Vote on Account 2014: I & B Ministry gets higher allocation in interim budget

NEW DELHI: The Information and Broadcasting Ministry was allocated Rs 3,216 crore for the year 2014-15 in the union budget which includes Rs 2331 as grants in aid for public broadcaster Prasar Bharati.

Prasar Bharati has been allotted another Rs 200 crore in the budget under the head Investment in Public Enterprises.

The funds allotted in the budget for 2014-15 are over 12 percent increase from the amount given in the revised budget for the year 2013-14 which was Rs 2855.03 crore.

The ministry also received Rs 227.37 crore for Advertising and Visual Publicity and Rs 54.24 crore for field publicity. With elections round the corner, the government has been running different phases of Bharat Nirman campaign to highlight its achievements.

Among other heads, the budget provides Rs 135.81 crore for films, Rs 33.54 crore for research and training in mass communication and Rs 90.50 crore for projects and schemes for development of North Eastern areas and Sikkim.