The ministry has also approved renaming of 21 channel licences 

exchange4media Staff 05-July-2019

The opening session of the conference will be chaired by Col. Rajyavardhan Rathore, Union Minister of State (IC), Information & Broadcasting and Youth Affairs & Sports

exchange4media Staff 12-February-2019

The Supreme Court said that the victims of sexual abuse or sexual offences should not be required to re-live the trauma of the horrifying incident

exchange4media Staff 07-August-2018

Rajyavardhan Rathore tells Rajya Sabha that there is no proposal in the ministry to control social media

exchange4media Staff 24-July-2018

The 36th Open House Meeting was held at the ministry to answer queries on MSO application and its status

exchange4media Staff 05-June-2018

Three TV channels - Aastha Tamil, Aastha Kannad and Aastha Telugu owned by Vedic Broadcasting Ltd will telecast spiritual content

exchange4media Staff 29-May-2018

Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has sent notice to 121 permitted private satellite TV channels for not providing monitoring facilities/Technical Parameters to EMMC for the purpose of monitoring the content.

Nishant Saxena 21-May-2018

The executives are being recruited to understand the pulse of the region and be the eyes and ears for the government, says an MIB official

Nishant Saxena 17-May-2018

Taking charge of the Information and Broadcasting Ministry, Rajyavardhan Rathore assured that the government has no plans to regulate news portals and media websites.

exchange4media Staff 16-May-2018

Noronha will be replaced by Sitanshu Kar as Principal Director General of PIB. Kar, a 1983 batch IIS officer, has previously served as Director General, News Services Division, at All India Radio.

exchange4media Staff 28-April-2018

Sources in power corridors say Upma Chaudhary, a 1983 batch Himachal IAS officer, will be next Secretary in I&B Ministry

exchange4media Staff 24-April-2018

Nitin Kamat, VP, TAM Media Research, tells exchange4media that TAM had introduced this technology 10 years ago

exchange4media Staff 23-April-2018

The complaints are related to various issues involving technical, financial and policy matters, the Ministry of Information has informed the Lok Sabha

Nishant Saxena 19-April-2018

The chip would collect data about channels watched and the duration

Nishant Saxena 17-April-2018

MSOs/ cable operators have been directed to prominently display the caption, “The match/game can be viewed in free-to-air mode on DD Sports Channel, on DD FreeDish and DD’s terrestrial network”, while blanking DD Sports

exchange4media Staff 14-April-2018

The information has been provided by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in the Lok Sabha.

Nishant Saxena 13-April-2018

The Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity had suspended the empanelment of these newspapers for breach of journalism norms

exchange4media Staff 11-April-2018

Colonel Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, MoS in the I&B Ministry, says government ordered eight private TV channels to go off air for telecasting content in violation of the Programme and Advertisement codes during the last three years and the current year

exchange4media Staff 10-April-2018

Also there seems to be some loopholes in the guidelines of this major amendment decided by the government

Nishant Saxena 03-April-2018

For the first time Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has reconstituted the composition of Committee on Journalist Welfare Scheme and Central Press Accreditation Committee in which journalists are made members. The scheme came into force from March 28, 2018.

Nishant Saxena 29-March-2018