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IN-R-00003-6

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Legal name: Press Council of India
Country: India
Type: Regulator
Founded: 1966
Head: Ranjana Prakash Desai (Chairperson; Judge (Retd.), Supreme Court of India; per MIB Annual Report 2024-25)
Claim: Not claimed by the organisation
Last verified: 14 August 2026

1 of 5 layers verified

Origin Partly verified
Control Not yet verified
Money Not yet verified
Channels Verified
Networks Nothing disclosed

Transparency

Partial

5 of 6 key disclosures on record, 1 of them checked by our researchers.

Legal name on record, not yet checked
Who leads it on record, not yet checked
How it is funded on record, not yet checked
Legal basis or parent body on record, not yet checked
Public contact address not disclosed
Official websites and accounts verified

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Origin

Partly verified

Brand names Pending check: PCI
Registration number Pending check: (Re-established in 1979 under the Press Council Act, 1978; first set up in 1966 under the Indian Press Council Act, 1965)
Registered address: Not disclosed
Public contact email: Not disclosed

2 sources

Who stands behind it?

Control

Not yet verified

Owner or founding authority Pending check: Owner Holding Owner type
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (administers the Press Council Act, 1978; lists the PCI as an autonomous organisation) Direct State or public body
State or public-body ownership Pending check: Fully state-owned
Answers to Pending check: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India

Owner	Holding	Owner type
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (administers the Press Council Act, 1978; lists the PCI as an autonomous organisation)	Direct	State or public body

2 sources

Who pays?

Money

Not yet verified

How it is funded Pending check: Source
State budget
Fees, levies and own income
Budget and funding bodies Pending check: Funder Type Note
Central Government of India (grants-in-aid after appropriation by Parliament) Government or public body plus a graded fee levied on newspapers

Source
State budget
Fees, levies and own income

Funder	Type	Note
Central Government of India (grants-in-aid after appropriation by Parliament)	Government or public body	plus a graded fee levied on newspapers

1 source

Press Council of India, Introduction of PCI, read 2026-10-20 (re-established 1979 under the Press Council Act, 1978, first set up 1966 under the 1965 Act; statutory quasi-judicial autonomous body corporate; Chairman plus 28 members incl. five MPs nominated by the Lok Sabha Speaker and Rajya Sabha Chairman; funded by Central Government grants-in-aid after appropriation by Parliament and a graded fee levied on newspapers)

Where does it appear?

Channels

Verified

Official websites Verified: presscouncil.nic.in
Official social accounts: Not disclosed

1 source

Press Council of India, Introduction of PCI, read 2026-10-20 (re-established 1979 under the Press Council Act, 1978, first set up 1966 under the 1965 Act; statutory quasi-judicial autonomous body corporate; Chairman plus 28 members incl. five MPs nominated by the Lok Sabha Speaker and Rajya Sabha Chairman; funded by Central Government grants-in-aid after appropriation by Parliament and a graded fee levied on newspapers)

Who is connected?

Networks

Nothing disclosed

Agencies and funds under it: Not disclosed
Public-office or party roles of board members: Not disclosed

Change history

Version	Date	What changed
2	20 October 2026	Updated from research database (Origin, Control, Money, Channels)
1	19 October 2026	First published

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