Ministry of Information and Broadcasting of India
Agency overview

Formed	15 August 1947; 75 years ago
Jurisdiction	Government of India
Headquarters	New Delhi
Employees	4,012 (2016 est.)^[1]
Annual budget	₹4,071.23 crore (US$510 million)(2021-22 est.)^[2]
Minister responsible	Anurag Thakur, Minister of Information and Broadcasting
Deputy Minister responsible	L. Murugan, Minister of State
Agency executive	Apoorva Chandra, 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 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

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.

List of Ministers

No.	Name	Term of office			Prime Minister	Party
1	Vallabhbhai Patel	15 August 1947	26 January 1950	2 years, 164 days	Jawaharlal Nehru	Indian National Congress
2	R. R. Diwakar (MoS)	31 January 1950	15 April 1952	2 years, 103 days
3	B. V. Keskar (MoS)	15 April 1952	9 April 1962	9 years, 356 days
4	Bezawada Gopala Reddy	10 April 1962	31 August 1963	1 year, 143 days
5	Satya Narayan Sinha	1 September 1963	9 June 1964	282 days
5	Satya Narayan Sinha	1 September 1963	9 June 1964	282 days	Lal Bahadur Shastri
6	Indira Gandhi	9 June 1964	24 January 1966	1 year, 229 days	Lal Bahadur Shastri
7	Raj Bahadur	24 January 1966	13 March 1967	1 year, 48 days	Indira Gandhi
8	Kodardas Kalidas Shah	13 March 1967	14 February 1969	1 year, 338 days
(5)	Satya Narayan Sinha	14 February 1969	18 March 1971	2 years, 32 days
(6)	Indira Gandhi	18 March 1971	8 November 1973	2 years, 235 days
9	Inder Kumar Gujral (MoS)	8 November 1973	28 June 1975	1 year, 232 days
10	Vidya Charan Shukla (Independent Charge)	28 June 1975	24 March 1977	1 year, 269 days
11	Lal Krishna Advani	26 March 1977	28 July 1979	2 years, 124 days	Morarji Desai	Janata Party
12	Purushottam Kaushik	28 July 1979	14 January 1980	170 days	Charan Singh	Janata Party (Secular)
13	Vasant Sathe	14 January 1980	2 September 1982	2 years, 231 days	Indira Gandhi	Indian National Congress
14	N. K. P. Salve (Independent Charge)	2 September 1982	14 February 1983	165 days
15	H. K. L. Bhagat (Independent Charge)	14 February 1983	1 December 1984	1 year, 291 days
15	H. K. L. Bhagat (Independent Charge)	14 February 1983	1 December 1984	1 year, 291 days	Rajiv Gandhi
16	Vitthalrao Gadgil (Independent Charge)	31 December 1984	22 October 1986	1 year, 295 days
17	Ajit Kumar Panja (Independent Charge)	22 October 1986	14 February 1988	1 year, 115 days
(15)	H. K. L. Bhagat	14 February 1988	2 December 1989	1 year, 291 days
18	P. Upendra	6 December 1989	10 November 1990	339 days	V. P. Singh	Telugu Desam Party
19	Chandra Shekhar	21 November 1990	21 June 1991	212 days	Chandra Shekhar	Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)
(17)	Ajit Kumar Panja (Independent Charge)	21 June 1991	18 January 1993	1 year, 211 days	P. V. Narasimha Rao	Indian National Congress
20	Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo (Independent Charge)	18 January 1993	15 September 1995	2 years, 240 days
21	P. A. Sangma	15 September 1995	16 May 1996	244 days
22	Sushma Swaraj	16 May 1996	1 June 1996	16 days	Atal Bihari Vajpayee	Bharatiya Janata Party
23	C. M. Ibrahim	1 June 1996	1 May 1997	334 days	H. D. Dewe Gowda	Janata Dal
24	Jaipal Reddy	1 May 1997	19 March 1998	322 days	I. K. Gujral	Janata Dal
(22)	Sushma Swaraj	19 March 1998	11 October 1998	206 days	Atal Bihari Vajpayee	Bharatiya Janata Party
25	Atal Bihari Vajpayee	11 October 1998	5 December 1998	55 days
26	Pramod Mahajan	5 December 1998	13 October 1999	312 days
27	Arun Jaitley (Independent Charge)	13 October 1999	30 September 2000	353 days
(22)	Sushma Swaraj	30 September 2000	29 January 2003	2 years, 121 days
28	Ravi Shankar Prasad (Independent Charge)	29 January 2003	22 May 2004	1 year, 114 days
(24)	Jaipal Reddy	23 May 2004	18 November 2005	1 year, 179 days	Manmohan Singh	Indian National Congress
29	Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi	18 November 2005	11 November 2008	2 years, 359 days
30	Manmohan Singh	11 November 2008	22 May 2009	192 days
31	Ambika Soni	28 May 2009	27 October 2012	3 years, 152 days
32	Manish Tewari (Independent Charge)	28 October 2012	26 May 2014	1 year, 210 days
33	Prakash Javadekar (Independent Charge)	26 May 2014	9 November 2014	167 days	Narendra Modi	Bharatiya Janata Party
(27)	Arun Jaitley	9 November 2014	5 July 2016	1 year, 239 days
34	Venkaiah Naidu	5 July 2016	17 July 2017	1 year, 12 days
35	Smriti Irani	18 July 2017	14 May 2018	301 days
36	Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore (Independent Charge)	14 May 2018	30 May 2019	1 year, 16 days
(33)	Prakash Javadekar	30 May 2019	7 July 2021	2 years, 38 days
37	Anurag Singh Thakur	7 July 2021	Incumbent	1 year, 327 days

List of Ministers of State

Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
Minister of state	Portrait	Political party		Term		Years
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore		Bharatiya Janata Party		9 November 2014	14 May 2018	3 years, 186 days
L Murugan		Bharatiya Janata Party		7 July 2021	Incumbent	1 year, 327 days

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Economy & Industry	Chemicals and Fertilizers Civil Aviation Commerce and Industry Communications Co-operation Corporate Affairs Electronics and Information Technology Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Information and Broadcasting Labour and Employment Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Mines Steel Textiles Tourism
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Food	Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Food Processing Industries
Energy & Climate Change	Coal Environment, Forest and Climate Change New and Renewable Energy Petroleum and Natural Gas Power
Science, Education & Health	AYUSH Earth Sciences Education Health and Family Welfare Science and Technology Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
General Administration	Culture Law and Justice Minority Affairs Panchayati Raj Parliamentary Affairs Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Planning Social Justice and Empowerment Statistics and Programme Implementation Tribal Affairs Women and Child Development Youth Affairs and Sports

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Ministers

Secretaries

Departments

Ministers of Information and Broadcasting

Ministers of Information and Broadcasting
Vallabhbhai Patel R. R. Diwakar B. V. Keskar Satya Narayan Sinha Indira Gandhi Nandini Satpathy Inder Kumar Gujral Vidya Charan Shukla Lal Krishna Advani Purushottam Kaushik Vasant Sathe H. K. L. Bhagat V. N. Gadgil Ajit Kumar Panja P. Upendra Chandra Shekhar Ajit Kumar Panja K. P. Singh Deo P. A. Sangma Jaipal Reddy Arun Jaitley Sushma Swaraj Ravi Shankar Prasad Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi Ambika Soni Manish Tewari Prakash Javadekar Arun Jaitley Venkaiah Naidu Smriti Irani Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore Prakash Javadekar Anurag Thakur(incumbent)

Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
List of I&B Ministers • List of I&B Ministers of State • Government of India • Prime Minister (List • Office) • Cabinet
Broadcasting	Prasar Bharati Doordarshan Akashvani Broadcast Engineering Consultants India Direct to Home
Information	Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity Registrar of Newspapers for India Press Council of India Press Information Bureau Indian Institute of Mass Communication
Films	Directorate of Film Festivals Films Division Central Board of Film Certification Children's Film Society, India Film and Television Institute of India Film Certification Appellate Tribunal National Film Archive of India Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute National Film Development Corporation of India