Press Information Bureau (PIB) Office Gets New Address

GUWAHATI: The Press Information Bureau (PIB), Regional Outreach Bureau (DAVP, DFP and S&DD) and the Publications Division under the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B) started functioning from its new location at Assam Khadi and Village Industries Board complex at Chandmari in Guwahati from Monday. According to a press release, the office of the Director General of the Northeast Zone under the I&B Ministry covers PIB offices in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura. The NE Zone of the office also covers Regional Outreach Bureau (ROB) offices in Guwahati, Shillong, Imphal and Itanagar, besides around twenty Field Outreach Bureau (FOB) offices.

PIB offices disseminate information regarding politics and programmes of the Central Government, besides media feedback to the ministries and departments concerned. The ROB and FOB offices provide information to people through interpersonal communication, exhibitions and other modes of publicity.

All Government of India offices in Assam can contact PIB, Guwahati at telephone No. 0361-26682371/0361-2664613; email ID: dg.nez-mib@gov.in, Guwahati@pib.nic.in, for publicity of requirements of their ministries and departments. Director General (NE Zone) KS Dhatwala is available at mobile No. 0997183015. ROB head Dr. AM Farooqi is also available at mobile No. 09900948055 and email: rob.guw-boc@gov.in.