Minister of Information and Broadcasting

Ministry of Information and Broadcasting of India

Anurag Thakur
Agency overview
Formed15 August 1947; 75 years ago
JurisdictionGovernment of India
HeadquartersNew Delhi
Employees4,012 (2016 est.)[1]
Annual budget₹4,692 crore (US$590 million)(2023-24 est.)[2]
Minister responsible
Deputy Minister responsible
Agency executive
  • Apurva Chandra, 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 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

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. Portrait 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
Lal Bahadur Shastri
6 Indira Gandhi 9 June 1964 24 January 1966 1 year, 229 days
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
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
(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 2 years, 173 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, 173 days Modi II

Deputy Ministers

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

References

  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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