The following are the facts at a glance regarding
the National Media Centre
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The National Media Centre (NMC)
was initially conceptualized by the Press Information Bureau (PIB), Ministry of
Information & Broadcasting, Government of India in 1989 to facilitate
greater interaction between the Government and the media with a state-of-
the-art equipped media centre. The National Media Centre has been planned on
the model of media centres in some of the capitals of the world such as
Washington and Tokyo. It will have offices of the PIB as well as special
facilities for the media to enable the Government to interact closely with the
media.
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The National Media Centre located
at 7-E, Raisina Road is in the centre of the city with proximity to Rashtrapati
Bhawan, Government offices, Vigyan Bhavan and Parliament House - the news hub
of Government activities. The location will cut distance and travel time
between events for dignitaries and the media personnel.
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The National Media Centre has a
Press Conference Hall for 283 media persons, a briefing room for about 60
persons, 24 Work stations for the media, a library, media lounge and cafeteria.
The press conference hall and media lounge are wi-fi enabled.
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The project is aimed at further
improving the dissemination of information about Government’s policies and
programmes. The effort is to meet the requirements of the international and
Indian media for their professional and communication needs within the overall
Government of India framework of information dissemination. The facilities
provided will dovetail with current technological advancement in visual and
print media.
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Major Highlights
o World Class Media Center
o Ground + 4 Floors + 2 basements
o Press Conference Hall with seating capacity for 283
persons.
o Media Lounge - Work area facilities for media
personnel
o Committee Room with video conferencing facilities
o Library
o Cafeteria
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Facilities provided:
o Optic fibre internet backbone with redundancy
o Mini Data Centre for application development and
hosting
o Webcast, including live webcast
o Video feed to TV channels outside the building
o Network with redundancy and expandability to 500
nodes
o IT facilities to media persons in work area/Lounge
o Internet Telephony
o AV Video Wall
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The NMC has been constructed by
the National Buildings Construction Corporation (NBCC) over a period of three
years with a total covered area of 13867 sqm. The plot size is 7787.46 sqm
(1.95 acres).
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