Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

Anurag Thakur is the current Minister of Information & Broadcasting

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting is an apex body of the government of India which works for formulation and administration of rules, regulations and laws related to information and broadcasting in the country. It regulates the broadcasting organisations like Prasar Bharti, the Censor Board of India and other related organisations. It is headed by the Minister of Information and Broadcasting and presently Anurag Thakur is the head of the ministry.

List of former Ministers of Information and Broadcasting

S. No	Name	From	To	Political Party
0	Anurag Thakur	Jul 7, 2021	Incumbent	Bharatiya Janata Party
1	Smriti Zubin Irani	Jul 18, 2017	Jul 06, 2021	Bharatiya Janata Party
2	Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu	Jul 05, 2016	July 17, 2017	Bharatiya Janata Party
3	Arun Jaitley	Nov 09, 2014	Jul 05, 2016	Bharatiya Janata Party
4	Prakash Javadekar	May 26, 2014	Nov 09, 2014	Bharatiya Janata Party
5	Manish Tiwari	2012	2014	Indian National Congress
6	Ambika Soni	2009	2012	Indian National Congress
7	Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi	2005	2009	Indian National Congress
8	Jaipal Reddy	2004	2005	Bharatiya Janata Party
9	Ravi Shankar Prasad	2003	2004	Bharatiya Janata Party
10	Sushma Swaraj	2000	2003	Bharatiya Janata Party
11	Arun Jaitley	1998	2000	Bharatiya Janata Party
12	Jaipal Reddy	1996	1998	Indian National Congress
13	P. A. Sangma	1995	1996	Indian National Congress
14	K. P. Singh Deo	1993	1995	Indian National Congress
15	Ajit Kumar Panja	1991	1993	Indian National Congress
16	Chandra Shekhar	1990	1991	Samajwadi Janata Party
17	P. Upendra	1989	1990	Telugu Desam Party
18	H. K. L. Bhagat	1988	1989	Indian National Congress
19	Ajit K. Panja	1986	1988	All India Trinamool Congress
20	V. N. Gadgil	1985	1986	Indian National Congress
21	H.K.L. Bhagat	1983	1984	Indian National Congress
22	Vasant Sathe	1980	1982	Indian National Congress
23	Vasant Sathe	1979	1980	Indian National Congress
24	L.K. Advani	1977	1979	Janata Party
25	Vidya Charan Shukla	1975	1977	Indian National Congress
26	I. K. Gujral	1975	1975	Indian National Congress
27	Indira Gandhi	1971	1974	Indian National Congress
28	Kodardas Kalidas Shah	1967	1971	Indian National Congress
29	Indira Gandhi	1964	1966	Indian National Congress
30	Satya Narayan Sinha	1963	1964	Indian National Congress
31	B. V. Keskar	1952	1962	Indian National Congress
32	R. R. Diwakar	1949	1952	Indian National Congress
33	Vallabhbhai Patel	1946	1949	Indian National Congress