Newspaper / Periodical Registration – Document Guide

Prepare a newspaper or periodical registration file by separating the documents of the owner, publisher, editor, printer/keeper and the owning entity. Current requirements should be verified with the Press Registrar General of India before filing.

Individual documents

• Owner identity / PAN / DOB / photograph as applicable
• Publisher identity and contact records
• Editor identity and contact records
• Printer / printing-press keeper identity and press details
• Publication title, language, periodicity and place of publication
• Publication office and printing-press addresses

If the owner is an organisation

• Registration / incorporation certificate
• Constitutional document: deed / memorandum / articles / by-laws as applicable
• Organisation PAN
• Registered-office proof
• Resolution / authorisation for the authorised person
• Company shareholding or other ownership details where applicable

Official source