Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)

Ministry of Information and Broadcasting of India
Branch of Government of India
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

Ashwini Vaishnaw
Agency overview
Formed15 August 1947; 75 years ago
JurisdictionGovernment of India
HeadquartersNew Delhi
Employees4,012 (2016 est.)[1]
Annual budget₹4,692 crore (US$550 million)(2023-24 est.)[2]
Minister responsible
Deputy Minister responsible
Agency executive
  • Sanjay Jaju, IAS, Information and Broadcasting Secretary
Websitewww.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.

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Organisation

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Mandate

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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

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Main article: Indian Information 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

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Cabinet ministers

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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)
(6) 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
19 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
20 Brigadier
Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo AVSM
(born 1941)
MP for Dhenkanal
(MoS, I/C) 		18 January
1993 		15 September
1995 		2 years, 240 days
21 P. A. Sangma
(1947–2016)
MP for Tura 		15 September
1995 		16 May
1996 		244 days
22 Sushma Swaraj
(1952–2019)
MP for South Delhi 		16 May
1996 		1 June
1996 		16 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee I Atal Bihari Vajpayee
23 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
24 S. Jaipal Reddy
(1942–2019)
Rajya Sabha MP for Andhra Pradesh 		1 May
1997 		19 March
1998 		322 days
(22) Sushma Swaraj
(1952–2019)
MP for South Delhi 		19 March
1998 		11 October
1998 		206 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee II Atal Bihari Vajpayee
25 Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(1924–2018)
MP for Lucknow
(Prime Minister) 		11 October
1998 		5 December
1998 		55 days
26 Pramod Mahajan
(1949–2006)
Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra 		5 December
1998 		13 October
1999 		312 days
27 Arun Jaitley
(1952–2019)
Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat
(MoS, I/C) 		13 October
1999 		30 September
2000 		353 days Vajpayee III
(22) 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
28 Ravi Shankar Prasad
(born 1954)
Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar
(MoS, I/C) 		29 January
2003 		22 May
2004 		1 year, 114 days
(24) 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
29 Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi
(1945–2017)
MP for Raiganj 		18 November
2005 		11 November
2008 		2 years, 359 days
30 Manmohan Singh
(born 1932)
Rajya Sabha MP for Assam
(Prime Minister) 		11 November
2008 		22 May
2009 		192 days
31 Ambika Soni
(born 1942)
Rajya Sabha MP for Punjab 		28 May
2009 		27 October
2012 		3 years, 152 days Manmohan II
32 Manish Tewari
(born 1965)
MP for Ludhiana
(MoS, I/C) 		28 October
2012 		26 May
2014 		1 year, 210 days
33 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
(27) Arun Jaitley
(1952–2019)
Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat 		9 November
2014 		5 July
2016 		1 year, 239 days
34 M. Venkaiah Naidu
(born 1948)
Rajya Sabha MP for Rajasthan 		5 July
2016 		18 July
2017 		1 year, 13 days
35 Smriti Irani
(born 1976)
Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat 		18 July
2017 		14 May
2018 		300 days
36 Colonel
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore AVSM
(born 1970)
MP for Jaipur Rural
(MoS, I/C) 		14 May
2018 		30 May
2019 		1 year, 16 days
(33) Prakash Javadekar
(born 1951)
Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra 		31 May
2019 		7 July
2021 		2 years, 37 days Modi II
37 Anurag Singh Thakur
(born 1974)
MP for Hamirpur 		7 July
2021 		9 June
2024 		2 years, 338 days
38 Ashwini Vaishnaw
(born 1970)
Rajya Sabha MP for Odisha 		10 June 2024 Incumbent 204 days Modi III

Ministers of state

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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 3 years, 177 days Modi II

Deputy ministers

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No. Portrait Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency 		Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister
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

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References

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  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "Budget data" (PDF). www.indiabudget.gov.in. 2022.
  3. ^ a b About Us Main Page
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