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| The Federation of
Indian Publishers is the representative body of publishers in English, Hindi and
other regional Languages with its membership from all over India, representing more than
80 percent of the publishing industry. All the leading publishers of the country are tits
direct members, other publishers being represented through various local associations. The Federation has been registered as a Society under the Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860. The main objective of the Federation is to promote professional standards among members and provide a forum for publishers to discuss their problems at national and international levels. The Federation is affiliated to the International Publishes Association as the only representative body of Indian publishers. It also functions as the Regional Office for South Asia for the International Publishers Association. The Federation hosted the 24th International Publishers Association Congress held at New Delhi in January 1992 which was acclaimed to be the best Congress organised during the last 30 years. The Federation is also a member of the Asian Pacific Publishers Association with its headquarters in Tokyo and India is one of its five Vice-Presidents. It looks after the interests of publishers by taking an active part in all meetings with the Government and other professional bodies to proclaim and defend the publishers’ right to publish and to distribute the products of the human mind, without any hinderance of restriction. |