Lok Prakashan
Lok Prakashan Limited is the publisher of Gujarat Samachar, the most read Gujarati newspaper, according to the Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2017. Lok Prakashan Limited was founded in 1932, in pre-independence India. A few reports refer the company being founded by luminaries of the Indian Freedom movement like Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Morarji Desai and G. V. Mavlankar. Shantilalbhai Shah joined the newspaper in 1947, which was then owned by a different promoter. Shah bought the newspaper in 1950. Apart from newspaper, the company has also forayed into news television with Gujarat Samachar Television, GSTV in 2012.
Business Form
Private
Legal Form
Private Limited
Business Sectors
Publishing; TV Broadcasting
Individual Owner
Other minority shareholders
28.08% share of the company is split between other members of the Shah family, individuals, whose relation to the family could not be established, and companies with less than 1% share each.
Other TV Outlets
GSTV (Missing Data)
Other Online Outlets
https://www.gujaratsamachar.com/ (Missing Data)
https://www.gstv.in (Missing Data)
Media Business
Printing and Publishing
Lok Prakashan Limited (100%)
Television
Lok Prakashan Limited (100%)
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Fishing
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General Information
Founding Year
1932
Affiliated Interests Founder
is the Founding Editor of Gujarat Samachar, a Gujarati news daily that was founded in 1932, in pre-independence India. A few reports refer to the company that publishes the paper – Lok Prakashan Limited – as being founded by luminaries of the Indian Freedom movement like Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Morarji Desai and G. V. Mavlankar. Shantilalbhai Shah joined the newspaper in 1947, which was then owned by a different promoter. Shah bought the newspaper in 1950. Shantilalbhai Shah was running a firm called Deepak Advertising Agency in Ahmedabad, which later became the sole agency for advertisements for Gujarat Samachar. In 1950, the management including Mavlankar, sold the shares of the company to Shantilalbhai Shah, and he thus became the Founding Editor of the newspaper.
Employees
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Contact
GUJARAT SAMACHAR PRESS,
LOK PRAKASHAN LIMITED
Gujarat Samachar Bhavan, J P Chawk,
Khanpur, AHMEDABAD - 380 001.
Tel.: +91-79-25508001/2/3/4, 25504060
Email: gs.adrec@gmail.com
Website: www.gujaratsamachar.com
Tax/ ID Number
CIN: U22190GJ1940PLC000151
Financial Information
Revenue (Financial Data/ Optional)
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Operating Profit (in Mill. $)
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Advertising (in % of total funding)
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Management
Executive Board
Managing Director and shareholder at Lok Prakashan Ltd.
Managing Director and shareholder at Lok Prakashan Ltd.
Director
Further Information
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The data pertaining to the corporate governance and the company was sourced from the Ministry of Corporate website, and the company filings therein. The financial statements of the company is not available online. The company was written to, through email and courier, seeking information and clarity about the company. There has been nor response from the company.
