The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting’s actual expenditures for fiscal 2021-22 stands at Rs 3728.99 crore, as per a report released by the government.

As per the Accounts at Glance 2021-22 report, the total budget of the ministry for the year was Rs 4079.71 crore, comprising a revenue budget of Rs 4058.61 crore and capital of Rs 21.10 crore. 

Rs 4003.27crore (2018-19)

Rs 4032.36 crore (2019-2020)

Rs 3380.44 crore (2020-21).

For 2021-22, the expenditure on broadcasting was Rs 2790.71 crore while on information it was Rs 593.54 crore and on films it was Rs 259.29 crore. 

Meanwhile, the MIB released grants-in-aid amounting to Rs 2790.71 crore to Prasar Bharati in 2021-22. In the last three years, the ministry has released Rs 8823.60 crore to Prasar Bharati – Rs 3124.76 crore (2019-20); Rs 2908.13 crore (2020-21) and Rs 2790.71 crore (2021-22). 

The MIB’s total receipts in the consolidated fund during 2021-22 stood at Rs 2001.80 crore - Rs 2001.33 crore from the revenue account and Rs 0.47 crore from loans and advances. The total revenue receipts comprise Rs 36.64 crore Gross Tax Revenue and Rs 1964.69 crore Gross Non-Tax Revenue, including a non-tax receipt amounting to Rs 1809.08 crore. According to the report, the major contributions towards receipts were from broadcasting (Rs 1761.25 crore). 

The ministry is functionally divided into three sectors - Information, Broadcasting and Films. There are 10 media units/ attached and subordinate offices, three autonomous bodies, three training institutes and two Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs).

The Electronic Media Monitoring Centre (EMMC), set up in 2008, monitors news channels to check for violations of programme and advertising codes under relevant provisions of the Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995. EMMC has the technical infrastructure to acquire, record, store and retrieve the contents of up to 900 TV channels on a real-time basis. 

In the last three years, EMMC has spent Rs 51.66 crore - Rs 19.31 crore (2019-2020); Rs 13.61 crore (2020-2021) and Rs 18.74 crore (2021-22).

Furthermore, receipts of DTH in the last three years stood at Rs 647.23 for 2019-20, Rs 1559.27 crore for 2020-21 and Rs 1581.41 crore in 2021-22.