National Media Centre (also known as National Press Centre) is the media centre of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting,

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. Its situated on Raisina Road in

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, close to the

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and

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(Parliament House) and important ministries. The foundation ceremony for it was done in 2001. It was inaugurated in 2013. It houses the

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(PIB) and publicity offices of the ministry. It was modeled on media centres in Washington and Tokyo and other capitals.

History

Prime Minister

Atal Bihari Vajpayee Atal Bihari Vajpayee (25 December 1924 – 16 August 2018) was an Indian poet, writer and statesman who served as the prime minister of India, first for a term of 13 days in 1996, then for a period of 13 months from 1998 ...

laid the foundation and performed the ''bhoomi poojan'' on 5 December 2001 for the National Press Centre as it was named then. It was built by National Buildings Construction Corporation (NBCC) at a cost of over a period of three years. and was inaugurated on 24 August 2013 by Prime Minister

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Structure

The centre is built on a 1.95-acre plot. The glass facade building consists of four floors with a hall for press conferences that can seat 283 people, a briefing room with 60-person capacity, 24 workstations. It has all modern communication needs. It also has a library, lounge and

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. The press conference hall and media lounge have

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access.

References

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External links

Press Information Bureau, Official website
Buildings and structures in New Delhi Mass media in India Government buildings in Delhi News media in India Government buildings completed in 2013 Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)