The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) on March 01, 2024, issued the Press and Registration of Periodicals Rules, 2024.
The following provisions have been stated:
• Intimation by a printer:
o A printer of a periodical shall, within thirty days of starting a printing press of a periodical, send an intimation on the Press Sewa Portal along with the particulars and documents specified therein, to the Press Registrar General and the specified authority within whose jurisdiction the printing press is situated.
o Where, after sending the intimation under sub-rule (1), any changes take place in the particulars mentioned in the intimation, the printer shall inform the Press Registrar General and the specified authority of the changes of the particulars.
o Where the change in particulars involves a change in the location of the printing press falling under the local jurisdiction of another specified authority, the printer shall send a fresh intimation on the Press Sewa Portal to the Press Registrar General and the new specified authority, and also inform the originally specified authority.
• Discontinuation of a periodical:
Where an owner of a periodical, who has been granted a certificate of registration under these rules decides to discontinue the publication of the periodical, he shall, within six months of such discontinuation, send an online intimation to the Press Registrar General and the specified authority, on the Press Sewa Portal.
This notification will come into force from March 01, 2024.
[Notification No G.S.R. 151(E)]
