Press Communiqué

• A Press Communiqué is an official government notification (a formal, authoritative form of press release) issued through the Press Information Bureau (PIB) under the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, used by ministries to publicly announce decisions of constitutional weight — most commonly appointments, transfers and elevations of judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts by the Ministry of Law and Justice.
• For UPSC, the term is examinable as (a) the instrument of communication between the Executive and the public on Article 124/217/222/224 appointments, and (b) a primary-source document aspirants should learn to read for Polity & Current Affairs.