The Press Information Bureau was established in June 1919. In 1941, J. Natrajan became the first Indian to be head the Bureau as Principal Information Officer. The organisation's name was changed to the Press Information Bureau in 1946.
With the global economic growth slowing, Morgan Stanley in its research report has revised India's GDP growth estimates to 7.2 percent in FY23 from 7.6 percent and 6.4 percent for FY24 from 6.7 percent.