The Directorate of Field Publicity is one of the Media Units of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and is engaged in the task of publicising various programmes and policies of the Government with its network of 207 Field Publicity Units and 22 Regional Offices in addition to its Headquarter in New Delhi.

 

                Initially DFP started in 1953 with 32 Field Units and four  Regional Offices as mobile units to  execute their work.  The set-up was then created under the integrated publicity programme  and  named "Five Year   Plan Publicity Organisation". The Ministry directly exercised administrative control over the Units and Regional Offices.  Later a full-fledged Directorate was constituted in 1959 to supervise and control the activities of the Field Units and it came to be called as "Directorate of Field Publicity".

 

                After the Sino-India war in 1962 and the Indo-Pak War in 1965 some radical changes in the approach and working of DFP became necessary in view of the urgent need for boosting the nation’s morale and for mentally preparing the people to meet any external threat.   Accordingly 34 more units were   added to the Directorate in 1963 and another 33 in 1965 for   publicity exclusively in the border areas.   Presently, out of the present strength of 207 Field Units, 72 are Border Units.