Registrar of Newspapers for India

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government agency statutory authority

The Registrar of Newspapers for India is a statutory authority responsible for regulating and maintaining records of newspapers and periodicals published across India.

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Label	Occurrences
Registrar of Newspapers for India canonical	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4514425 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Registrar of Newspapers for India
Context triple: [Minister of Information and Broadcasting of India, hasAuthorityOver, Registrar of Newspapers for India]

A. Associated Newspapers
Associated Newspapers is a major British newspaper publisher best known for titles such as the Daily Mail and The Mail on Sunday.
B. Geeta Press
Geeta Press is a prominent Indian publishing house renowned for producing and disseminating affordable editions of Hindu religious texts and literature.
C. newspaper Hindu Rashtra
Newspaper Hindu Rashtra was a nationalist periodical associated with Nathuram Godse that promoted Hindu nationalist ideology in pre-independence India.
D. The Hindustan Times
The Hindustan Times is one of India’s leading English-language daily newspapers, known for its national coverage and significant influence on public opinion.
E. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India) is the central government ministry responsible for regulating and overseeing the country’s information, broadcasting, film, and media sectors.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Registrar of Newspapers for India
Target entity description: The Registrar of Newspapers for India is a statutory authority responsible for regulating and maintaining records of newspapers and periodicals published across India.

A. Associated Newspapers
Associated Newspapers is a major British newspaper publisher best known for titles such as the Daily Mail and The Mail on Sunday.
B. Geeta Press
Geeta Press is a prominent Indian publishing house renowned for producing and disseminating affordable editions of Hindu religious texts and literature.
C. newspaper Hindu Rashtra
Newspaper Hindu Rashtra was a nationalist periodical associated with Nathuram Godse that promoted Hindu nationalist ideology in pre-independence India.
D. The Hindustan Times
The Hindustan Times is one of India’s leading English-language daily newspapers, known for its national coverage and significant influence on public opinion.
E. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India) is the central government ministry responsible for regulating and overseeing the country’s information, broadcasting, film, and media sectors.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	government agency ⓘ statutory authority ⓘ
abbreviation	RNI NERFINISHED ⓘ
aimsTo	ensure orderly growth of the press in India ⓘ maintain authentic data on newspapers and periodicals ⓘ
appliesTo	newspapers published in India ⓘ periodicals published in India ⓘ
collects	annual statements from newspaper publishers ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
dataCollected	circulation figures of newspapers ⓘ language of publication of newspapers ⓘ ownership details of newspapers ⓘ periodicity of newspapers ⓘ place of publication of newspapers ⓘ
headquartersLocation	New Delhi, India ⓘ surface form: New Delhi
issues	annual statements guidelines for publishers ⓘ registration number to newspapers ⓘ
jurisdiction	India NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ Hindi ⓘ
legalBasis	Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867 NERFINISHED ⓘ Press and Registration of Periodicals Act, 2023 NERFINISHED ⓘ
maintains	Register of Newspapers for India NERFINISHED ⓘ
monitors	growth of newspapers in India ⓘ language-wise distribution of newspapers ⓘ periodicity-wise distribution of newspapers ⓘ state-wise distribution of newspapers ⓘ
parentOrganization	Ministry of Information and Broadcasting NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Government of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
publishes	press in India statistics ⓘ
regulates	change of ownership of registered newspapers ⓘ change of periodicity of registered newspapers ⓘ change of title of registered newspapers ⓘ closure of registered newspapers ⓘ registration of foreign title editions in India ⓘ
reportsTo	Ministry of Information and Broadcasting NERFINISHED ⓘ
responsibleFor	ensuring compliance with the Press and Registration of Books Act ⓘ issue of certificate of registration to newspapers ⓘ maintenance of newspaper records ⓘ registration of newspapers ⓘ registration of periodicals ⓘ verification of circulation claims of newspapers ⓘ
sector	press regulation ⓘ print media regulation ⓘ
supervises	allotment of newspaper titles ⓘ title verification of newspapers ⓘ
typeOfRegulation	registration and record-keeping ⓘ
website	https://rni.nic.in ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Minister of Information and Broadcasting of India → hasAuthorityOver → Registrar of Newspapers for India ⓘ

Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India) → oversees → Registrar of Newspapers for India ⓘ

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