Minister of Information and Broadcasting ( India ) - wikipedia Minister of Information and Broadcasting ( India ) The Minister of Information and Broadcasting is the head of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and one of the cabinet ministers of the Government of India. Ministers of Information and Broadcasting No Name Term of office Political party ( Alliance ) Prime Minister Vallabhbhai Patel 2 September 1946 1949 Indian National Congress Jawaharlal Nehru R.R. Diwakar 1949 15 April 1952 B.V. Keskar 1952 1962 Satya Narayan Sinha September 1963 June 1964 Lal Bahadur Shastri Indira Gandhi 1964 1966 6 Kodardas Kalidas Shah 1967 1971 Indian National Congress ( R ) Indira Gandhi ( 5 ) Indira Gandhi 1971 Indian National Congress 7 Inder Kumar Gujral 8 Vidya Charan Shukla 23 March 1977 9 Lal Krishna Advani 24 March 1977 28 July 1979 Janata Party Morarji Desai 10 Purushottam Kaushik 28 July 1979 14 January 1980 Janata Party ( Secular ) Charan Singh 11 Vasant Sathe 1980 1982 Indian National Congress Indira Gandhi 12 H.K.L. Bhagat February 1983 December 1984 Rajiv Gandhi 13 V.N. Gadgil January 1985 October 1986 14 Ajit Kumar Panja 1986 ( 12 ) H.K.L. Bhagat February 1988 December 1989 15 P. Upendra 2 December 1989 10 November 1990 Telugu Desam Party National Front V.P. Singh 16 Chandra Shekhar 1991 Samajwadi Janata Party ( Rashtriya ) Chandra Shekhar ( 14 ) Ajit Kumar Panja 1991 Indian National Congress P.V. Narasimha Rao 17 K.P. Singh Deo January 1993 September 1995 18 P.A. Sangma 1995 19 Jaipal Reddy 1998 Janata Dal National Front H.D. Dewe Gowda I.K. Gujral 20 Arun Jaitley 1998 2000 Bharatiya Janata Party National Democratic Alliance Atal Bihari Vajpayee 21 Sushma Swaraj 30 September 2000 29 January 2003 22 Ravi Shankar Prasad 2003 ( 19 ) Jaipal Reddy 23 May 2004 17 November 2005 Indian National Congress United Progressive Alliance Manmohan Singh 23 Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi November 2005 2009 24 Ambika Soni May 2009 28 October 2012 25 Manish Tewari 28 October 2012 26 May 2014 26 Prakash Javadekar 26 May 2014 9 November 2014 Bharatiya Janata Party National Democratic Alliance Narendra Modi ( 20 ) Arun Jaitley 9 November 2014 5 July 2016 27 Venkaiah Naidu 5 July 2016 17 July 2017 28 Smriti Irani 18 July 2017 14 May 2018 29 Col Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore 14 May 2018 `` Incumbent '' References Jump up ^ `` ( 1 ) ''. External link in title = ( help ) ; Missing or empty url = ( help ) ( 2 ) ( RAJYA SABHA MEMBERS, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, 1952 -- 2003 : D ) Jump up ^ Second Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : KESKAR, DR. B.V. Jump up ^ 4th Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : SINHA. SHRI SATYA NARAYAN Jump up ^ 7th Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : GANDHI, SHRIMATI INDIRA Jump up ^ `` ( 3 ) ''. External link in title = ( help ) ; Missing or empty url = ( help ) ( 4 ) ( RAJYA SABHA MEMBERS, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, 1952 -- 2003 : S ) Jump up ^ `` ( 5 ) ''. External link in title = ( help ) ; Missing or empty url = ( help ) ( 6 ) ( RAJYA SABHA MEMBERS, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, 1952 -- 2003 : S ) Jump up ^ `` Inder Kumar Gujral ''. Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 4 November 2014. Jump up ^ `` Ex-Prime Minister IK Gujral dies at 92 ''. The Tribune. 1 December 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2014. Jump up ^ `` VC Shukla, the man who dared muzzle the Press and Kishore Kumar ''. Hindustan Times. 11 June 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2014. Jump up ^ Sixteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : Advani, Shri Lal Krishna Archived 5 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Jump up ^ 9th Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : KAUSHIK, SHRI PURUSHOTTAM Jump up ^ 9th Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : SATHE, SHRI VASANT ^ Jump up to : 9th Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : BHAGAT, SHRI H.K.L. ^ Jump up to : Minister of State ( Independent Charge ) Jump up ^ 9th Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : GADGIL, SHRI VITHAL NARHAR ^ Jump up to : Thirteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : Panja, Shri Ajit Kumar Jump up ^ `` ( 7 ) ''. External link in title = ( help ) ; Missing or empty url = ( help ) ( 8 ) ( RAJYA SABHA MEMBERS, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, 1952 -- 2003 : U ) Jump up ^ Fourteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : Chandra Shekhar, Shri Jump up ^ Thirteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : Singh Deo, AVSM, Brig. 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Sushma Jump up ^ Fourteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : Dasmunsi, Shri Priya Ranjan Jump up ^ ( 11 ) External links Official Website, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India Government ministries of India President ( List ) Government of India Prime Minister ( List Office ) Deputy Prime Minister Council of Ministers Current Agriculture and Farmers Welfare AYUSH Chemicals and Fertilizers Civil Aviation Coal Commerce and Industry Communications Consumer Affairs Culture Defence Drinking Water and Sanitation Earth Sciences Electronics and Information Technology Environment, Forest and Climate Change External Affiars Finance Food Processing Industries Health and Family Welfare Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Home Affairs Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Human Resource Development Information and Broadcasting Labour and Employment Law and Justice Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Mines Minority Affairs New and Renewable Energy North East Panchayati Raj Parliamentary Affairs Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Petroleum Power Railways Road Transport and Highways Rural Development Science and Technology Shipping Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Social Justice and Empowerment Statistics and Programme Implementation Steel Textiles Tourism Tribal Affairs Urban Development Water Resources Women and Child Development Defunct Communications and Information Technology Overseas Indian Affairs Surface Transport Ministers Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Civil Aviation Coal Commerce and Industry Defence External Affairs Finance Health and Family Welfare Home Affairs Human Resource Development Information and Broadcasting Labour and Employment Law and Justice Minority Affairs North Eastern Region Parliamentary Affairs Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Railways Science and Technology Tribal Affairs Secretaries Cabinet Defence Finance Foreign Home Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Minister_of_Information_and_Broadcasting_(India)&oldid=844077943 '' Categories : Cabinet of India Ministry of Information and Broadcasting ( India ) Hidden categories : CS1 errors : external links Pages using web citations with no URL Webarchive template wayback links EngvarB from July 2016 Use dmy dates from July 2016 Talk About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 2 June 2018, at 12 : 58 ( UTC ). 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Question: who is the information broadcasting minister of india
Answer: Col Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore