Jaideep Bhatnagar takes over as Principal Director General of PIB

Jaideep Bhatnagar has taken over as Principal Director General, Press Information Bureau. He takes over from Shri Kuldeep Singh Dhatwalia who superannuated on 28th February 2021.

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It is one of the media units working under the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India.

It is the nodal agency for public communication and media relations for the entire Union Government of India

It is based in National Media Centre, New Delhi.

It was established in 1919 as a small cell under Home Ministry under the British government.

In 2019, the PIB set up a fact-checking unit to check government related news.