The total number of members in the Press Council of India are :

Under section 5 of the Press Council Act, 1978, the Press Council of India consists of a Chairman and 28 other members. These 28 members are drawn from working journalists, newspaper owners and managers, news agency managers, persons with special knowledge in culture, literature, science, law and education, and members of the two Houses of Parliament. The figure of 28 counts the members other than the Chairman, who is nominated by a committee of the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, the Speaker of the Lok Sabha and a person elected by the members.