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from: subhayu dan
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subject: Publishing in India is growing but Reading habit is shrinking)*and
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41.7 per cent of a total 332.7 million literate youth between 13 and 35
years of age read fiction, 23.8 per cent non-fiction and 34.5 per cent read
both. Only 26 per cent of the total literate youth read books other than
their text books every day, 48.8 per cent weekly and 8.9 per cent monthly
and 1.6 per cent once in a year, the survey noted. The survey and its
analysis in the north-eastern states was carried out by the
National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) on behalf of the NBT
under the National Action Plan for the Readership Development among the
Youth (NAPRDY). It also adds, how various factors shape Indian reading
preferences Trends in Indian Reading Habits, 73% of the youth (13-35)
population is literate. (This accounts for 27.4% of India’s population) 25%
of young people read regularly. Hindi is the most preferred language for
leisure reading (33.4%), followed by Marathi (13.2%), Bengali (7.7%), and
English (5.3%) in Youth Reading Habits Young people with a high level of
education
Quoting the 2010 National Youth Readership Survey, Panda pointed out that
though 74 per cent of youth were literate, only around 25 per cent of them
claimed to be reading regularly. “*India is a reading nation, but not
enough*” - By Express News Service, BHUBANESWAR Published: 04th October
2013 07:45 AM
On the other hand, Publishing, in fact, is growing at a rate as high as 30
per cent in India while it is shrinking in other countries. More than
90,000 titles are published annually and the country is the largest market
for English books after the US and the UK, Gokhale said. “*India is a
reading nation, but not enough*” - By Express News Service,
BHUBANESWAR Published: 04th October 2013 07:45 AM
*Promote Reading*
We, every library people, should check our appropriateness in contemporary
society, especially, in reference to reading of books and other resources.
So, help and guide readers to find their resources when they are in need.
Promote reading habits in your area where you find it suitable. Every
reader is precious for us. They may not reach to you, you reach to them to
invoke readership in them. Pay attentive attention to their needs and
requirements. *You (library people) read users, users will read books. **Make
user, a reader. *
Shubhau Dan
Library-in-Charge
Central Library
Future Institute of Engineering and Management
Kolkata - 700150
Tele - 033-2434-5615 / 5640
Mob - 09007275927
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From: subhayu dan
Date: Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 11:59 AM
Subject: Publishing in India is growing but Reading habit is shrinking
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41.7 per cent of a total 332.7 million literate youth between 13 and 35
years of age read fiction, 23.8 per cent non-fiction and 34.5 per cent read
both. Only 26 per cent of the total literate youth read books other than
their text books every day, 48.8 per cent weekly and 8.9 per cent monthly
and 1.6 per cent once in a year, the survey noted. The survey and its
analysis in the north-eastern states was carried out by the National Council
of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) on behalf of the NBT under the
National Action Plan for the Readership Development among the Youth
(NAPRDY). It also adds, how various factors shape Indian reading
preferences Trends in Indian Reading Habits, 73% of the youth (13-35)
population is literate. (This accounts for 27.4% of India’s population) 25%
of young people read regularly. Hindi is the most preferred language for
leisure reading (33.4%), followed by Marathi (13.2%), Bengali (7.7%), and
English (5.3%) in Youth Reading Habits Young people with a high level of
education
Quoting the 2010 National Youth Readership Survey, Panda pointed out that
though 74 per cent of youth were literate, only around 25 per cent of them
claimed to be reading regularly. “*India is a reading nation, but not
enough*” - By Express News Service, BHUBANESWAR Published: 04th October
2013 07:45 AM
On the other hand, Publishing, in fact, is growing at a rate as high as 30
per cent in India while it is shrinking in other countries. More than
90,000 titles are published annually and the country is the largest market
for English books after the US and the UK, Gokhale said. “*India is a
reading nation, but not enough*” - By Express News Service, BHUBANESWAR
Published: 04th October 2013 07:45 AM
*Promote Reading*
We, every library people, should check our appropriateness in contemporary
society, especially, in reference to reading of books and other resources.
So, help and guide readers to find their resources when they are in need.
Promote reading habits in your area where you find it suitable. Every
reader is precious for us. They may not reach to you, you reach to them to
invoke readership in them. Pay attentive attention to their needs and
requirements. *You (library people) read users, users will read books. **Make
user, a reader. *
Shubhau Dan
Library-in-Charge
Central Library
Future Institute of Engineering and Management
Kolkata - 700150
Tele - 033-2434-5615 / 5640
Mob - 09007275927
