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The Information and Broadcasting Ministry has been allocated ₹4551.94 crore successful the Union Budget, with a important magnitude marked for Prasar Bharati, India's nationalist broadcaster, too funds for endowment improvement successful animation, ocular effects and gaming and supporting the assemblage vigor movement.
In the Budget 2026-27 presented by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman successful Lok Sabha connected Sunday (February 1, 2026), ₹1476.83 crore has been allocated for accusation and publicity, against the revised estimation of ₹1207.67 crore marked successful 2025-26.
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A full magnitude of ₹4551.94 crore has been allocated for the Information and Broadcasting Ministry arsenic against the revised estimation of ₹6103.02 crore for 2025-26.
The fund for the coming fiscal twelvemonth allocated ₹2291.88 crore for Prasar Bharati and the magnitude volition beryllium spent for wage and pension among different expenses.
The fund besides covers expenditure of the authorities media units similar the Central Bureau of Communication, Press Information Bureau, Publications Division, New Media Wing, Electronic Media Monitoring Centre, among others.
A sum of ₹509.24 crore has been allocated for the Broadcasting Infrastructure Network Development, portion the revised estimation for it successful 2025-26 was ₹550 crore.
The strategy implemented done Prasar Bharati aims astatine digitalisation and FMisation of the AIR Network, upgradation of the capableness of the DTH level to accommodate much channels and enriching viewers' experience.
An magnitude of ₹344.55 crore has been allocated for the improvement connection and dissemination of filmic content, nether which the authorities promotes and preserves Indian cinema by means of movie festivals, accumulation of caller films and documentaries. The revised estimation successful 2025-26 was ₹423.89 crore.
The fund allocated ₹250 crore for the improvement connection and accusation dissemination, nether which the authorities generates consciousness successful citizens astir assorted schemes and programmes to alteration the people beneficiaries to avail the benefits of the developmental schemes and elicit people's information successful process of development. In 2025-27, a sum of ₹196.11 crore was allocated for this.
A sum of ₹8 crore has been allocated for supporting the assemblage vigor question successful India nether which is simply a important connection tool, peculiarly successful communities wherever astir radical neither work nor write. The aforesaid magnitude was allocated successful the fund 2025-26.
An allocation of ₹250 crore has been made for endowment improvement successful animation, ocular effects, gaming and comics (AVGC) sector, nether which the authorities promotes India and its younker arsenic leaders successful contented instauration by mounting up AVGC contented creator labs successful 15,000 secondary schools and 500 colleges.
The fund allocated ₹89.97 crore for Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, ₹80 crore for the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI), Kolkata, ₹83 crore for Indian Institute of Mass Communication, ₹11.22 crore for Press Council of India and ₹35 crore for National Film Development Corporation (NFDC).
An magnitude of ₹111.22 crore has besides been allocated for the Northeastern areas for the societal services sector.
