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INTRODUCTION
Photo Division, an independent media unit meant for visual support for the varied activities of the
Government of India, is a subordinate office of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and
the biggest production unit of its kind in the country in the field of photography.
Photo Division was established on 6 th October 1959 as an integrated Photo Unit which was
renamed as Photo Division in the early sixties. Government of India took a decision to establish
this organization in the end of fifties, integrating the photo studio of the Publication Division and
the Photo Unit of the Press Information Bureau & D.A.V.P. in view of the importance of the
medium for right projection of the development of the country and also keeping in view of
eliminating the duplication of the activities.
The Division is responsible for visual documentation and the preparing photographs both in
Black & White and Colour initially for both of internal and external publicity on behalf of the
Government of India.
FUNCTION/PROGRAMME
The major function of the Photo Division is to document photographically, the growth,
Development and the political, economical and social changes in the country and to provide
visuals (still) to the media units of the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting and other Central
and State Government Agencies, Ministries/Departments including President Secretariat, VicePresident Secretariat, Prime Ministers Office, Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha Secretariats and Indian
Missions abroad through XP Division of the Ministry of External Affairs.
External Publicity Division of the Ministry of External Affairs and the P.I.B get the major chunks of
the services provided by the Photo Division. While PIB uses the picture taken by the Division for
the day-to day feeding to the Press through Internet, DAVP depends on the complete visual
support from the archives of the Division, which is developed during the last four decades for the
preparation/production of various kind of Exhibition/advertising materials to be circulated
amongst the large population of the country. On the other hand External Publicity Division of the
Ministry of External Affairs takes a major chunks of its production for the external publicity of the
Government of India. This includes extensive documentation of the visit of all the Heads of
States/Government of Foreign countries and presentation of the albums of the documentation of
those visits on the departure of VVIPs.
The Division also supplies photographs on payment both in Black & White and Colour to the nonpublicity organizations and general public through its Pricing Scheme.