I&B ministry to launch several activities to celebrate 'Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav''Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav' is an initiative of the central government to celebrate and commemorate 75 years of India's independence.
22 Aug, 2021, 08.24 PM IST
Printing of diaries and calendars for ministries, departments and PSUs to be centralisedA group of officers in the cabinet secretariat has decided that the printing and distribution of diaries and calendars of all ministries, d...
14 Aug, 2020, 09.57 PM IST
Major reshuffle in MHA media wing; Nitin Wakankar is new spokespersonWakankar, a Director General (DG) rank officer, has been shifted to the MHA from the Bureau of Outreach and Communications of the Press Inf...
05 Jun, 2020, 06.05 PM IST
Government plans to advertise on social media platforms, comes with policy guidelinesThe Information & Broadcasting ministry issued draft policy guidelines for empanelment of social media platforms with the Bureau of Outreac...
14 May, 2020, 10.13 AM IST
Government panel begins work on moving up India's Press freedom IndexCalled the index monitoring cell, this group will also put in place a mechanism for States to come up with their own rankings of press free...
07 May, 2020, 08.43 PM IST
Government's ad wing alerts departments about pending dues to media firmsFormer information and broadcasting secretary Ravi Mittal had written to all ministries and departments last month, giving them a breakup o...
02 May, 2020, 08.19 AM IST
Bureau of Outreach & Communication awaits Rs 350 crore to clear media duesIndustry estimates peg advertising dues owed by BOC to the media industry at ₹1,800 crore. According to the sources cited above, the minist...
22 Apr, 2020, 03.27 PM IST
Govt's publicity bill: Rs 2,374 cr on electronic media, Rs 670 cr on outdoor publicityThe expenditure was done on All India Radio, DD National, internet, production, radio, SMS, theatre, TV and on miscellaneous heads among ot...
14 Feb, 2019, 04.41 PM IST
I&B Ministry hikes advertisement rates for pvt TV channelsThe move comes just days after the government hiked by 25 per cent the rates at which the Bureau of Outreach and Communication releases its...
25 Jan, 2019, 04.56 PM IST
Government's public outreach starting January to focus on PM’s ‘aspirational districts’According to an official, the publicity programmes will largely deal with highlighting the achievements of government schemes.
27 Dec, 2018, 10.19 AM IST
Government spent Rs 132.38 crore on GST advertisementsAs per the Bureau of Outreach and Communication under the ministry, the "expenditure on GST advertisements through this bureau" on print me...
03 Sep, 2018, 11.17 AM IST
Government spent over Rs 1,600 cr on advertisements in last three fiscal years: I&BThe objective of undertaking publicity campaigns of government programmes and schemes was to enable the intended beneficiaries to become aw...
26 Jul, 2018, 08.33 PM IST
'Expenditure incurred on adverts by government depatments, PSUs increased in last 3 years'The BOC, under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, is the nodal agency of the government for release of advertisements by ministr...
23 Jul, 2018, 05.07 PM IST
I&B Ministry seeks data on job creation from 10 ministriesThey said the ministry has sought the details ostensibly to counter allegations by the opposition parities that the NDA government has fail...
10 Jul, 2018, 08.50 PM IST
Modi government spends over Rs 4,300 crore in publicity: RTIAs per the replies, from June 2014 to March 2015, the government spent Rs 424.85 crore in print publicity, Rs 448.97 crore on electronic me...
15 May, 2018, 09.19 AM IST
I&B Ministry merges 3 departmentsAll regional offices and field units of S&DD and DAVP will be subsumed in the 22 regional offices and 147 field units of DFP, the order sai...
08 Dec, 2017, 10.52 PM IST
I&B ministry to hold workshop to get feedback on govt adsThe Information and Broadcasting ministry is considering holding a workshop where officials will get feedback on various ads issued earlier...
20 Sep, 2015, 11.26 AM IST