Newspapers Association of India (NAI) which represents the press at the grassroots level in almost all languages and territories of the country, and which constitutes the core of the press community in this country since its inception in 1993, has endeavored to bring the Small and Medium newspapers and media organization from the length and breadth of our great country together under the ambit of one platform . Until now we were successful in bringing together approximately 7000 such entities as active members under our umbrella. These newspapers are published in Hindi, English and other vernacular languages. Together they enjoy a reach to every nook and corner of the country. Our association actively takes up matters relating to the difficulties being faced by the publishers of these newspapers and also disseminates information useful to them from time to time.

The Conference would be focusing on the role that the regional newspapers play in the strengthening of this World’s largest democracy. The emphasis would be on how the regional newspapers strengthen our democratic institutions with adherence to secular credentials. The strength of our democracy lies in the dissemination of information and these regional and vernacular language newspapers with their reach deep in the hinterland can and plays an effective role in the propagation of democratic ideas and advantages of people power.