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The Tier II and Tier III cities in India are growing at a much faster space compared to metros. It will not be out of place to mention that the growth of Indian economy is largely supported by the growth in these markets.

DB Corp Ltd firmly believes in this growth and have been working along with it and focusing on all such markets which we call as "The Real Indian".

• D B Corp Ltd. is present in 11 states in Hindi Market. Besides we are also present in 2 states in Gujarati language in Gujarat and Maharashtra and 1 state in Marathi language in Maharashtra.
• D B Corp has presence in 12 states with 61 editions in 3 different languages namely Hindi, Gujarati and Marathi.
• Dainik Bhaskar newspaper continues to be the Nation’s largest circulated multi-edition Daily, as per Press In India Report 2017-18 prepared by the Registrar of Newspapers of India (RNI).
• D B Corp Ltd. is largest print media company of India, publishing 43 editions of Dainik Bhaskar Newspaper (Hindi daily), 8 editions of Divya Bhaskar Newspaper (Gujarati Daily), 6 editions of Divya Marathi Newspaper (Marathi Daily) and 211 sub-editions in three languages (Hindi, Gujarati and Marathi) in 12 states in India.
• Our flagship newspapers Dainik Bhaskar (in Hindi) established in 1958, Divya Bhaskar and Saurashtra Samachar (in Gujarati) and Divya Marathi (in Marathi) have a total readership of 6.62 crores as per IRS 2019 Q4.
• Print media continues to dominate the mind-space of the reader in terms of trustworthiness and especially in an era of widespread fake news(confirmed by the the Ormax News Credibility Index 2020 in September, the Kantar Trust in News Study in November 2020 and the ASCI Trust Study in December 2020).The growth of the Indian Language newspapers that are showing great resilience in circulation and ad-revenues, on back of fast normalisation of Tier-II and Tier-III cities which are leading overall India’s economic growth(confirmed by the EY Non Metro Report in July 2020).
• Shift from Metros to Non metros – With economy getting back on track slowly, Tier-II and Tier-III cities have not only bounced back stronger than most of the country but are leading the charge. Indian language newspapers based mostly in Non-metros are doing well not only in circulation numbers and pagination, but as advertisers turn their focus from the metros to smaller cities, advertising revenue is also seeing growth. Whereas the circulation numbers and advertising of English Newspapers(based mostly in Metros) is decreasing with time as the shift is quite visible from Metros to Non-metros.
• Indian Readership Survey 2019 Q4 significant highlights:
  • As per recent IRS 2019 Q4 survey, Dainik Bhaskar Group has become the Largest Newspaper Group of India (excluding financial dailies)Source: IRS 2019 Q4 AIR(U+R)(Main + Variant)
  • The flagship brand ‘Dainik Bhaskar’ continues to be the No.1 newspaper of NCCS A and NCCS AB segments of Urban India with a widening lead ;Source: IRS 2019 Q4 AIR(Urban) (Main+ Variant)
  • In Rajasthan, Dainik Bhaskar has become the No.1 Newspaper in all possible metrics with an increased lead in Urban Rajasthan as the largest newspaper Source :IRS 2019 Q4 AIR/TR(U+R)(Main + Variant)
  • In Bihar, Dainik Bhaskar further strengthened its readership base to 67.06 lakh readers and with a moving average method of readership calculation, the relative position is likely to be improved with every passing quarter ;Source : IRS 2019 Q4 TR(U+R).
  • In Gujarat, Divya Bhaskar has become the No. 1 Newspaper in Major 4 cities and in the Top 6 cities of Gujarat with an increased lead in Ahmedabad to 31%;Source : IRS 2019 Q4 AIR/TR.
• As per latest Audit Bureau of Circulation (July to December 2019) data , Dainik Bhaskar Hindi newspaper has maintained its position as No.1 newspaper of India. Further, Dainik Bhaskar Group maintains its position as the No.1 newspaper group of India.
• In Rajasthan , Dainik Bhaskar has become the leading newspaper with around 16.44 lakh copies in circulation while continuing to grow in other key markets of Bihar and Gujarat ; Source : ABC July December 2019 , Main+Variant
• Dainik Bhaskar continues to improve its position in Bihar. It is the second largest newspaper of Bihar and in all major cities. Source : ABC (July to December 2019)
• Due to our unique launch ability, we became no.1 from the date of our launch in almost all places, out placing the decades old local newspaper of that place.
• Our flagship Hindi Paper "Dainik Bhaskar" is present in 11 states with 43 editions as per the following list:

• We are the only print media company of India which claims leadership in multiple states.
• Our Gujarati Newspaper "Divya Bhaskar" is largest Circulated Newspaper of Gujarat and is present in 2 states with 8 editions; as per the following chart:

• Our Marathi language newspaper, “Divya Marathi”, which has begun its journey on May 29, 2011 from Aurangabad is present in 1 state with 6 editions as per the following chart.

• It also Publishes Compact Newspaper "DB Star" from Bhopal, Indore, Gwalior, Raipur.
• D B Corp Ltd. also publishes Largest Daily Newspaper of Saurashtra "Saurashtra Samachar".