The office of Registrar of Newspapers for India (RNI) is suffering from shortage of staff. This has affected the work related to circulation verification of newspapers and periodicals. Since October 2010, RNI has conducted verification of 58 newspapers till July 2012. This was conveyed to Rajya Sabha by Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting , C M Jatua, in a written reply. He also said that 82,222 newspapers and periodicals were registered with RNI as on March 31. (PTI)