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 ⓘ surface form: Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (India)
country	India ⓘ
formsPartOf	Union Council of Ministers ⓘ surface form: Union Council of Ministers of India
headquartersLocation	New Delhi, India ⓘ surface form: New Delhi 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 (India) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India

Minister of Information and Broadcasting of India → oversees → Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

Minister of Information and Broadcasting of India → heads → Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

Minister of Information and Broadcasting of India → hasAuthorityOver → Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Films Division of India

Union government ministries of India → includes → Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India) ⓘ

Collected works of Mahatma Gandhi → publisher → Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India) ⓘ

subject surface form: Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi

this entity surface form: Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India

National Film Award for Best Screenplay → presentedBy → Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India

National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer → administeredBy → Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India

National Voters' Day (foundation day) → promotedBy → Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India) ⓘ

subject surface form: National Voters' Day

Doordarshan → partOf → Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (historically)

Doordarshan → regulator → Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

Prasar Bharati → parentOrganization → Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India

FM Rainbow → regulator → Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India

News On AIR → regulator → Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India

National Film Award for Best Direction → presentedBy → Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India

National Film Award for Best Costume Design → presentedBy → Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India

National Film Award for Best Special Effects → presentedBy → Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India

National Film Award for Best Film on Social Issues → presentedBy → Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India

National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali → presentedBy → Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India

National Film Award for Best Actor → presentedBy → Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India

National Film Award for Best Cinematography → presentedBy → Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India

National Film Award for Best Music Direction → presentedBy → Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India

National Film Award for Best Actress → administeredBy → Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India

National Film Award for Best Editing → presentedBy → Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India

National Film Award for Best Art Direction → presentedBy → Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India

National Film Award for Best Choreography → presentedBy → Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India

National Film Award for Best Film on Environment Conservation → presentedBy → Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India

National Film Award for Best Film on National Integration → presentedBy → Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India

National Film Award for Best Film on Child Welfare → presentedBy → Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India

National Film Award for Best Film on Rural Issues → presentedBy → Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India

National Film Award for Best Film on Urban Issues → presentedBy → Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India

National Film Award for Best Film on Health Issues → presentedBy → Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India

National Film Award for Best Film on Education Issues → presentedBy → Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India

National Film Award for Best Film on Human Rights Issues → presentedBy → Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India

National Film Award for Best Film on Historical Issues → presentedBy → Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India

National Film Award for Best Film on Political Issues → presentedBy → Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India

National Film Award for Best Film on Economic Issues → presentedBy → Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India

National Film Award for Best Film on Religious Issues → presentedBy → Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India

National Film Award for Best Film on Future Issues → presentedBy → Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India

National Film Award for Best Film on Cultural Issues → presentedBy → Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India

National Film Award for Best Feature Film in English → associatedWith → Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India) ⓘ

Ministry of Communications (India) → coordinatesWith → Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi → houses → Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India) ⓘ

National Film Award → presentedBy → Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

Governing Council of FTII → associatedWith → Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India

Film Wing → parentOrganization → Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India

Television Wing → affiliation → Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India

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