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Categories of Newspapers in India
For the sake of classification, the Government of India has divided the paper into A and B categories. B category includes market bulletins, commercial circulars, magazines of educational institutions, house magazines and publicity journals, serialized fiction, journals on astrology and miscellaneous including racing calendars, price lists, law reports, etc.

The Government defines 'Monopoly to Newspaper' as follows: a monopoly is deemed to exist where more than 50% of the circulation in a particular region or language is controlled by one person or by one group of interconnected companies.

Chains, Groups and Multiple Units of Newspaper: The Registrar of Newspapers for India has divided the newspapers as follows:

Chains: More than one newspaper under common ownership from more than one centre.

Groups: More than one newspaper under common ownership from the same centre.
Multiple Units: More than one newspaper of the same title, language and periodicity under common ownership.

Daily Press: In accordance with the definition adopted by UNESCO, a daily means a newspaper issued "at least four time a week". India is the second largest publishers of daily newspaper in the World according the UNESCO.