Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (Ministry of I&B) is a ministerial level agency of the
Government of India
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responsible for the formulation and administration of rules, regulations and laws in the areas of information, broadcasting, the press and the
Cinema of India
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The Ministry is responsible for the administration of Prasar Bharati, the broadcasting arm of the Indian Government. The Central Board of Film Certification
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is the other important statutory body under this ministry being responsible for the regulation of motion pictures
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broadcast in India.
Organisation
* Broadcasting
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** Conditional Access System (CAS)
** Community Radio Stations
** Prasar Bharati
** Doordarshan
Doordarshan (abbreviated as DD; Hindi: , ) is an Indian public service broadcaster founded by the Government of India, owned by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and one of Prasar Bharati's two divisions. One of India's largest b ...
** 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
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** Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity (DAVP),Central Bureau of Communication(CBC)
** 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
** Central Board of Film Certification
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** Film and Television Institute of India, Pune (FTII)
** Film Certification Appellate Tribunal
** Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute
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(SRFTI)
** National Film Development Corporation
Mandate
The mandate of the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting are:
*News Services through All India Radio
All or ALL may refer to:
Language
* All, an indefinite pronoun in English
* All, one of the English determiners
* Allar language (ISO 639-3 code)
* Allative case (abbreviated ALL)
Music
* All (band), an American punk rock band
* ''All'' (All ...
(AIR) and Doordarshan
Doordarshan (abbreviated as DD; Hindi: , ) is an Indian public service broadcaster founded by the Government of India, owned by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and one of Prasar Bharati's two divisions. One of India's largest b ...
(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
List of Ministers of State
See also
* Censor Board of India
* Indian Information Service
References
External links
Official website of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
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