of pages and average page area in 1973-74 on the other. Howeverj the newspapers/periodi- cals Whose circulation Was checked for a year before 1970, can claim entitlement on the basis of claimed circulation or performance in 1972- 73. Such claim Will be subject to verification through an agency to be named by the Register of Newspapers for India.

V. (g) The entitlement for standard newsprint as also Nepa newsprint Will be Worked out on 53 grammes substance,

V. (h) A compensation of 5 per cent of entitlement will be given for wastage in transit and/or machine room.

V. (i) T h; entitlement in NepaneWs- print will be increased by 10 per cent as compensation for higher grammege.

VI. The entitlement of newsprint will be met by issue of allotments in favour of newspapers/periodicals for imports through the State Trading Corporation of India Ltd., New Delhi, on high-sea sales basis (canalised imports) or autho- risation (s) issued in favour of appli- cants in terms of Remark V above in the following manner :

Annual entitlement

Quantity to be allowed in im- ported news- print

Cuts imposed on account of re.^ duced aVaila- biliiy

Quantity to be allowed in indi- genous neWs- print manufac- tured by Nepa Mills

i

2

4

3

(Standard newsprint and indigenous ncWBprlnt;

Dailits (including their Sunday Editions)

(a) Less than ioo tonnes

6 0%

Nil

4 0%

(b) ioo tonnes or more but less than

ijOoo tonnes

4 0%

35%

3 5%

(c) ijOoo tonnes and above

4 0%

3 0%

4 0%

Periodicals :

6 0%

All entitlements

Mil

4 0%

N.B. Daily newspapers with lees than 100 tonnes of entitlement after the cut and all perio- dicals to Whom imported newsprint is admissible may opt for their entitlement being met upto jo per cent in imported newsprint and 50 per cent in indigenous newsprint manufactured by Nepa Mills. Daily newspaj) ers/periodicals With entitlement upto 25-00 metric tonnes can opt for their entire entitlement in Nepa news print. Newspapers/periodicals opting for Nepa neWspint Will have to obtain their requirements in sizes that Nepe Mills can make available.

NOTES :

1. Newsprint Imports from abroad Will be canalised through the State Trading Corporation of India Ltd. Since the suppliers do not entertain orders in lots of lees than 25 Tonnes, newspapers with entitlement lees than 25 tonncB will cither have to arrange their imports by the State Trading Corporation of India Ltd., through an established importtr 01 through. State Industrial Development Corporaticr.e ami specify tht sime in 'J' form. Oihciwiee they will be granted authorisation on the State Trading Corporation of Iniiia Ltd.

2. Since adequate BUpplies of glazed/rotogravure ntwspiint have not become available so farj periodicals Will be allotted unglazcd/Nepa NtWeru'nt. In ihc tvent of any quantities of glazed/rotogravure newsprint becoming available; the Bame Will be allotted en a pio-rata basis to periodicals on application.

3. Allotment to all categories Will be mac'.e in reek crtty. AT cccitirrt] c,Ufniiiy fn ccr.vcr- sion of reels into sheets at the rate of 10 pei ctnl in n s p ct of Btarcerd newsprint Will te granted to newspapers with entitlement upto 25.CO tonnee.

4. Since Nepa Mills are not in a position to despatch consignments of less than 10 tonnes, Nepa newsprint in lots of less than 10 tonnes will not be allotted. Allotments of smaller quantities may, however, be made to recipicntB Who arc willing to taken delivery of their quota at the Nepa Mills and arrange for its transport.

5. On applications received after 2.9.1974 CUE will te niec'e en entitlement as follows :—

(i) application! received upto 31.10.r974 10%

(ii) applications received bejor.d 3r,io.i974 and upto I.I.1975 20% (iii) applications received beyond 1.1.1975 and upto 3r.3.r975 40%

VII. (a) Newsprint is allotted to each individual neWeparer/periccjcal end the neWBparer / periodical is the receipient of the newsprint. NtwspaptiE/ yuicc.kfjf. wil] r.ci te r t i n . n ud to adjust between them the quota allotted to each of them even When the publications aie under the Bame ownership and/or bear the same title/name.

(b) The authorised quota of newsprint allotted under this Policy to a newsi^rci/reiicc: :'itl may, however, be ut-ed for a new "edition" of the seme ntwspapcr/rcritc'icd JXC the Etv'f rrint, If eo used, shall be accounted for separately.

NOTE:—For the above purpose an "edition" is a newspaper/perlcc.ical which, irrespective of the place of publication, bears the same name/title, is in the same language and has the game periodicity as the newspaper/periodical already being published by the same ownerBhip/manage- ment and Is a reprint/separate run of the newspaper/periodical with variations diciatcd by the. ttmQ factor and to meet requirements of existing 1 xal readership and speedier disuibution.

V I I I. (a) Clearance regarding availability of newsprint JOT pew daily newspapers!perwdkah: Publishers of new daily newspapers and periodicals intending to apply for nette print quota ™Uotrtain clearance regarding availability of rxwsprint from the Regisirai• d Newspapers for I n d i a b Xe commencing a publication. Information as per Annexure III Bha11 be furnished -while applying for clearance under the allocation policy.

(b) Neto daily newspapers]'periodicals : In view of the shortage of newsprint, no quola will be allotted to new dally newspapers and i ,?™i. fni the first six months. After six months of regular publication, the publishers of S S " r s f f lS an application in Actual IW Form alor* with information con- l^A hi Annexure III and a Chartered Accountant's Certificate showing the average circulation X w ed a n d S v e r a g e S *e area and average number of pages printed during the first sfauaontte "W With documentary evidence of the purchase of paper used for printing the publication. Auota WUI be SlottedI to new newspapers/periodicals for the rest of tie licensing period on the basis of the average circulation actually achieved and the average number of pages and page area actually w E d w Lg the first six months subject to a maximum of 15*00 copies of 6 pages of standard P- A L V T BO c ms •> in t he c a se of d a M e s / w e e k l i e s / t r l - w e e k l i c s / b i - W e r k l i es e n? a m a x i m um of

r f o i c o p k ^ ^ p a g eB of Standard ,1" m the case of other periodicals, provided, bv the appli- ³' ^ r " c u te bonds duly guaranteed by scheduled banks for 75 P" cent of the value applied for ™!VcXmn io of theAtfual User's Form (T). The bonds Which are intended to ensure that tZ newsprint thus granted is utitaedfor publishing the proposed newspapers will be cancelled on producUon of documentary evidence to the satisfaction of the Registrar of Newspaper for India or the Chief Controller of Imports and Exports to shoW that the newsprint has been utilise.] for the publication of the newspapers) concerned.

M Fxlstine newspapers which did not obtain clearance for the use of newsprint or licences/ aJ&risStoMin^973-74 will be treated as in VHIfa) and (b) above. Further, the requirement S f S S ™ S di Sdy guaranteed by scheduled W fa will be waived in the case of those news- mpM^poriodicals who are borne on the records ofthe Registrar of Newspapers for India and art. in regular publication from January i, I97¹

(A-) In the case of dailies and periodicals which commenced publication prior to I-4-I974 ,nd which aretoreceiptof quota of newsprint less than the maximum admissible to a new daily t,MojTcal the entitlement wiO be revised to the maximum admiwble on specific application S Sn of documentary evidence, i.e. quarterly Chartered Accountants Certificate as. per A t S re II for the licensing year 1974-75- But this will not apply to newspapers whose circu- H been checked by Registrar of Newspapsr for Indta and assessed lower than the claim- ed circulation after January I, i97°-

TX The following categories of newspapers and periodicals will not be entitled to the allocation of newsprint under this Pablic Notice notwithstanding that they are classified a" newspapers :

(a) Journals published primarily to promote sale of goods or services ; (b) Posters/Pamphlets for Election or campaigns of Commercial nature; (c) House Journals/magazines brought out by individual/flrm/industrial concerns; (d) Price lists, catalogues and directories; (e) Publications intended for free distribution; (f) Fiction; (g) Racing guides; (h) School/College magazines; (i) Teaching Journals/Teaching guides; and 0) Government publications.

•v Tf anv newspaper/periodical had not fully utilised the quantity allocated in I973:74, the , ^ J a K S be adjured from its entitlement for i974-75• To enable the Registrar of ^ ™ ~ f f Ma to determine the consumption of newsprint in i973-74,.the particulars (momh J i W n S T m M M M "¹¹ n u m b er of Publi⁸hillS days m 1973-74 should be wise) of circuiauon, PB*^°'A,* = •ical(-s-) m thc form given in Annexure II and IV to this Public furnished b>' the ^ w s p a p e r g i > ^ ^ "> " ^d Jt on ^ a c t a al number of days published in Notice . Jh e^s™ . t f ^ a rs furnished in Annexme II referred to above should be certified by the fe period ^ P f ^ f c h a n e r ed Accountant's Certificate need not be submitted where the CharteredI AcwunUM The Changed Ac^ ^ ^ publishing day. (This facility ^ " h o w e v e r! n rPb f a v Se to those newspapers applying for newsprint quota ader remark VIII above).

NOTE.—Allotment obtained in 1973-74 under schemes for Export Promotion etc., will also be taken Into account for determining quantity utilised/held in stock by the newspapers in IQ73-74- For this purpose, information shall be furnished in Annexure IV to this Public Notice/Column 11 and 12 of Actual Users' Application (J Form).

XI. The number of copies d istributed free, unsold returns or any other copies printed but neither sold nor distributed free, will be taken into consideration for purpose of allotment/consu- mption of newsprint, provided these represent a reasonable percentage of the print order and not in any case exceeding the following limits :

Monthlies, Circulation

Dailies, tri-and-bi- wccklics

Weeklies and fort- nightlies

quarterlies and other*

1 0%

2 0%

U p to 2,300

2 5% Between 2,500 and 5,000

fo%

2 0%

15%

1 0%

Between 5,000 and 10,000

1 0%

15 % Above 10,000 . . ..

5%

5%

1 0%

X I I. Where the newstpapers/pericdicalE have not supplied copies of their issues stated to be published in the year 1973-74, as required under Section 11B of the Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867, read with Rule 5 of Registration of Newspapers (Control) Rules, 1956, the consump- tion worked out vide Remark X above, will be subjected to a cut as follows :—

25% Regularity of more than 50% butz less than 75% Regularity of more than 25% but lesi than 50% . . . . . 50 >~>'a ' No quota will be released to newspapers \vh33e regularity is less than 25"'Q.

XIII. Newspapers whose entitlement for newsprint is and who apply for a licence for less than forty tonnes per annum shall be exempted from payment of import licence apHcation fee and production of Income-Tax Verification Number.

XIV. For the purpose of this Public Notice, the Registrar of Newspapers for India may make such marginal adjustments in the distribution cf Nepa and imported newsprint as may be necessary in the light of Remarks VI and VIII (d).

[

ANKESURE II

P A R T Form of Chartered Accountants Certificate regarding Circulation etc for the period April 1973—March 1974.

I (To be typed on the letter head o( the Chartered Accountant)

—

1. Name of Newspaper/Periodical

3. Language

S E C 2. Place of Publication

4. Periodicity

.

1

]

April May June

Aug. SepL Oct. Nov. Dec

July

Jan. Feb. March Average for the period

~t

ii

73

73 73

73 73

74 74

73 74

lit

from 1-4-73 to 31-3-74

T H E

(a) Average aumb.'f of copies printed month wise, per publishing day ^ from 1-4-73 to 3i:3-74-

G A Z E T T E

O F (b) Average number of copies sold, month vjist,\pei pub- lishing day from 1-4-73 to 31-3-74.

I

N D

I

A (cj Average number of copie-s distributed free, month- wise per publishing day (including complimentary, voucher, exchange bonuSj sample and office copies trom 1-4-73 to 31-3-74-

(1 Average number of month-

E X T R A O R D

I vfise unsold returns aaJ other copies printed Dut 1.11 .lauded in (b) and o...

N A R Y

t Average size of the pag; moothwise of the news- paper/periodica! in iS. inches from 1-4-73 u. ii-3-74-

8

j

}

8 5 4

Mar.1

Jan. Feb.

Nov. Dec.

Oct

Sept.

Aug.

May June

Apr.

74

73 73 74 74

73

73

73

73 73 73

73

Average for the period from 1-4-73 to 31-3-74

T *

5 1 (f) Average number of pages, montbvnse of the news- papers/periodical per pub- lishing day from 1-4-73 to 31-3-74-

G A Z E T T E (g) Actual number "^of publi- shing days, monthwise, from 1-4-73 1031-3-74.

O F

Date

I

N D

I

CERTIFICATE OF THE CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT

A

I/We have examined the books and accounts of

(Name of the paper, language and Periodicity) pub" for the period 1-4-1973 to 31-3-1974 and have obtained all thc ished from (Address) information and explanations required by us. In my/our opinion, the statement set forth above reflects true and correct anarysit of circulation, page size and number of publishing days for the period from 1-4-1973 to 31-3-1974 to the best of my/our information and belief and according to the expla- nation given to me/us by the books of account etc.

Signature

E X T R A O R D

I Date Stamp of the Chartered Accountant

N A R Y 1. 1. Name and signature of the person who has signed the certificates : •

; •

[ 2. Registration No. 3. Address

—

P A R T

I N.B.—The Chartered Accountant's Certificate regarding average circulation per pubUshingday showing separately, the average number of copies, printed,sold and distributed free etc, number of pages and page-area should be famished, if monthwise average circulation exceeds 2^x0 copies. If the month- wise average circulation is 2,000 copies or below, particulars in the above annexare should be furnished under the signature of the Publisher.

—

S E C

,

l ]

ANNEXUKE III

NOTIES.— 1. Thefollowingclcarancepaiucuiars arc required to be furnished in the case of sl new dailies and periodicals, applying for newsprint. Existing dailiesand periodi- cals Which Were not allowed newsprint In the past have also to furnish the particulars.

2. These clearance, particular may be sent along With an'application (in duplicate in the latest Actual Users' Form (Form 'J')-

3. All answers shouldbc given in Words, Dashes or cross marks should not be used.

1. Title of the newspaper. 2. Language 3. Periodicity :—

(in the case of daily, it may be stated whether the paper is published on all the seven days of a Week. In the case of a Weekly, it may be indicated whether it i; published every week or four times in a month.)

4. Full postal address of the paper. 5. In case the paper has not yet commenced publication :

(a) the proposed date of publication, (b) the proposed size of one page of the paper :

; Centimetres.

(i) Length (if) Width — —Centimetres. (iii) Page-area

Sq. Centimetres.

(c) Average number of pages per copy of the proposed paper. (d) The proposed average circulation :

(i)AVsrag<; number of copies proposed to be printed, (ii) Average number of copies expected to be sold. 6. (a) Name and address of owner , Name : Address:

*(b) If the owner is a company, firm etc. Name Address Whether Percentage name(s), address (es), etc. of Director(s), Director of shares Partner etc. held in the Share-holders, partners, etc. Company.

@(c) Are/were the owner (which term includes

a company, firm, etc.) and any of the persons Whose names are required to be given against (b) above associated at present or at any lime since 1962 With the publication ofany ot her paper ?

(d) If the reply to (c) above if in the affirma- tive, names of owner etc. and details of the newspapers with which they are associated may be given in the following form :—

Period of

s.

Details of paper With Which associated

Name of owner etc.

association

No.

Capacity in which associa- ted

From To

If a share holder in the company etc. mentioned in Col. 4 percen- tage of snares

If the paper is run by a company etc.

held Title, Language periodicity and place of publication

8 1

2

6

3

'7

4

5

7(a) Are'were any member of thef family of the Owner or any of the persons Whose names are required to be given against 6(b) above associated at present or at any time since 1962 With the publication of any other paper ? (Sl

(b) If the reply to (a) is in the affirmative, names of the member* of family and details of the

new paperB with which associated may be given in the following form.

Name of the member of the family con-

- Address of the mem- ber of the family

Redationship with the ownei etc.

Sl, No.

cerned

Name of owner etc. whose member of family is associated with another paper.

(3)

(4)

(5) fa)

( 1)

Details of paper with •

Period of Asso-

ciation

Capacity in which Asso-

which connected

Sl. No.

ciated

Name of the member of family

To

From

If a ' share hol- der in the com- pany etc, men, tioned in col. 4 percentage of shares held.

If the paper is run by a company etc the name of the compan;

Title, Lan- guage perio- dicity and place of publication

y

etc.

(5)

(4)

(7) •

(6)

( 2)

(?) (3)

( 1)

8. Classification % (Nature of contents) of the paper.

Signature of the Publisher

p ja cc —— Name (in block letters) '——— Date —— ——

•Item 6(b)—Information i" required to ta given about the following categories of persona:

Category of persons in respect of whom information is Ownership type

required.

Sl. No.

Company

1 ..

2. Film Society

3-

(a) Directors, (b) Shareholders holding a share of 10% or more, Partners. (a) Members holding a share of 10 % or more, (b) Office bearers and members of the Managing body

Association

Office beareri and members of the Managing body.

4- 5, Trust

Trustees.

@It :em8 6(c) & 7 (a)

Information about association with the following cate- gories of papers is also to be given:—

(aj A different edition of the paper for which news-

print is being applied for.

(b) A paper with the same title as.chat of the paper for which newsprint is being applied tor, but in 11 different language or with a different perio- dicity.

(-Item 7(a) Member of family for the purpose of this statement m"ans a member of family (father, mother, wife/husband, brother, brother's wife, sister, son, daughter-in- law, daughter, etc.) who are members of a Joint family or are dependent on tho owner, Director etc.

%Item 8 The paper may be placed in one of the following categories:—

News and Current Affairs; Literary and Cultural! serialised fiction; religion and philosophy, Commerce and Industry, Journals meant primarily to pro- mote sale of goods or services; House Journals/Magazines brought out by individuals/flrms/industrial concerns; price lists and catalogues; Medicine- and Health; Film; Social Welfare; Labour; Education; School/Collcgo Magazines; Teaching Journals/Teaching Guides; Law and Public Adminis- tration; Engineering and Technology; Agriculture and Animal H usbandry; Children; Transport and Communication; Insurance; Banking and Co- operation; Science; Finance and Economics; Women; Art; Radio and Music; Sports; Racing Guides.

ANNEXURE IV

Statement showing consumption of newsprint for Publication of newspapers! periodicals

during the period from I-4-I973 to 31-3-1974

Consumption of Newsprint (in tonnes)

s. '

No.

Rotogravure

Nepa Total Remirks Glazed-

Title of the paper, its language, periodi- city and place of pub- Ucidon

Gms. Gms.

Unglazed (Imported)

1

8

2

6

7

5

9

3 .4

Signature of the Publisher

Name in Block letters

Place Date

NOTE: Consumption of newsprint against regular entitlements and export promotion entitlement to be furnished separately.

B.D.KUMAR,

Chief Controller ofjlmporis and Exports.

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