Ministry of Information and Broadcasting of India

Branch of Government of India
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
Anurag Thakur
Agency overview
Formed	15 August 1947; 75 years ago
Jurisdiction	Government of India
Headquarters	New Delhi
Employees	4,012 (2016 est.)[1]
Annual budget	₹4,692 crore (US$590 million)(2023-24 est.)[2]
Minister responsible	Anurag Thakur, Minister of Information and Broadcasting
Deputy Minister responsible	L. Murugan, Minister of State
Agency executive	Sanjay Jaju, IAS, Information and Broadcasting Secretary
Website	www.mib.gov.in

Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (Ministry of I&B) is a ministerial level agency of the Government of India responsible for the formulation and administration of rules, regulations and laws in the areas of information, broadcasting, the press and the Cinema of India.^[3]

The Ministry is responsible for the administration of Press Information Bureau, Prasar Bharati, the broadcasting arm of the Indian Government. The Central Board of Film Certification is the other important statutory body under this ministry being responsible for the regulation of motion pictures broadcast in India.

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Organisation

• Broadcasting
  • Conditional Access System (CAS)
  • Community Radio Stations
  • Prasar Bharati
  • Doordarshan
  • Akashvani (All India Radio)
  • Broadcast Engineering Consultants India Limited
  • Uplinking / Downlinking of TV Channels
  • Content Regulation on Private TV Channels
  • Direct to Home (DTH)
  • Internet Protocol Television (IPTV)
  • Headend-in-the-Sky (HITS)
  • Digital television transition
  • Radio And Television Licence Around The World
  • Broadcasting Authority of India 1977
• Information
  • Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity (DAVP), Central Bureau of Communication (CBC)
  • Directorate of Field Publicity
  • Photo Division
  • Publications Division
  • Research Reference and Training Division
  • Song and Drama Division
  • Office of the Registrar of Newspapers for India (RNI)
  • Press Council of India
  • Press Information Bureau (PIB)
  • Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC)
• Films
  • Central Board of Film Certification
  • Film and Television Institute of India, Pune (FTII)
  • Film Certification Appellate Tribunal
  • Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI)
  • National Film Development Corporation

Mandate

The mandate of the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting are:^[3]

• News Services through All India Radio (AIR) and Doordarshan (DD) for the people.
• Development of broadcasting and television.
• Import and export of films.
• Development and promotion of film industry.
• Organisation of film festivals and cultural exchanges for the purpose.
• Directorate of Advertising and visual publicity DAVP
• Handling of press relations to present the policies of Government of India and to get feedback on the Government policies.
• Administration of the Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867 in respect to newspapers.
• Dissemination of information about India within and outside the country through publications on matters of national importance.
• Research, Reference and Training to assist the media units of the Ministry to meet their responsibilities.
• Use of interpersonal communication and traditional folk art forms for information publicity campaigns on public interest issues.
• International cooperation in the field of information and mass media.

Civil Service

The Indian Information Service (IIS) is one of the Group ‘A’ Civil Services options available for candidates who successfully clear the UPSC Civil Service Examination. This is the media wing of the Government of India. They act as the bridge of communication between the Government of India and the Public. IIS cadre officers work under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

List of Ministers

Cabinet Ministers

Note:

• MoS (I/C) – Minister of State (Independent Charge)
• MoS – Minister of State

No.	Portrait		Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
				From	To	Period
1			Vallabhbhai Patel (1875–1950) Member, Constituent Assembly (Deputy Prime Minister)	15 August 1947	26 January 1950	2 years, 164 days	Indian National Congress	Nehru I	Jawaharlal Nehru
2			R. R. Diwakar (1894–1990) Member, Interim Parliament (MoS)	31 January 1950	13 May 1952	2 years, 103 days
3			B. V. Keskar (1908–1984) MP for Musafirkhana (Minister with cabinet rank, until 1957; MoS, until 1962)	13 May 1952	17 April 1957	9 years, 331 days		Nehru II
				17 April 1957	9 April 1962			Nehru III
4			Bezawada Gopala Reddy (1907–1997) MP for Kavali	10 April 1962	31 August 1963	1 year, 143 days		Nehru IV
5			Satya Narayan Sinha (1900–1983) MP for Samastipur	1 September 1963	27 May 1964	305 days
				27 May 1964	9 June 1964			Nanda I	Gulzarilal Nanda (acting)
				11 June 1964	2 July 1964			Shastri	Lal Bahadur Shastri
6			Indira Gandhi (1917–1984) Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh	2 July 1964	11 January 1966	1 year, 344 days
				11 January 1966	24 January 1966	13 days		Nanda II	Gulzarilal Nanda (acting)
7			Raj Bahadur (1912–1990) MP for Bharatpur (MoS)	24 January 1966	13 March 1967	1 year, 48 days		Indira I	Indira Gandhi
8			Kodardas Kalidas Shah (1908–1986) Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra	13 March 1967	14 February 1969	1 year, 338 days		Indira II
(5)			Satya Narayan Sinha (1900–1983) MP for Darbhanga	14 February 1969	8 March 1971	2 years, 22 days	Indian National Congress (R)
–			Indira Gandhi (1917–1984) MP for Raebareli (Prime Minister)	18 March 1971	8 November 1973	2 years, 235 days		Indira III
9			Inder Kumar Gujral (1919–2012) Rajya Sabha MP for Punjab (MoS)	8 November 1973	28 June 1975	1 year, 232 days
10			Vidya Charan Shukla (1929–2013) MP for Raipur (MoS)	28 June 1975	24 March 1977	1 year, 269 days
11			Lal Krishna Advani (born 1927) Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat	26 March 1977	28 July 1979	2 years, 124 days	Janata Party	Desai	Morarji Desai
12			Purushottam Kaushik (1930–2017) MP for Raipur	28 July 1979	14 January 1980	170 days	Janata Party (Secular)	Charan Singh	Charan Singh
13			Vasant Sathe (1925–2011) MP for Wardha	14 January 1980	2 September 1982	2 years, 231 days	Indian National Congress (Indira)	Indira IV	Indira Gandhi
14			N. K. P. Salve (1921–2012) Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra (MoS, I/C)	2 September 1982	14 January 1983	134 days
15			H. K. L. Bhagat (1921–2005) MP for East Delhi (MoS, I/C)	14 January 1983	31 October 1984	1 year, 352 days
				4 November 1984	31 December 1984			Rajiv I	Rajiv Gandhi
16			Vitthalrao Gadgil (1928–2001) MP for Pune (MoS, I/C)	31 December 1984	22 October 1986	1 year, 295 days		Rajiv II
17			Ajit Kumar Panja (1936–2008) MP for Calcutta North East (MoS, I/C)	22 October 1986	14 February 1988	1 year, 115 days
(15)			H. K. L. Bhagat (1921–2005) MP for East Delhi	14 February 1988	2 December 1989	1 year, 291 days
18			P. Upendra (1936–2009) Rajya Sabha MP for Andhra Pradesh	6 December 1989	10 November 1990	339 days	Telugu Desam Party	Vishwanath	V. P. Singh
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