The Union government’s nodal agency for communicating its policy decisions and programmes to the press. Because its releases are primary government sources rather than reporting about them, they are the preferred citation for scheme and Cabinet-decision questions.
Who runs itFunctions under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
Why it is examinedMost scheme details examined in Prelims trace to a PIB release; reading the original avoids the errors that creep into secondary coverage.
Verify the standing facts against the official source: PIB ↗