Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)
Ministry of India
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting of India Branch of Government of India
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
Anurag Thakur 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 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.
Organisation
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
–
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 , until 2000 Rajya Sabha MP for Uttarakhand , from 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
Incumbent
2 years, 338 days
Ministers of State
No.
Portrait
Minister(Birth-Death) Constituency
Term of office
Political party
Ministry
Prime Minister
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
2 years, 338 days
Modi II
Deputy Ministers
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