All Press Registration Services Now Online through Press Sewa Portal; Over 1.5 Lakh Periodical Records Digitized

Ministry of Information & Broadcasting All Press Registration Services Now Online through Press Sewa Portal; Over 1.5 Lakh Periodical Records Digitized Press Sewa Portal Onboards 780 Districts; Over ₹5 Crore Penalties Imposed and 88,315 Publications Cancelled

Posted On: 11 MAR 2026 5:59PM by PIB Delhi As per Press and Registration of Periodicals (PRP) Act, 2023, all applications for registration of periodicals are processed digitally through Press Sewa Portal. Accordingly, all physical records of registration of newspapers (more than 1.5 lakh) which were created under the Press and Registration of Books (PRB) Act, 1867 (now repealed) have been digitized and made part of the Press Sewa Portal.

Currently, services such as registration of new periodicals, revision of registration of existing periodicals, ownership transfer of periodicals, filing of Annual Statement, payment of penalty online, Circulation Verification of Periodicals etc. are being processed through Press Sewa Portal. As part of the implementation of the Act, Specified Authorities of 780 Districts have been onboarded on Press Sewa Portal. Since 1st March 2024, 11,081 applications have been processed, and certificates have been issued for relevant categories.

A detailed list of penalty imposed and paid through Press Sewa portal is attached at Annexure-I and a detailed state-wise list of number of such periodicals that have been cancelled is attached at Annexure-II.

The Government continuously assesses impact of its various initiatives and programmes. Press Registrar General of India (PRGI) continuously takes feedback and action to facilitate better services through the portal.

The list of registered newspapers/periodicals is available on PRGI’s website i.e. https://prgi.gov.in/ under “Registered Titles” tab under “Our Services” Head.

The information was submitted today in the Lok Sabha in a written reply to Shri. Damodar Agrawal by Dr.

L. Murugan, Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting and Parliamentary Affairs.

ANNEXURE-I As Mentioned in Reply to The Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.3028 Regarding ‘Press Sewa Portal’ For Reply On 11.03.2026 Details of Penalty Imposed and Paid through Press Sewa Portal as on 27.02.2026 S.No. Publication State/UT Total Penalty Received Amount (Rs.) 1 Karnataka 52,74,0002 Odisha 9,20,000 3 Tamil Nadu 44,17,000 4 Haryana 4,72,000 5 Maharashtra 99,60,000 6 West Bengal 13,87,000 7 Delhi 37,92,000 8 Gujarat 37,59,000 9 Uttar Pradesh 44,08,000 10 Andhra Pradesh 30,72,000 11 Chhattisgarh 8,44,000 12 Madhya Pradesh 82,84,000 13 Kerala 17,39,000 14 Telangana 12,61,000 15 Punjab 8,33,000 16 Jammu and Kashmir 6,63,000 17 Rajasthan 26,77,000 18 Uttarakhand 8,68,000 19 Jharkhand 2,02,000 20 Bihar 5,09,000 21 Himachal Pradesh 1,12,000 22 Tripura 1,42,000 23 Chandigarh 1,50,00024 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 18,000 25 Assam 2,55,000 26 Nagaland 9,000 27 Sikkim 1,59,000 28 Goa 33,000 29 Mizoram 50,000 30 Puducherry 45,000 31 Manipur 51,000 32 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 9,000 33 Meghalaya 9,000 34 Arunachal Pradesh 0 Total Amount 5,63,83,000 ANNEXURE-II As Mentioned in Reply to The Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.3028 Regarding ‘Press Sewa Portal’ For Reply On 11.03.2026 Details of number of Cancelled Publication-State-wise S.No. Publication State/UT Cancellation Count 1 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 69 2 Andhra Pradesh 2485 3 Arunachal Pradesh 12 4 Assam 612 5 Bihar 1703 6 Chandigarh 5347 Chhattisgarh 817 8 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 5 9 Delhi 11920 10 Goa 131 11 Gujarat 3539 12 Haryana 1854 13 Himachal Pradesh 289 14 Jammu and Kashmir 582 15 Jharkhand 325 16 Karnataka 5059 17 Kerala 3541 18 Lakshadweep 7 19 Madhya Pradesh 4806 20 Maharashtra 12403 21 Manipur 226 22 Meghalaya 87 23 Mizoram 163 24 Nagaland 17 25 Odisha 1723 26 Puducherry 125 27 Punjab 2481 28 Rajasthan 485129 Sikkim 51 30 Tamil Nadu 6443 31 Telangana 1962 32 Tripura 88 33 Uttar Pradesh 11987 34 Uttarakhand 1096 35 West Bengal 6322 Total 88,315 **** Mahesh Kumar/ Vivek Vishwash (Release ID: 2238411) Visitor Counter : 262

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