Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)
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![]() Ministry of Information and Broadcasting | |
![]() Ashwini Vaishnaw | |
Agency overview | |
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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$560 million)(2023-24 est.)[2] |
Minister responsible | |
Deputy Minister responsible | |
Agency executive |
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Website | www |
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
[edit]- 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
Mandate
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Cabinet Ministers
[edit]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 | |||
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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 | ||
– | ![]() |
Chandra Shekhar (1927–2007) MP for Ballia (Prime Minister) |
21 November 1990 |
21 June 1991 |
212 days | Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) | Chandra Shekhar | Chandra Shekhar | |
(17) | Ajit Kumar Panja (1936–2008) MP for Calcutta North East (MoS, I/C) |
21 June 1991 |
18 January 1993 |
1 year, 211 days | Indian National Congress | Rao | P. V. Narasimha Rao | ||
19 | Brigadier Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo AVSM (born 1941) MP for Dhenkanal (MoS, I/C) |
18 January 1993 |
15 September 1995 |
2 years, 240 days | |||||
20 | ![]() |
P. A. Sangma (1947–2016) MP for Tura |
15 September 1995 |
16 May 1996 |
244 days | ||||
21 | ![]() |
Sushma Swaraj (1952–2019) MP for South Delhi |
16 May 1996 |
1 June 1996 |
16 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee I | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | |
22 | ![]() |
C. M. Ibrahim (born 1948) Rajya Sabha MP for Karnataka |
1 June 1996 |
21 April 1997 |
334 days | Janata Dal | Deve Gowda | H. D. Deve Gowda | |
21 April 1997 |
1 May 1997 |
Gujral | Inder Kumar Gujral | ||||||
23 | ![]() |
S. Jaipal Reddy (1942–2019) Rajya Sabha MP for Andhra Pradesh |
1 May 1997 |
19 March 1998 |
322 days | ||||
(21) | ![]() |
Sushma Swaraj (1952–2019) MP for South Delhi |
19 March 1998 |
11 October 1998 |
206 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee II | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | |
– | ![]() |
Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924–2018) MP for Lucknow (Prime Minister) |
11 October 1998 |
5 December 1998 |
55 days | ||||
24 | Pramod Mahajan (1949–2006) Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra |
5 December 1998 |
13 October 1999 |
312 days | |||||
25 | ![]() |
Arun Jaitley (1952–2019) Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat (MoS, I/C) |
13 October 1999 |
30 September 2000 |
353 days | Vajpayee III | |||
(21) | ![]() |
Sushma Swaraj (1952–2019) Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh, till 8 November 2000 Rajya Sabha MP for Uttarakhand, from 9 November 2000 |
30 September 2000 |
29 January 2003 |
2 years, 121 days | ||||
26 | ![]() |
Ravi Shankar Prasad (born 1954) Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar (MoS, I/C) |
29 January 2003 |
22 May 2004 |
1 year, 114 days | ||||
(23) | ![]() |
S. Jaipal Reddy (1942–2019) MP for Miryalguda |
23 May 2004 |
18 November 2005 |
1 year, 179 days | Indian National Congress | Manmohan I | Manmohan Singh | |
27 | ![]() |
Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi (1945–2017) MP for Raiganj |
18 November 2005 |
11 November 2008 |
2 years, 359 days | ||||
– | ![]() |
Manmohan Singh (born 1932) Rajya Sabha MP for Assam (Prime Minister) |
11 November 2008 |
22 May 2009 |
192 days | ||||
28 | ![]() |
Ambika Soni (born 1942) Rajya Sabha MP for Punjab |
28 May 2009 |
27 October 2012 |
3 years, 152 days | Manmohan II | |||
29 | ![]() |
Manish Tewari (born 1965) MP for Ludhiana (MoS, I/C) |
28 October 2012 |
26 May 2014 |
1 year, 210 days | ||||
30 | ![]() |
Prakash Javadekar (born 1951) Rajya Sabha MP for Madhya Pradesh (MoS, I/C) |
27 May 2014 |
9 November 2014 |
99 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi I | Narendra Modi | |
(25) | ![]() |
Arun Jaitley (1952–2019) Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat |
9 November 2014 |
5 July 2016 |
1 year, 239 days | ||||
31 | ![]() |
M. Venkaiah Naidu (born 1949) Rajya Sabha MP for Rajasthan |
5 July 2016 |
18 July 2017 |
1 year, 13 days | ||||
32 | ![]() |
Smriti Irani (born 1976) Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat |
18 July 2017 |
14 May 2018 |
300 days | ||||
33 | ![]() |
Colonel Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore AVSM (born 1970) MP for Jaipur Rural (MoS, I/C) |
14 May 2018 |
30 May 2019 |
1 year, 16 days | ||||
(30) | ![]() |
Prakash Javadekar (born 1951) Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra |
31 May 2019 |
7 July 2021 |
2 years, 37 days | Modi II | |||
34 | ![]() |
Anurag Singh Thakur (born 1974) MP for Hamirpur |
7 July 2021 |
9 June 2024 |
2 years, 338 days | ||||
35 | ![]() |
Ashwini Vaishnaw (born 1970) Rajya Sabha MP for Odisha |
10 June 2024 | Incumbent | 78 days | Modi III |
Ministers of State
[edit]No. | Portrait | Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency |
Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Prime Minister | |||
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From | To | Period | |||||||
1 | ![]() |
R. R. Diwakar (1894–1990) Member, Constituent Assembly |
7 October 1948 |
26 January 1950 |
1 year, 111 days | Indian National Congress | Nehru I | Jawaharlal Nehru | |
2 | ![]() |
Inder Kumar Gujral (1919–2012) Rajya Sabha MP for Punjab |
14 February 1971 |
18 March 1971 |
32 days | Indira II | Indira Gandhi | ||
3 | ![]() |
Sher Singh Kadyan (1917–2009) MP for Rohtak | |||||||
4 | ![]() |
Nandini Satpathy (1931–2006) Rajya Sabha MP for Odisha |
18 March 1971 |
14 June 1972 |
1 year, 88 days | Indian National Congress (R) | Indira III | ||
(2) | ![]() |
Inder Kumar Gujral (1919–2012) Rajya Sabha MP for Punjab |
22 July 1972 |
8 November 1973 |
1 year, 109 days | ||||
5 | Jagbir Singh Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh |
14 August 1977 |
11 July 1978 |
331 days | Janata Party | Desai | Morarji Desai | ||
26 January 1979 |
15 July 1979 |
170 days | |||||||
6 | ![]() |
Ram Dulari Sinha (1922–1994) MP for Sheohar |
8 June 1980 |
19 October 1980 |
133 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Indira IV | Indira Gandhi | |
7 | S. Krishna Kumar (born 1993) MP for Kollam |
25 June 1988 |
2 December 1989 |
1 year, 160 days | |||||
8 | Kamla Kant Tiwari MP for Buxar |
22 April 1989 |
2 December 1989 |
224 days | |||||
9 | ![]() |
Subodh Kant Sahay (born 1951) MP for Ranchi |
21 November 1990 |
21 June 1991 |
212 days | Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) | Chandra Shekhar | Chandra Shekhar | |
10 | ![]() |
P. M. Sayeed (1941–2005) MP for Lakshadweep |
15 September 1995 |
16 May 1996 |
244 days | Indian National Congress | Rao | P. V. Narasimha Rao | |
11 | ![]() |
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi (born 1957) MP for Rampur |
20 March 1998 |
13 October 1999 |
1 year, 207 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee II | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | |
12 | ![]() |
Ramesh Bais (born 1947) MP for Raipur |
30 September 2000 |
29 January 2003 |
2 years, 121 days | Vajpayee III | |||
13 | ![]() |
M. H. Ambareesh (1952–2018) MP for Mandya |
24 October 2006 |
15 February 2007 |
142 days | Indian National Congress | Manmohan I | Manmohan Singh | |
14 | ![]() |
Anand Sharma (born 1953) Rajya Sabha MP for Himachal Pradesh |
18 October 2008 |
22 May 2009 |
216 days | ||||
15 | ![]() |
Choudhury Mohan Jatua (born 1935) MP for Mathurapur |
28 May 2009 |
22 September 2012 |
3 years, 117 days | All India Trinamool Congress | Manmohan II | ||
16 | ![]() |
S. Jagathrakshakan (born 1950) MP for Arakkonam |
28 May 2009 |
28 October 2012 |
3 years, 153 days | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |||
17 | ![]() |
Colonel Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore AVSM (born 1970) MP for Jaipur Rural |
9 November 2014 |
14 May 2018 |
3 years, 186 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi I | Narendra Modi | |
18 | ![]() |
L. Murugan (born 1977) Rajya Sabha MP for Madhya Pradesh |
7 July 2021 |
Incumbent | 3 years, 51 days | Modi II |
Deputy Ministers
[edit]No. | Portrait | Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency |
Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Prime Minister | |||
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From | To | Period | |||||||
1 | Sham Nath MP for Chandni Chowk |
8 May 1962 |
27 May 1964 |
2 years, 32 days | Indian National Congress | Nehru IV | Jawaharlal Nehru | ||
27 May 1964 |
9 June 1964 |
Nanda I | Gulzarilal Nanda (acting) | ||||||
2 | ![]() |
C. R. Pattabhiraman (1906–2001) MP for Kumbakonam |
15 June 1964 |
11 January 1966 |
1 year, 210 days | Shastri | Lal Bahadur Shastri | ||
11 January 1966 |
24 January 1966 |
13 days | Nanda II | Gulzarilal Nanda (acting) | |||||
3 | ![]() |
Nandini Satpathy (1931–2006) Rajya Sabha MP for Odisha |
29 January 1966 |
13 March 1967 |
3 years, 16 days | Indira I | Indira Gandhi | ||
18 March 1967 |
14 February 1969 |
Indira II | |||||||
4 | Dharam Bir Sinha (born 1932) MP for Barh |
2 May 1971 |
23 March 1977 |
5 years, 325 days | Indian National Congress (R) | Indira III | |||
5 | Kumudben Joshi (1934–1922) Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat |
19 January 1980 |
15 January 1982 |
1 year, 361 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Indira IV | |||
6 | Mallikarjun Goud (1941–2002) MP for Mahabubnagar |
15 January 1982 |
7 February 1984 |
2 years, 23 days | |||||
7 | ![]() |
Arif Mohammad Khan (born 1951) MP for Bahraich |
15 January 1982 |
29 January 1983 |
1 year, 14 days | ||||
8 | ![]() |
Ghulam Nabi Azad (born 1949) MP for Washim |
8 February 1984 |
31 October 1984 |
266 days | ||||
9 | S. Krishna Kumar (born 1993) MP for Kollam |
14 February 1988 |
25 June 1988 |
132 days | Rajiv II | Rajiv Gandhi | |||
10 | ![]() |
Girija Vyas (born 1946) MP for Udaipur |
21 June 1991 |
17 March 1993 |
1 year, 210 days | Indian National Congress | Rao | P. V. Narasimha Rao | |
The position of Deputy Minister was abolished. |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Central govt to hire 2.8 lakh more staff, police, I-T & customs to get lion's share - Times of India". The Times of India.
- ^ "Budget data" (PDF). www.indiabudget.gov.in. 2022.
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