The allocation to Prasar Bharati, an autonomous body of the government, has been reduced to ₹ 2,555.29 crore from ₹ 2,640.11 crore allocated in the previous financial year.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1 announced an outlay of Rs 3,980.77 crore for the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in the 2022-23 financial year, which is Rs 90 crore less than the previous year.
The allocation to Prasar Bharati, an autonomous body of the government, has been reduced to ₹ 2,555.29 crore from ₹ 2,640.11 crore allocated in the previous financial year.
Among other autonomous bodies, only the budget of the Press Council of India was increased from ₹20 crore last fiscal to ₹27 crore this time.
Films and Television Institute of India (FTII), Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), Children’s Film Society of India and Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute saw their incomes decrease. budget allocation,
For IIMC, the government has earmarked ₹52 crore less than ₹65 crore allocated for 2021-22. The budget of FTII was reduced from ₹58.48 crore last year to ₹55.39 crore this year.
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In the budget, the allocation for broadcasting under the head Social Services has come down from ₹ 2,921.11 crore to ₹ 2,839.29 crore. The budget for ‘Information and Publicity’ was reduced from ₹971.26 crore to ₹942.04 crore.
‘Information and Publicity’ includes the establishment expenditure of media units in the country like Outreach and Communication Bureau, Press Information Bureau, Publications Division, New Media Wing, Registrar of Newspapers of India (RNI), Films Division, National Film Archive. India, Electronic Media Monitoring Center and others.
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Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur described the budget as “profitable”, saying it was a blueprint to fulfill the hopes and aspirations of a new India in the 100th year of independence.
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