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REGISTERED No. D (D.)-72

The Gazette of India

EXTRAORDINARY

PART I—Section 1

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

No. 136] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY. JULY 7, 1978/ASADHA 16, 1900

Separate paging is given to this Part in order that it may be filed as a separate compilation.

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JVUNISTRY OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING

PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 1-PR-NPI78

New Dei'hi, the 7th July, 1978

In terms of paras 218 and 219 of Chapter-X of the Hand Book of Import-Export Procedures for 1978-79, Government of India in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting hereby notify the basis of entitlement to newspapers /periodi- cals. The basis of entitlement is contained in Annexure I to III of this Public Notice and shall be applicable from 1st

April, 1978 to March 31, 1979.

benefit will be available only to those newspapers which give proof that printing is carried out only in sheets.

2.2. Periodical's which have been in existence for more than three months will be allowed to claim their full entitle- ment or a portion of it in glazed or rotogravure newsprint subject to availability.

2.3. The basis of allocation of indigenous and imported

newsprint will be as follows:—

(i) Newspapers with, an entitlement of up to 400 MT will have the option to lift any proportion of their requirement from Nepa or imported—both from high sea sales as well as buffer.

Newsprint Allocation Policy for 1978-79

ANNEXURE I

1. Entitlement

1.1. Newsprint entitlement of an individual newspaper/ periodical will be based on its consumption of newsprint or white printing paper or both in 1977-78 increased by 5 per cent.

1.2. While the entitlement as worked out above will be the base quota, it will be open to newspapers/periodicals to apply for extra allotment depending on actual consumption. Such applications will' be considered twice during the year. Applications should be accompanied by a Chartered Accoun- tant's Certificate of actual consumption. Extra allotments will be made subject to availability of newsprint.

1.3. If on verification it is found that the circulation of a newspaper/periodical is less than that claimed, entitlement will be revised accordingly.

1.4. No quota will be admissible to a newspaper/periodical which is unable, at any time when called upon to do so, to establish any circulation at all. Any newsprint released will also have to be returned.

1.5. The entitlement of newspapers/periodicals for standard newsprint as also Nepa newsprint will be worked out on the basis of 53 grammes substance plus or minus 5 per cent. The entitlement of newspaper/periodical, if allotted in Nepa

newsprint, will be increased by 15 per cent.

(ii) (a) Newspapers having an entitlement of over 400 MT will have to lift 15 per cent of their entitfement from Nepa compulsorily.

(b) The remaining quantities will be met from import- ed newsprint on high sea sales or from the buffer as per requirement of the newspapers in consul- tation with STC.

(There will be no compulsion in lifting a certain proportion of newsprint stocks from the buffer. However, this arrangement will be reviewed after a period of six months by the Ministry of Infor- mation and Broadcasting.)

The actual allocations will be subject to availability of newsprint and in case of shortfalls, appropriate cuts will be made. The Registrar of Newspapers may also vary the pro- portion of NEPA imported newsprint in the light of avail- ability/stocks from time to time. Newspapers/periodicals will have to take NEPA newsprint in sizes that are made avail- able.

2. Allocation

2.1. Ali'otment in all categories—standard roto and glaz- ed—will be made in reels only. An additional quantity of 10 per cent for conversion of reels into sheets will be allow- ed to newspapers which have to cut reels into sheets. This 2.4. New newspapers/periodicals may be issued newsprint according to requirements indicated by them. But the maximum initial quota that can thus be issued will cover four months' requirements calculated on the basis of circu- lation of 10,000 copies of 8 standard pages for dailies and 10,000 copies of 16 standard pages for periodicals. The newspapers/periodicals can come up for allotment of more newsprint after submitting performance particulars for the consumption of newsprint for the first three months. It may come up even earlier for further allocation of news- print with performance particulars if it consumes the initial quota before the expiry of the three months period.

Existing newspapers which did not apply for newsprint in 1977-78 or were not allocated any newsprint quota during

1977-78 will be deemed to be new newspapers nnd will be treated as such.

3. Wastage

3.1. For wastage in transit and/or muchine room, compen- sation for imported newsprint will" be allowed :it 8 per cent to newspapers published from port towns of Bombay, Calcutta, Cochin and Madras (where STC has godowns); at 9 per cent to newspapers published from the States where these 4 towns aie located and at 10 per cent to newspapers published from other States. In the case of Nepa news- print, a uniform 9 per cent compensation will be allowed. In the case of periodicals using multi-coloured printing wast- age compensation will be 2 per cent over the normal wastage allowed to them for that printing.

4. Miscellaneous

4.1. The work relating to distribution of imported news- print will be handled entirely by the State Trading Corpora- tion. The Registrar of Newspapers for India will give comp- lete entitlements duly worked out of all the newspapers appli- cants to STC which in turn, will give imported newsprint either from high pea sales or fiom buffer in accordance with allocation determined as per para 2.3.

4 2, Newspapers which do not comply with the provisions of the Newsprint Allocation Policy or Newsprint Control Order or both will not be allowed newsprint quota until they comply with, the provisions. Newsprint dealers will not be allowed to act as authorised agents for delivery on high sea sales if they do not comply with the provisions of the Newsprint Control Order.

4.3. Those newspapers which do not lift their allotment! from high sea sales or buffer stocks or from indigenous sources within a period of three months of the receipt of the allocation order, will be liable to lose further authorisation either on imported newsprint or on NEPA stock.

pective of the place of publication, bears the same title, is in the same language and has the siime periodicity as the newspaper/periodical already being published by the same management and is a reprint, separate run of the newspapci or periodical with variations for the time factor and for meeting requirements of existing local leadership and speedier distribution.

4.7. Publishers of newspapers/periodicals with circulation of up to 2,000 copies per publishing day will not be requir- ed to submit chartered accountant's certificate rcgaiding piooT of performance. Others, however, will be lequiied to sub- mit such certificate.

4.8. New newspapers will not be required to deposit bank guarantee equivalent to the value of 10 per cent of their initial quota.

4.9. Applicants should fill in Anncxure II to this Public Notice regarding average circulation, average page aiea and number of pages printed during the previous licensing year,

4.10. Newsprint obtained in 1977-78 under the scheme for Export Promotion etc, will also be taken into account for determining quantity utilised/held in stock by the newspapers in 1977-78. For this purpose, information shoufd be fur- nished in Annexure III to this Public Notice.

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

Weeklies Monthlies Circulation Dailies

and fort- quarterlies tri-and bi-

nightlies and others weeklies

20%

25% Upto 2,500 .,

Between 2,300

and 5,000 .. . .. 10%

20%

10%

Between 5,000

and 9,999 . . .. 10%

10%

15%

Abo/o 10,000

4.4. Newspapers/periodicals which are .given allotment on high sea sales basis, will be allowed to take delivery also through the States Small Industries Development Corpora- tions or- through authorised agents, Delivery on high sea sales basis will be subject to the minimum quantity booked by the foreign supplier. Small newspapers who do not ful- fil this condition of high sea sales allocations because their entitlement is too small to be covered by that arrangements, can club their entitlement with other small newspapers and get the newsprint from high sea sales through cither the State Small Industries Development Corporation (or any other such Corporation functioning in the State) oi through authorised agents acting on their behalf.

4.5. Since Nepa Mills are not in a position to despatch consignment of less than one wagon load, allottees of smaller quantities will have to make their own arrangements for transport of Nepa newsprint allotted to them.

4.6. The authorised quota of newsprint allotted under this policy to a newspaper/periodical may be used for a new edition of the same newspaper/periodical and the newsprint if so used, shall be accounted for separately. For the above purpose an edition is a newspaper/periodical which irres- . . .. 5%

5%

10%

4.12. The last date for the receipt of applications of news- print in the Office of the Registrar of Newspapers for India will be 31st October, 1978.

4.13. In case where an application is not formally comp- lete or does not comply with any of the requirements above the Registrar of Newspapers may waive the procedural requirements for good and valid reasons. The decision of the Registrar of Newspapers will be final.

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ANNEXURE II

Form of Chartered Accountant Certificate regarding circulation etc. for the period April 1977—March 1978

(To be typed on the letter-head of the Chartered Accountant)

1. Name of the Newspaper/Periodical.

3. Language.

2. Place oi'Publication.

4. Periodicity.

May 77

June 77

July 77

August 77

Sept. 77

Oct. 77

Nov. 77

Dec. 77

Jan. 78

Feb. 78

Mar, 78 April 77

Average for the period from 1-4-77

to 31-3-78

(a) Average No. of copies printed monthwise, per publishing day from 1-4-77 to 31-3-1978.

(b) Average No. of copies sold, monthwise, per publishing day from 1-4-77 to 31-3-1978.

(c) Average No. of copies distributed free, month- wise per publishing day (including com- plimentary, voucher, exchange, bonus, sam- ple and office copies) from 1-4-1977 to 31-3-1978.

(d) Average No. of month- wise unsold returns and other printed copies but not in- cluded in (b) and (c).

(e) Average size of the page monthwise, of the newspaper/perio- dical in sq. Cms. from 1-4-1977 to 31-3-1978.

(f) Average number of pages, monthwise, of newspaper/periodi- cal per publishing day from 1-4-197 7 to 31-3-1978.

(g) Actual number of publishing days, monthwise from 1-4-1977 to 31-3-1978.

Signature of the Publisher

Date — — _ - _.

CERTIFICATE OF THE CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT

T/Wchave examined the books and account of—— — — ^ _ ^ __ _ _— __ ,

(Name of the paper, Language and periodicity)

published from (Address)— —~— — — — — — — — ^ — __ — _— —foi the period 1-4.1977 to 11-3-1978 and have obtained all the information and explanations required by us. In my/our opinion the statement set forth above leflects true and correct analysis of circulation, pages, size and number of publishing days for the period fi cm 1-4-1977 to 31-3-1978

to the best of my/our information and belief and according lo the explanation given to me/us by the liooj-s ol arccunt elc.

Date — •

Signature

Stamp of the Chartered Accountant

1. Name and signature of the person who hds signed the ceilificak' — — — —

2. Registration No. — •

. —

3. Address

— • —

N B. The Chartered Accountant's Certificate regarding average circulation per publishing day showing sepaiaicly, the aveiagc num- ber of copies printed, sold and disdibuted free etc., numbei of pages and page-urea should be furnished, if monthwise average circulation exceeds 2 030 copies. If the monthwise average circulation JS 2,000 copies or below, particulars in t he above An neMiic should be furnished under the signature of the Publisher.

ANNPXURE III

St i t ; n: it s-h^i ,vi ng consumption of ncwspnnt for publication of newspapers/periodicals during the period frun 1-4-1977 to 11-3-1978

Consumption of newsprint (in tonnes)

s.

No.

Title of the paper, its language, periodicity and place of publication

Unglayed

Total

Gms-

Rotogiavure

Ncpa

Remarks

Glazed Cms.

(imported)

2~~

" ~4

~ 6 ~~

3

5

7

8

~9

• . ——

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.

[F. No. 33(42)/78-PR-NP] R.K. SHASTRf, Jt. Secy.

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