The news print sector in our country is governed by which order from the following?

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SSC CGL 2022 Tier-I Official Paper (Held On : 08 Dec 2022 Shift 1)

Answer 1

The correct answer is Newsprint Control Order, 2004.

Key Points

The 1955 Essential Commodities Act covered newsprint. The Newsprint Control Order of 1962 controlled its production and trade.
The Newsprint Control Order was revoked in 2004 and Newsprint was removed from the list of essential goods.
The Newsprint Control Order 2004 was then published in its place. This enables the mills that produce newspapers to register with Schedule I. Subject to the actual user condition, mills registered under the schedule are exempt from excise duty.

Additional Information

Newsprint
- Newspapers, other periodicals, and advertising materials are most frequently printed on newsprint, a cheap, non-archival paper made primarily of wood pulp.
- It was created in 1844 by Charles Fenerty in Nova Scotia, Canada, and often has an off-white cast.
- It is made to be used in printing presses that use large webs of paper rather than single sheets of paper, such as web offset, letterpress, and flexographic.
- Publishers and printers prefer newsprint because it is relatively inexpensive (in comparison to paper grades used for glossy magazines and sales brochures), sturdy (enough to run through contemporary high-speed web printing presses), and can accept four-color printing at qualities suitable for standard newspapers.