Press Release

• Press Information Bureau (PIB) is the nodal agency of the Government of India for disseminating information to print and electronic media on government policies, programmes, initiatives and achievements.
• It is a subordinate office under the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (MoI&B).
• For UPSC, "press release" matters as (a) a primary source for current affairs, (b) the centre of the Fact-Check Unit (FCU) free-speech debate, and (c) an institution with a century-old colonial lineage worth knowing for GS-II governance questions.