Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)

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Federal ministry Ministry of the Government of India

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India) is the central government ministry responsible for regulating and overseeing the country’s information, broadcasting, film, and media sectors.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India	32
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India) canonical	6
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting	5
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India	3
Films Division of India	1
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (historically)	1
Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1410116 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)
Context triple: [All India Radio, affiliation, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)]

A. Prasar Bharati
Prasar Bharati is India’s autonomous public service broadcasting corporation, overseeing major national radio and television networks.
B. Minister of Information and Broadcasting of India
The Minister of Information and Broadcasting of India is the cabinet-level government official responsible for overseeing the country’s media, film, broadcasting, and information dissemination policies.
C. Doordarshan
Doordarshan is India’s public service broadcaster and one of the country’s oldest and most widely accessible television networks.
D. Ministry of Culture, Government of India
The Ministry of Culture, Government of India is the central government body responsible for preserving and promoting the country’s cultural heritage, arts, and historical institutions.
E. Central Hindi Directorate
The Central Hindi Directorate is an Indian government body responsible for promoting, standardizing, and developing the Hindi language across the country.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)
Target entity description: The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India) is the central government ministry responsible for regulating and overseeing the country’s information, broadcasting, film, and media sectors.

A. Prasar Bharati
Prasar Bharati is India’s autonomous public service broadcasting corporation, overseeing major national radio and television networks.
B. Minister of Information and Broadcasting of India
The Minister of Information and Broadcasting of India is the cabinet-level government official responsible for overseeing the country’s media, film, broadcasting, and information dissemination policies.
C. Doordarshan
Doordarshan is India’s public service broadcaster and one of the country’s oldest and most widely accessible television networks.
D. Ministry of Culture, Government of India
The Ministry of Culture, Government of India is the central government body responsible for preserving and promoting the country’s cultural heritage, arts, and historical institutions.
E. Central Hindi Directorate
The Central Hindi Directorate is an Indian government body responsible for promoting, standardizing, and developing the Hindi language across the country.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Federal ministry ⓘ Ministry of the Government of India ⓘ
collaboratesWith	Ministry of Communications (India) ⓘ Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (India) ⓘ linked to: Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
country	India ⓘ
formsPartOf	Union Council of Ministers of India ⓘ linked to: Union Council of Ministers
headquartersLocation	New Delhi ⓘ linked to: New Delhi, India Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi ⓘ
issues	broadcasting policy guidelines ⓘ community radio guidelines ⓘ uplinking and downlinking guidelines for TV channels ⓘ
jurisdiction	Government of India ⓘ
language	English ⓘ Hindi ⓘ
oversees	All India Radio ⓘ Broadcast Engineering Consultants India Limited ⓘ Central Board of Film Certification ⓘ Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity ⓘ Directorate of Film Festivals ⓘ Doordarshan ⓘ Electronic Media Monitoring Centre ⓘ Film and Television Institute of India ⓘ Films Division of India ⓘ National Film Development Corporation of India ⓘ Prasar Bharati ⓘ Press Council of India ⓘ Press Information Bureau ⓘ Registrar of Newspapers for India ⓘ Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute ⓘ
parentOrganization	Government of India ⓘ
regulates	advertising standards in government media ⓘ cinema in India ⓘ radio broadcasting in India ⓘ television broadcasting in India ⓘ
responsibleFor	administration of All India Radio ⓘ administration of Doordarshan ⓘ administration of Prasar Bharati ⓘ broadcasting policy in India ⓘ film sector regulation in India ⓘ information policy in India ⓘ media sector regulation in India ⓘ
sector	broadcasting ⓘ digital media ⓘ electronic media ⓘ film ⓘ information ⓘ print media ⓘ
typeOfDepartment	nodal ministry for information and broadcasting ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (49)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

All India Radio → affiliation → Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India) ⓘ

Sansad TV → regulator → Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India) ⓘ

Film and Television Institute of India → affiliation → Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India ⓘ