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Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)
| सूचना एवं प्रसारण मंत्रालय, भारत सरकार | |
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| Formed | 15 August 1947; 73 years ago |
| Jurisdiction |  Republic of India |
| Headquarters | New Delhi |
| Employees | 4,012 (2016 est.)[1] |
| Annual budget | ₹4,488.98 crore (US$520 million) (2018-19 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 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)
- 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
- Directorate of Film Festivals (DFAI)
- Films Division (FD)
- Central Board of Film Certification
- Children's Film Society, 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
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.
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.[4][5]
- 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 TRAI.[6]
- The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting asked the media not to air a controversial documentary by BBC about rape in India.[7]
List of Ministers
| No. | Name | Term of office | Political party (Alliance) |
Prime Minister | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vallabhbhai Patel | 15 August 1947 | 1 April 1949 | Indian National Congress | Jawaharlal Nehru | |
| 2 | R. R. Diwakar (MoS) |
1 April 1949 | 15 April 1952 | |||
| 3 | B. V. Keskar (MoS) |
15 April 1952 | 9 April 1962 | |||
| 4 | Bezawada Gopala Reddy | 10 April 1962 | 31 August 1963 | |||
| 5 | Satya Narayan Sinha[8] | 1 September 1963 | 9 June 1964 | |||
| Lal Bahadur Shastri | ||||||
| 6 | Indira Gandhi[9] | 9 June 1964 | 24 January 1966 | |||
| 7 | Nandini Satpathy | 24 January 1966 | 12 March 1967 | Indira Gandhi | ||
| 8 | Kodardas Kalidas Shah | 13 March 1967 | 14 February 1969 | |||
| 9 | Satya Narayan Sinha | 14 February 1969 | 18 March 1971 | |||
| 10 | Indira Gandhi | 18 March 1971 | 8 November 1973 | |||
| 11 | Inder Kumar Gujral (MoS)[10][11][12] |
8 November 1973 | 28 June 1975 | |||
| 12 | Vidya Charan Shukla (MoS, Independent Charge)[13] |
28 June 1975 | 24 March 1977 | |||
| 13 | Lal Krishna Advani[14] | 24 March 1977 | 28 July 1979 | Janata Party | Morarji Desai | |
| 14 | Purushottam Kaushik[15] | 28 July 1979 | 14 January 1980 | Janata Party (Secular) | Charan Singh | |
| 15 | Vasant Sathe[16] | 14 January 1980 | 2 September 1982 | Indian National Congress | Indira Gandhi | |
| 16 | N. K. P. Salve (MoS, Independent Charge) |
2 September 1982 | 14 February 1983 | |||
| 17 | H. K. L. Bhagat (MoS, Independent Charge)[17][18] |
14 February 1983 | 1 December 1984 | |||
| Rajiv Gandhi | ||||||
| 18 | V. N. Gadgil (MoS, Independent Charge)[19][18] |
1 January 1985 | 22 October 1986 | |||
| 19 | Ajit Kumar Panja (MoS, Independent Charge)[20][18] |
22 October 1986 | 14 February 1988 | |||
| 20 | H. K. L. Bhagat[17] | 14 February 1988 | 2 December 1989 | |||
| 21 | P. Upendra[21] | 2 December 1989 | 10 November 1990 | Telugu Desam Party (National Front) |
V. P. Singh | |
| 22 | Chandra Shekhar[22] | 21 November 1990 | 21 June 1991 | Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) | Chandra Shekhar | |
| 23 | Ajit Kumar Panja (MoS, Independent Charge)[20][18] |
21 June 1991 | 18 January 1993 | Indian National Congress | P. V. Narasimha Rao | |
| 24 | K. P. Singh Deo (MoS, Independent Charge)[23] |
18 January 1993 | 15 September 1995 | |||
| 25 | P. A. Sangma[24] | 15 September 1995 | 16 May 1996 | |||
| 26 | Sushma Swaraj | 16 May 1996 | 1 June 1996 | Bharatiya Janata Party | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | |
| 27 | C. M. Ibrahim | 1 June 1996 | 1 May 1997 | Janata Dal (United Front) |
H. D. Dewe Gowda | |
| 28 | Jaipal Reddy[25][26] | 1 May 1997 | 19 March 1998 | I. K. Gujral | ||
| 29 | Sushma Swaraj | 19 March 1998 | 11 October 1998 | Bharatiya Janata Party (National Democratic Alliance) |
Atal Bihari Vajpayee | |
| 30 | Pramod Mahajan | 5 December 1998 | 13 October 1999 | |||
| 31 | Arun Jaitley (MoS, Independent Charge) |
13 October 1999 | 30 September 2000 | |||
| 32 | Sushma Swaraj[27] | 30 September 2000 | 29 January 2003 | |||
| 33 | Ravi Shankar Prasad (MoS, Independent Charge) |
29 January 2003 | 22 May 2004 | |||
| 34 | Jaipal Reddy[25] | 23 May 2004 | 17 November 2005 | Indian National Congress (United Progressive Alliance) |
Manmohan Singh | |
| 35 | Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi[28] | 18 November 2005 | 11 November 2008 | |||
| 36 | Ambika Soni | 22 May 2009 | 27 October 2012 | |||
| 37 | Manish Tewari (MoS, Independent Charge) |
28 October 2012 | 26 May 2014 | |||
| 38 | Prakash Javadekar (MoS, Independent Charge)[29][18] |
26 May 2014 | 9 November 2014 | Bharatiya Janata Party (National Democratic Alliance) |
Narendra Modi | |
| 39 | Arun Jaitley | 9 November 2014 | 5 July 2016 | |||
| 40 | Venkaiah Naidu | 5 July 2016 | 17 July 2017 | |||
| 41 | Smriti Irani | 18 July 2017 | 14 May 2018 | |||
| 42 | Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore (MoS, Independent Charge) |
14 May 2018 | 31 May 2019 | |||
| 43 | Prakash Javadekar | 31 May 2019 | 7 July 2021 | |||
| 44 | Anurag Singh Thakur | 7 July 2021 | Incumbent | |||
List of Ministers of State
| Minister of state | Portrait | Political party | Term | Days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore | _and_Information_%26_Broadcasting,_Col._Rajyavardhan_Singh_Rathore_addressing_after_felicitating_the_winners_of_the_World_Youth_Boxing_Championship_2017,_at_a_function_(cropped).jpg)
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Bharatiya Janata Party | 9 November 2014 | 14 May 2018 | 1282 days | |
| Dr. L Murugan | File:Murugan L.jpg | 7 July 2021 | Incumbent | 1426 days | ||
See also
References
- ↑ "Central govt to hire 2.8 lakh more staff, police, I-T & customs to get lion's share - Times of India".
- ↑ "Budget data" (PDF). www.indiabudget.gov.in. 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 About Us Main Page
- ↑ "News18.com: CNN-News18 Breaking News India, Latest News Headlines, Live News Updates". News18.
- ↑ "Outrage over India Yahoo ban". BBC News. 29 September 2003.
- ↑ "Let private FM radio stations air news: Trai". The Times of India. 23 February 2008. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012.
- ↑ "India: Rape documentary excerpts 'incite violence against women'". CNN. 4 March 2015. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
- ↑ "4th Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : SINHA. SHRI SATYA NARAYAN". Archived from the original on 26 July 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
- ↑ "7th Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : GANDHI, SHRIMATI INDIRA". Archived from the original on 20 October 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
- ↑ "Inder Kumar Gujral". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
- ↑ "Ex-Prime Minister IK Gujral dies at 92". The Tribune. 1 December 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
- ↑ "BJP may not go with Akalis on gifting Jalandhar to Gujral". Indian Express. 6 December 1997. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
- ↑ "VC Shukla, the man who dared muzzle the Press and Kishore Kumar". Hindustan Times. 11 June 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
- ↑ Sixteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : Advani,Shri Lal Krishna Archived 5 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "9th Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : KAUSHIK, SHRI PURUSHOTTAM". Archived from the original on 18 October 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
- ↑ "9th Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : SATHE, SHRI VASANT". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 "9th Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : BHAGAT, SHRI H.K.L." Archived from the original on 21 October 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 Minister of State (Independent Charge)
- ↑ "9th Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : GADGIL, SHRI VITHAL NARHAR". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 "Thirteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : Panja,Shri Ajit Kumar". Archived from the original on 20 March 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
- ↑ "[1]".
{{cite web}}: External link in|title=|url=(help)[2] (RAJYA SABHA MEMBERS, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, 1952 – 2003: U) - ↑ "Fourteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : Chandra Shekhar,Shri". Archived from the original on 2 January 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
- ↑ "Thirteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : Singh Deo,AVSM, Brig.(Retd.) Kamakhya Prasad". Archived from the original on 5 February 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
- ↑ Sixteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : Sangma, Shri Purno Agitok Archived 19 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 "Fifteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : Reddy,Shri Jaipal Sudini". Archived from the original on 5 October 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
- ↑ "[3]".
{{cite web}}: External link in|title=|url=(help)[4] (RAJYA SABHA MEMBERS, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, 1952 – 2003: R) - ↑ |image = Secretary Tillerson is Greeted by Indian Minister of External Affairs Swaraj (24074726498) (cropped).jpg Sixteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : Swaraj,Smt. Sushma Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
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