NEW DELHI: The total budget of the Information and Broadcasting Ministry has been raised to Rs 3711.11 crore for 2015-16 against the revised budget of Rs...
NEW DELHI: Perhaps because he is also holding the Information and Broadcasting portfolio, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, on Saturday, announced certain concessions long sought for by...
NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Saturday, that the National Optical Fibre Network Programme (NOFNP) of 7.5 lakh kms networking 2.5 lakh villages is...
MUMBAI: If Suresh Prabhu’s Rail Budget spelt out a pro – poor stanza, then Arun Jaitley has recited a pro-poor poetry while presenting the Union Budget....
MUMBAI: Private sector is one of the largest contributor to Indian economy and the first step towards economic reform would be making an investor friendly scenario....
MUMBAI: The Digital India idea conceptualised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has caused some excitement within established and start up companies in the technology and e-commerce...
MUMBAI: A government with absolute majority backed by historical mandate is certain to garner huge aspirations. And now it’s time to meet the expectations that National...
NEW DELHI: With the nation waiting for the maiden Narendra Modi government’s Budget 2015, every sector is speaking its heart out with regards to their expectation...
MUMBAI: Will Arun Jaitley successfully meet the expectations of the common man or are the aspirations too high? Will we get new schools and colleges? Will...
NEW DELHI: Following the controversy that arose when a government advertisement relating to Republic Day reproduced the original Preamble to the Constitution, the Government has given...
NEW DELHI: The Broadcasting industry should be granted infrastructure status to push the digitisation agenda of the government. In its wish-list submitted to Finance Minister...
NEW DELHI: Information and Broadcasting Ministry (I&B) Arun Jaitley said that all efforts need to be taken to give the concept of India as a film...
In an exclusive interview US treasury secretary Jack Lew tells NDTV Profit that he believes that the recovery in US is not fragile though he remains concerned...
NEW DELHI: Information and Broadcasting Minister Arun Jaitley today stressed that books and other knowledge products presently in printed format ought to be made available through...
NEW DELHI: Information and Broadcasting Minister Arun Jaitley has said that the future belonged to digital media due to its reach, scale, variety and accessibility as...
NEW DELHI: The launch of the 24-hour channel devoted to farmers and rural India – DD Kisan – has been pushed back by three months to Baisakhi...
MUMBAI: From a recent speech of Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Minister Arun Jaitley, speculation was drawn of a probable increase in foreign direct investment (FDI) cap...
MUMBAI: While delivering speech at the first Justice J. S Verma Memorial lecture Information and Broadcasting Minster of India Arun Jaitley opposed the concept of Ad Cap in...
NEW DELHI: Reiterating that the government is not inclined to interfere in the content or the business of media entities, Information and Broadcasting minister Arun...
MUMBAI: The Minister for Finance, Corporate Affairs and Information & Broadcasting, Arun Jaitley has said that in the last two decades, conventional contours of the issues...
MUMBAI: “We Will Lead the Way, the Way We Have Led, Triumphs Behind, Triumphs Ahead” was the slogan that resonated at the 10th chapter of the...
NEW DELHI: Information and Broadcasting Minister Arun Jaitley has said the Multimedia Exhibition mounted by DAVP on former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee would serve as...
MUMBAI: Two of the biggest initiatives taken by the new government since it took charge in June this year have been – Swachch Bharat and Digital...
NEW DELHI: The government hopes to increase the capacity of the state-of-art Electronic Media Monitoring Centre (EMMC), which currently monitors around 300 television channels, to 1500...
MUMBAI: “Fortune favours the brave, and the BJP has made the most softening global crude prices. Not only has it boosted the fiscal health of the...
MUMBAI: The ‘Hindi Jagat Ka Maha Manch’ is getting bigger every year, as Aaj Tak the Nation’s News Leader presents the 3rd Edition of the award...
NEW DELHI: The Kisan channel is expected to be launched early next year, as soon as the procedures under the existing rules and norms are completed....
MUMBAI: India’s longest running television show ‘Aap Ki Adalat’ saw a gathering of icons including those from politics, sports, business and spirituality who came together to...
NEW DELHI: Even as the government wants to commence the expansion of phase III of FM radio to bring in additional revenue, there appears to be...
MUMBAI: Information and Broadcasting Minister Arun Jaitley has said that the Indian film industry has come of age in view of the diversity it offers with...
NEW DELHI: Several producers who have made some memorable series for Doordarshan have promised to return if certain changes are made in the pattern of the...
NEW DELHI: Information and Broadcasting Minister Arun Jaitley said today that filmmakers and creative people should use modern tools like cinema to spread knowledge and learning....
NEW DELHI: Information and Broadcasting Minister Arun Jaitley has emphasised the importance of the digitisation programme in providing better quality of service, wider choice of content...
NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, who was given additional charge of Information and Broadcasting Ministry, today said the paradigms of information have expanded with the...
MUMBAI: A few months into the Narendra Modi government and Prakash Javadekar taking charge as the Minister of State (independent charge) of the Information and Broadcasting...
NEW DELHI: In keeping with the new initiatives on social media, Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar has launched a personal website whereby he can interact...
MUMBAI: Stocks of real estate developers in India soared when Finance Minister Arun Jaitley promised to provide incentives for the real estate investment trusts (REIT). But...
MUMBAI: Bloomberg TV India, the nation’s leading English business news channel, is launching the first of its kind show – Tracking the Recovery – Real Estate. ...
MUMBAI: Headlines Today dominate the FM interview ratings in the English News genre with Karan Thapar’s, ‘Nothing But The Truth’ special show. The channel took coverage...
MUMBAI: Upholding their legacy of 15 years of leadership, CNBC-TV18 has once again emerged decisively as the No.1 channel during Budget 2014 with 67 per cent...
NEW DELHI: Even as details are being worked out by Prasar Bharati in consultation with the stakeholders for a Krishi (farmer) channel as outlined by the...
KOLKATA: Praising the proposal made by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to accord Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI) in Kolkata the status of ‘Institute of...
NEW DELHI: The grants-in-aid for Prasar Bharati has been raised from the revised estimates of Rs 2089.56 crore in 2013-14 to Rs 2421.58 crore, even as...
MUMBAI: Budget 2014 brought with it the announcement that the 12.36 per cent service tax would be levied on online and mobile advertising also. These two...
NEW DELHI: Basic customs duty at 10 per cent has been imposed on specified telecommunication products that are outside the purview of the Information Technology Agreement...
MUMBAI: Just as Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presented Budget for the year 2014-15, stock markets showed positive signs. However, by the end of the day it...
MUMBAI: Even as India has one of the highest cable TV homes in the world, it is set to get even higher with the latest announcement...
MUMBAI: Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar has told the Lok Sabha that the government is serious about its plan of digitising Doordarshan’s analogue terrestrial network....
MUMBAI: The sports sector in India has received a major push in the Budget 2014 presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. The FM announced that...
MUMBAI: After announcing the new Rs 100 crore 24 hour channel for farmers in the country, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has declared that a new...