The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has ordered the functional integration of the Press Information Bureau (PIB) and the Central Bureau of Communication (CBC) into a single unified organisation that will continue to be called the Press Information Bureau, according to an office memorandum dated November 12, 2026, reported by Storyboard18. The integration takes effect immediately.

Source: Storyboard18

At the headquarters level, the CBC office will be integrated with PIB. The combined entity will be headed by the Director General (Coordination), PIB, New Delhi, who will report to the Chairman of the Communication Board — a post held by the Principal Director General of PIB — and all Additional Director General-level Indian Information Service officers from the erstwhile PIB and CBC will report to the DG (Coordination).

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The organisational chart attached to the memorandum divides key functions among six Additional Director Generals. Navneet Kaur will handle billing and administration, while Ajay Aggarwal has been assigned the making and release of audio-visual material, outdoor publicity and new media, exchange4media reported.

Source: exchange4media

R K Jain named DG (Coordination) in a same-day posting order

In a separate order issued the same day, the ministry transferred and posted six Indian Information Service Group 'A' officers. R K Jain, who was serving as Director General (News) in the News Services Division of All India Radio, with additional charge as Director General, AIR, has been posted as DG (Coordination), PIB, New Delhi.

Source: Legend Officers

The two bodies have carried different halves of the government's communication work: PIB is the official channel that issues press releases, backgrounders and briefings on government policies and programmes, while the CBC — formerly the Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity — handles government advertising and publicity campaigns. The ministry had earlier, on June 6, 2022, ordered the functional integration of the regional and field offices of PIB and CBC; the November 12 memorandum takes that process to the headquarters and places both under one PIB structure.

Source: Storyboard18

What happens next is the phased rollout beyond Delhi: the memorandum says the integration at state and branch levels will be replicated step by step, but it does not specify a deadline for completing the exercise. Sources: Storyboard18, November 13, 2026; exchange4media, November 12, 2026; Legend Officers, November 12, 2026.