General
MIB Issues Advisory on the responsibility of Public Service Broadcasting
The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting issued the “Guidelines for Uplinking and Downlinking of Television Channels in India, 2022” on 09.11.2022. […]
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
General
AIBD Unanimously extends India’s Presidency for one more year
India’s Presidency of the prestigious Asia-pacific Institute of Broadcasting Development (AIBD) has been extended for one more year. This was unanimously decided by the AIBD member countries at the two day General Conference of the Institute held in New Delhi […]
General
Prasar Bharati goes paperless with 100% adoption of e-Office
Use of technology has turned the Operations at Prasar Bharati around. It’s no more business as usual, as in less than 2 years, 577 Centers and 22,348 employees of DD, AIR have embraced e-Office operations […]
Foreign Relations
15 films compete for the Golden Peacock and other awards at 51st IFFI
51st International Film Festival of India has released the line-up of international movies for competition during the festival. The best of the feature-length fiction films from all over the world are selected to compete in the section. […]
Corona Virus
IT minister announces launch of Grand Challenge for strengthening the CoWIN system
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) along with Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has announced the launching of “CoWIN”, a Grand Challenge for strengthening the COVID Vaccine Intelligence Network (CoWIN) system […]
Technology
Time for our AVGC experts to work for Indian films: Javadekar
Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Shri Prakash Javadekar today addressed the CII Big Picture Summit. In a message to the audience he said its time for our AVGC experts to work for Indian films […]
General
2,800 films from 108 countries received for 51st IFFI
2,800 films from 108 countries on a single topic is an example of peoples’ immense talent: Shri Prakash Javadekar; 51st IFFI would be organized in a hybrid manner […]
General
Media plays an important role in dealing with anti-India forces: Shripad Naik
The media has an important role in dealing with anti-India forces. It is the responsibility of all of us, including the media persons, to ensure that our media is not misused by the anti-India forces against our own country. […]
General
ASCI guidelines on online gaming and fantasy sports
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has issued an advisory asking all private television broadcasters to follow guidelines issued by the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) for advertisements relating to online gaming, fantasy sports, etc. […]
General
Ministry of I&B issues advisory on advertisements on Online Gaming, Fantasy Sports, etc.
Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has today issued an advisory on Online Gaming, Fantasy Sports, etc. The Ministry has advised broadcasters to adhere to the Guidelines issued by the Advertising Standards Council of India. […]
Technology
Arogya Setu App source code released for public
Ministry of Electronics & IT, Government of India has rolled out the “Policy On Collaborative Application Development by Opening the Source Code of Government Applications”; Releases Arogya Setu App Source Code […]
Education
Prasar Bharati signs MoU for beaming Educational channels
India’s public broadcaster Prasar Bharati entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Bhaskaracharya National Institute for Space Applications and Geo-Informatics, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology today. […]
Agriculture & Commodities
Govt pushes Aquaponics to increase farmer productivity
Aquaponics and related alternative farming techniques to help the farmer in increasing their productivity & income: Shri Sanjay Dhotre
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Technology
PLI Scheme to herald a new era in mobile phone and electronic components manufacturing
PLI Scheme to herald a new era in mobile phone and electronic components manufacturing
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General
Ministry of I&B releases SOP for Media Production
Ministry of I&B releases SOP for Media Production
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General
Vice President Calls to meet the Sustainability Development Goals by 2030
Rajya Sabha functioning has shown certain winds of change, says Chairman; House productivity, legislative output, attendance in Committee meetings on the rise; VP Calls for meeting the target set for 2022 and Sustainable Development goals by 2030; […]
General
NFDC organizes 15 days of online patriotic film festival
National Film Development Corporation is organizing a first of its kind, online patriotic film festival. The festival, a part of Independence Day Celebrations 2020 by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, begins on 7th August, 2020 and runs till 21st August. […]
Technology
Govt launches PLI Scheme to boost mobile phone and electronic components manufacturing
In his address to media at a Press Conference marking the conclusion of application window under the Production Linked Incentive Scheme (PLI), Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, Union Minister for Electronics & IT, Communications, Law and Justice said that PLI scheme has been huge success in terms of the applications received from Global as well as Domestic Mobile Phone manufacturing companies and electronic components manufacturers. […]
Technology
The last date for AatmaNirbhar Bharat Logo Design Contest set to 5th August
The government of India is looking to have a distinct identity for ‘AatmaNirbhar Bharat Abhiyan’ by developing a logo based on creative and innovative inputs from the citizens of the country through the ‘AatmaNirbhar Bharat Logo Design Contest’ held on MyGov.in. The last date of submission of entries is 5th August 2020 till 11.45 PM. The winning logo will be awarded a cash prize of Rs. 25,000/-. […]
Foreign Relations
Data Must belong to the Sovereign Nation Concern: Ravishankar Prasad at G20 Meet
A virtual meeting of G20 Digital Economy Ministers hosted by Saudi Arabia which is holding the presidency of G20, took place today. Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology represented India during this virtual meeting. […]
Foreign Relations
India & EU agree to renew Agreement S&T Co-operation for 5 years
India & the European Union agreed to renew the Agreement on Scientific cooperation for the next five years, 2020-2025, at the 15th India-EU Summit. […]
Business
Government to create a conductive ecosystem for manufacturing and exporting electronic items: Shri PiyushGoyal
Union Commerce and Industry Minister, Shri Piyush Goyal has said that his ministry was looking at identifying select electronic items that could be manufactured in India in large scale like television sets, Closed Circuit TVs, Air Conditioners etc, and exported in large quantities. […]
Business
SoPs for the resumption of film production: Prakash Javadekar
Union Minister for Information & Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar today said that the Government will soon issue Standard Operating Procedures to speed up resumption of film production in the unlock phase. […]
Technology
Social Media Super App Elyments Launched by VP Venkaiah Naidu
The Vice President of India, Shri M Venkaiah Naidu today called for creating an ecosystem for innovation and entrepreneurship to thrive and urged every Indian to adopt Atm-Nirbhar Bharat campaign to transform “Local” India into “Glocal” India. […]
Agriculture & Commodities
36 projects reviewed under Agro-processing Cluster scheme
Union Minister of Food Processing Industries Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Badal, held video conferences with the promoters of the ongoing Agro-processing Clusters (APCs) supported by the Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) under the Scheme for Creation of Infrastructure for Agro-processing Clusters. […]
Technology
North East States to get e-office: Dr. Jitendra Singh
Union Minister of State for Personnel, PG and Pensions Dr. Jitendra Singh today advised to set up e-office in all 8 North Eastern States in a stipulated timeframe. […]
General
Prakash Javadekar to address tomorrow via Community radio
Prakash Javadekar will talk to Community Radios in the country tomorrow & makes earnest efforts to reach all sections of the country for COVID related communication. […]