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{{short description|Ministry of India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2015}}
{{Infobox government agency
| agency_name = Ministry of Information and Broadcasting of India
| seal = Emblem_of_India.svg
| seal_width = 70
| seal_caption = [[Emblem of India]]
| nativename = सूचना एवं प्रसारण मंत्रालय, भारत सरकार
| logo =
| logo_width =
| logo_caption =
| formed = 15 August 1947; 73 years ago
| jurisdiction = {{flagicon|India}} [[Republic of India]]
| headquarters = [[New Delhi]]
| chief1_name = [[Amit Khare]], [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]
| chief1_position = Information and Broadcasting Secretary
| chief2_name =
| chief2_position =
| website = {{URL|http://www.mib.gov.in/}}
| budget = {{INRConvert|4488.98|c}} (2018-19 est.)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indiabudget.gov.in/ub2018-19/eb/sbe95.pdf |title=Budget data |date=2019 |website=www.indiabudget.gov.in |access-date=15 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180304170727/http://www.indiabudget.gov.in/ub2018-19/eb/sbe95.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| footnotes =
| employees = 4,012 (2016 est.)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/central-govt-to-hire-2-8-lakh-more-staff-police-i-t-customs-to-get-lions-share/articleshow/57420276.cms|title=Central govt to hire 2.8 lakh more staff, police, I-T & customs to get lion's share - Times of India}}</ref>
| minister1_name = [[Anurag Thakur]]
| minister1_pfo = [[Minister of Information and Broadcasting]]
| deputyminister1_name = [[L. Murugan]]
| deputyminister1_pfo = [[Minister of State]]
}}

'''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]].<ref name=autogenerated1>[http://mib.gov.in/ShowContentOne.aspx?id=1&Section=7 About Us Main Page]</ref>

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 [[Cinema of India|motion pictures]] broadcast in India.
{{Politics of India}}

==Organisation==
* [[Broadcasting]]
** Conditional Access System (CAS)
** [[Community radio|Community Radio Stations]]
** [[Prasar Bharati]]
** [[Doordarshan]]
** [[All India Radio|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]]
**[[Television licence|Radio And Television Licence Around The World]]
**Broadcasting Authority of India 1977
*[[Information]]
**[[Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity]] (DAVP)
** Directorate of Field Publicity
** Photo Division
** [[Publications Division (India)|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|Press Information Bureau (PIB)]]
** [[Indian Institute of Mass Communication]] (IIMC)
* Films
** [[Directorate of Film Festivals]] (DFAI)
** [[Films Division]] (FD)
** [[Central Board of Film Certification]]
** [[Children's Film Society, India]]
** [[Film and Television Institute of India|Film and Television Institute of India, Pune]] (FTII)
** [[Film Certification Appellate Tribunal]]
** [[National Film Archive of India]] (NFAI)
** [[Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute]] (SRFTI)
** [[National Film Development Corporation of India|National Film Development Corporation]]

== Mandate ==
The mandate of the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting are:<ref name=autogenerated1 />
*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.

== Criticism and controversies ==
The Ministry has often been criticised for the actions of the various bodies under it:
*Arbitrary actions taken in the past to ban television channels which ostensibly showed explicit scenes, as well as actions taken to ban general use websites like Yahoo Groups, have been criticised.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibnlive.com/news/axe-effect-banned-channel-will-play-to-govts-tune/top/31901-8.html|title=News18.com: CNN-News18 Breaking News India, Latest News Headlines, Live News Updates|website=News18}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3148288.stm | work=BBC News | title=Outrage over India Yahoo ban | date=29 September 2003}}</ref>
*All India Radio is the only radio broadcaster allowed to broadcast news in India, though this is likely to change with the recommendations of the [[Telecom Regulatory Authority Of India|TRAI]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-02-23/india/27783960_1_fm-radio-current-affairs-broadcasters | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021013219/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-02-23/india/27783960_1_fm-radio-current-affairs-broadcasters | url-status=dead | archive-date=21 October 2012 | work=[[The Times of India]] | title=Let private FM radio stations air news: Trai | date=23 February 2008}}</ref>
*The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting asked the media not to air a controversial documentary by [[BBC]] about rape in India.<ref>{{cite news|title=India: Rape documentary excerpts 'incite violence against women'|url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/04/asia/india-rape-documentary/index.html|access-date=4 March 2015|agency=CNN|date=4 March 2015}}</ref>

==List of Ministers==
{| class="wikitable" style="width:70%;"
|-
! No.
! Name
! colspan="2"|Term of office
! colspan=2| Political party (Alliance)
! Prime Minister
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
| 1
| [[Vallabhbhai Patel]]
| 15 August 1947
| 1 April 1949
| rowspan=13| [[Indian National Congress]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" rowspan=13|
| rowspan=5| [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
| 2
| [[R. R. Diwakar]] ''(MoS)''
| 1 April 1949
| 15 April 1952
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
| 3
| [[B. V. Keskar]] ''(MoS)''
| 15 April 1952
| 9 April 1962
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
| 4
| [[Bezawada Gopala Reddy]]
| 10 April 1962
| 31 August 1963
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
| rowspan="2" |5
| rowspan=2|[[Satya Narayan Sinha]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/1039.htm |title=4th Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : SINHA. SHRI SATYA NARAYAN |access-date=1 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726012921/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/1039.htm |archive-date=26 July 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| rowspan=2|1 September 1963
| rowspan=2|9 June 1964
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
| rowspan=2|[[Lal Bahadur Shastri]]
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
|6
| [[Indira Gandhi]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/1771.htm |title=7th Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : GANDHI, SHRIMATI INDIRA |access-date=1 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020154932/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/1771.htm |archive-date=20 October 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| 9 June 1964
| 24 January 1966
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
|7
| [[Nandini Satpathy]]
| 24 January 1966
| 12 March 1967
| rowspan=6|[[Indira Gandhi]]
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
|8
|[[Kodardas Kalidas Shah]]
|13 March 1967
|14 February 1969
|-align=center style="height: 50px;"
|9
| [[Satya Narayan Sinha]]
| 14 February 1969
| 18 March 1971
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
|10
| [[Indira Gandhi]]
| 18 March 1971
| 8 November 1973
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
|11
| [[Inder Kumar Gujral]] ''(MoS)''<ref>{{cite web|title=Inder Kumar Gujral|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/249096/Inder-Kumar-Gujral|publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica|access-date=4 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Ex-Prime Minister IK Gujral dies at 92|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20121201/main1.htm|access-date=4 November 2014|work=The Tribune|date=1 December 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=BJP may not go with Akalis on gifting Jalandhar to Gujral |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/Storyold/14619/ |newspaper=Indian Express |date= 6 December 1997 |access-date=23 August 2012}}</ref>
| 8 November 1973
| 28 June 1975
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
|12
| [[Vidya Charan Shukla]] ''(MoS, Independent Charge)''<ref>{{cite news|title=VC Shukla, the man who dared muzzle the Press and Kishore Kumar|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/newdelhi/vc-shukla-the-man-who-dared-muzzle-the-press-and-kishore-kumar/article1-1074573.aspx|access-date=4 November 2014|publisher=Hindustan Times|date=11 June 2013}}</ref>
| 28 June 1975
| 24 March 1977
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
|13
| [[Lal Krishna Advani]]<ref>[http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=9 Sixteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : Advani,Shri Lal Krishna] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005131235/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=9|date=5 October 2016}}</ref>
| 24 March 1977
| 28 July 1979
| rowspan=1| [[Janata Party]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
| rowspan=1| [[Morarji Desai]]
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
|14
| [[Purushottam Kaushik]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/2415.htm |title=9th Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : KAUSHIK, SHRI PURUSHOTTAM |access-date=1 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018214343/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/2415.htm |archive-date=18 October 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| 28 July 1979
| 14 January 1980
| rowspan=1| [[Janata Party (Secular)]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Party (Secular)/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
| rowspan=1| [[Charan Singh]]
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
|15
| [[Vasant Sathe]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/2235.htm |title=9th Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : SATHE, SHRI VASANT |access-date=1 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304022457/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/2235.htm |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| 14 January 1980
| 2 September 1982
| rowspan=7| [[Indian National Congress]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" rowspan=7|
| rowspan=3| [[Indira Gandhi]]
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
|16
| [[N. K. P. Salve]] ''(MoS, Independent Charge)''
| 2 September 1982
| 14 February 1983
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
| rowspan="2" |17
| rowspan=2| [[H. K. L. Bhagat]] ''(MoS, Independent Charge)''<ref name="164.100.47.132">{{Cite web |url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/2039.htm |title=9th Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : BHAGAT, SHRI H.K.L. |access-date=1 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021181611/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/2039.htm |archive-date=21 October 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=mosic>Minister of State (Independent Charge)</ref>
| rowspan=2| 14 February 1983
| rowspan=2| 1 December 1984
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
| rowspan=4| [[Rajiv Gandhi]]
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
|18
| [[V. N. Gadgil]] ''(MoS, Independent Charge)''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/2727.htm |title=9th Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : GADGIL, SHRI VITHAL NARHAR |access-date=1 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304022603/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/2727.htm |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=mosic />
| 1 January 1985
| 22 October 1986
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
|19
| [[Ajit Kumar Panja]] ''(MoS, Independent Charge)''<ref name=akp>{{Cite web |url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=289 |title=Thirteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : Panja,Shri Ajit Kumar |access-date=1 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170320152523/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=289 |archive-date=20 March 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=mosic />
| 22 October 1986
| 14 February 1988
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
|20
| [[H. K. L. Bhagat]]<ref name="164.100.47.132"/>
| 14 February 1988
| 2 December 1989
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
|21
| [[P. Upendra]]<ref>{{cite web|title=[http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/pre_member/1952_2003/u.pdf] }}[http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/pre_member/1952_2003/u.pdf] {{small|(RAJYA SABHA MEMBERS, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, 1952 – 2003: U)}}</ref>
| 2 December 1989
| 10 November 1990
| rowspan=1| [[Telugu Desam Party]] ([[National Front (India)|National Front]])
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Telugu Desam Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
| rowspan=1| [[V. P. Singh]]
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
|22
| [[Chandra Shekhar]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=72 |title=Fourteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : Chandra Shekhar,Shri |access-date=1 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170102173159/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=72 |archive-date=2 January 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| 21 November 1990
| 21 June 1991
| rowspan=1| [[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
| rowspan=1| [[Chandra Shekhar]]
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
|23
| [[Ajit Kumar Panja]] ''(MoS, Independent Charge)''<ref name=akp /><ref name=mosic />
| 21 June 1991
| 18 January 1993
| rowspan=3| [[Indian National Congress]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" rowspan=3|
| rowspan=3| [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
|24
| [[Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo|K. P. Singh Deo]] ''(MoS, Independent Charge)''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=427 |title=Thirteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : Singh Deo,AVSM, Brig.(Retd.) Kamakhya Prasad |access-date=1 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205081345/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=427 |archive-date=5 February 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| 18 January 1993
| 15 September 1995
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
|25
| [[P. A. Sangma]]<ref>[http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=394 Sixteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : Sangma, Shri Purno Agitok] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019230701/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=394|date=19 October 2014}}</ref>
| 15 September 1995
| 16 May 1996
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
|26
| [[Sushma Swaraj]]
| 16 May 1996
| 1 June 1996
|rowspan=1| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
| rowspan=1| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
|27
| [[C. M. Ibrahim]]
| 1 June 1996
| 1 May 1997
| rowspan=2| [[Janata Dal]] ([[United Front (India)|United Front]])
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Dal/meta/color}}" rowspan=2|
| rowspan=1| [[H. D. Dewe Gowda]]
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
|28
| [[Jaipal Reddy]]<ref name=jr>{{Cite web |url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=378 |title=Fifteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : Reddy,Shri Jaipal Sudini |access-date=1 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005083823/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=378 |archive-date=5 October 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=[http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/pre_member/1952_2003/r.pdf] }}[http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/pre_member/1952_2003/r.pdf] {{small|(RAJYA SABHA MEMBERS, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, 1952 – 2003: R)}}</ref>
| 1 May 1997
| 19 March 1998
| rowspan=1| [[I. K. Gujral]]
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
|29
| [[Sushma Swaraj]]
| 19 March 1998
| 11 October 1998
| rowspan=5| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] ([[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]])
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=5|
| rowspan=5| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
|30
| [[Pramod Mahajan]]
| 5 December 1998
| 13 October 1999
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
|31
| [[Arun Jaitley]] ''(MoS, Independent Charge)''
| 13 October 1999
| 30 September 2000
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
|32
| [[Sushma Swaraj]]<ref>|image = Secretary Tillerson is Greeted by Indian Minister of External Affairs Swaraj (24074726498) (cropped).jpg
[http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=3812 Sixteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : Swaraj,Smt. Sushma] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235943/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=3812|date=3 March 2016}}</ref>
| 30 September 2000
| 29 January 2003
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
|33
| [[Ravi Shankar Prasad]] ''(MoS, Independent Charge)''
| 29 January 2003
| 22 May 2004
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
|34
| [[Jaipal Reddy]]<ref name=jr />
| 23 May 2004
| 17 November 2005
| rowspan=4| [[Indian National Congress]] ([[United Progressive Alliance]])
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" rowspan=4|
| rowspan=4| [[Manmohan Singh]]
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
|35
| [[Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi]]<ref>[https://archive.today/20141020081809/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=104 Fourteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : Dasmunsi,Shri Priya Ranjan]</ref>
| 18 November 2005
| 11 November 2008
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
|36
| [[Ambika Soni]]
| 22 May 2009
| 27 October 2012
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
|37
| [[Manish Tewari]] ''(MoS, Independent Charge)''
| 28 October 2012
| 26 May 2014
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
|38
| [[Prakash Javadekar]] ''(MoS, Independent Charge)''<ref>[http://www.mib.gov.in/ShowDocs.aspx]{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name=mosic />
| 26 May 2014
| 9 November 2014
| rowspan=7| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] ([[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]])
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=7|
| rowspan=7| [[Narendra Modi]]
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
|39
| [[Arun Jaitley]]
| 9 November 2014
| 5 July 2016
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
|40
| [[Venkaiah Naidu]]
| 5 July 2016
| 17 July 2017
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
|41
| [[Smriti Irani]]
| 18 July 2017
| 14 May 2018
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
|42
| Col. [[Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore]] ''(MoS, Independent Charge)''
| 14 May 2018
| 31 May 2019
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
|43
| [[Prakash Javadekar]]
| 31 May 2019
| 7 July 2021
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
|44
| [[Anurag Singh Thakur]]
| 7 July 2021
| Incumbent
|- align=center style="height: 50px;"
|}

== List of Ministers of State ==
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible style=" ;"sortable mw-collapsible"
|+Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
! [[Minister of state]]
! Portrait
! colspan=2| Political party
! colspan="2" | Term
! Days
|-align=center
|[[Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore]]
|[[File:The Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports (IC) and Information & Broadcasting, Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore addressing after felicitating the winners of the World Youth Boxing Championship 2017, at a function (cropped).jpg|100px]]
|Rowspan=2|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|Rowspan=2 bgcolor=#FF9933|
|9 November 2014
|14 May 2018
|{{Age in days|2014|11|09|2018|05|14}} days
|-align=center
|[[L. Murugan|Dr. L Murugan]]
|[[File:Murugan L.jpg|75px]]
| 7 July 2021
| Incumbent
|{{Age in days|2021|07|07}} days
|-

|}

== See also ==
*[[Censor Board of India]]
*[[Indian Information Service]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://mib.gov.in/ Official website of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting]
*[https://twitter.com/mib_india MIB] on [[twitter]]
*[https://www.facebook.com/inbministry/ MIB] on [[Facebook]]

{{Union ministries of India}}
{{Ministers of Information and Broadcasting}}

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Ajay Kumar: Created page with "{{short description|Ministry of India}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}} {{Use Indian English|date=July 2015}} {{Infobox government agency | agency_name = Ministry of Inform..."