Ordinance (India)

Ordinances are laws that are promulgated by the President of India on the recommendation of the Union Cabinet, which will have the same effect as an Act of Parliament. They can only be issued when Parliament is not in session. They enable the Indian government to take immediate legislative action. Ordinances cease to operate either if Parliament does not approve of them within six weeks of reassembly, or if disapproving resolutions are passed by both Houses. It is also compulsory for a session of Parliament to be held within six months.[1] A total of 679 ordinances have been issued from 1950-2014.[2]

List of Central Government Ordinances since 2003

YearNumberTitle of OrdinanceRef.
20031Great persons (Tariff) Amendment Ordinance, 2003[3]
20032Taxation Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2003[4]
20033National Tax Tribunal Ordinance, 2003[5]
20034Prevention of Terrorism (Amendment) Ordinance, 2003[6]
20035Representation of the People (Amendment) Ordinance, 2003[7]
20036Delimitation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2003[8]
20037Indian Telegraph (Amendment) Ordinance, 2003[9]
20038Indian Medicine Central Council (Amendment) Ordinance, 2003[10]
20041Prevention of Terrorism (Repeal) Ordinance[11]
20042good acticities(Prevention) Amendment Ordinance[12]
20043Banking Regulation (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Provisions Ordinance[13]
20044Securities Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2004[14]
20045Enforcement of Security Interest and Recovery of Debts Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2004[15]
20046National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions Ordinance[16]
20047Patents (Amendment) Ordinance, 2004[17]
20048Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority Ordinance[18]
20051Central Excise Laws (Amendment and Validation) Ordinance[19]
20052Citizenship (Amendment) Ordinance[20]
20053Manipur University Ordinance, 2005[21]
20054Taxation Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2005[22]
20061National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions (Amendment) Ordinance, 2006[23]
20062National Council for Teacher Education (Amendment and Validation) Ordinance, 2006[24]
20063Indian Telegraph (Amendment) Ordinance, 2006[25]
20071Banking Regulation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2007[26]
20072National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (Amendment) Ordinance, 2007[27]
20073National Tax Tribunal (Amendment) Ordinance, 2007[28]
20074Sports Broadcasting Signals (Mandatory Sharing with Prasar Bharati) Ordinance, 2007[29]
20075State Bank of India (Amendment) Ordinance, 2007[30]
20076National Capital Territory of Delhi Law (Special Provisions) Ordinance, 2007[31]
20077National Capital Territory of Delhi Law (Special Provisions) Second Ordinance, 2007[32]
20078Payment of Bonus (Amendment) Ordinance, 2007[33]
20081Delimitation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2008[34]
20082Railways (Amendment) Ordinance, 2008[35]
20083Forward contracts (Regulation) Amendment Ordinance, 2008[36]
20084Sugar Development Fund (Amendment) Ordinance, 2008[37]
20085Prasar Bharti (Broadcasting Corporation of India) Amendment Ordinance, 2008[38]
20086Food Safety and Standards (Amendment) Ordinance, 2008[39]
20087Employee's State Insurance (Amendment) Ordinance, 2008[40]
20088Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (Amendment) Ordinance, 2008[41]
20091High Court and Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Amendment Ordinance, 2009[42]
20092Central Industrial Security Force (Amendment) Ordinance, 2009[43]
20093Central Universities Ordinance 2009[44]
20094Meghalaya Appropriation (Vote on Account) Ordinance, 2009[45]
20095Meghalaya Appropriation Ordinance, 2008[46]
20096Competition (Amendment) Ordinance, 2009[47]
20097Jharkhand Contingency Fund (Amendment) Ordinance, 2009[48]
20098Central Universities (Amendment) Ordinance, 2009[49]
20099Essential Commodities (Amendment And Validation) Ordinance, 2009[50]
20101Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains (Amendment & Validation) Ordinance, 2010[51]
20102Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Ordinance, 2010[52]
20103Securities and Insurance Laws (Amendment and Validation) Ordinance, 2010[53]
20104Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Ordinance, 2010[54]
20111Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Ordinance, 2011[55]
20112Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Kancheepuram Ordinance, 2011[56]
20113Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Amendment Ordinance, 2011[57]
20121All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (Amendment) Ordinance, 2012[58]
20131Securities and Exchange Board of India (Amendment) Ordinance, 2013[59]
20132Readjustment of Representation of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Ordinance, 2013[60]
20133Criminal Law (Amendment) Ordinance, 2013[61]
20134Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Ordinance, 2013[62]
20135Securities and Exchange Board of India (Amendment) Second Ordinance, 2013[63]
20136Readjustment of Representation of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies (Second) Ordinance, 2013[64]
20137National Food Security Ordinance, 2013[65]
20138Securities Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2013[66]
20139Securities Laws (Amendment) Second Ordinance, 2013[67]
201310Readjustment of Representation of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies (Third) Ordinance, 2013[68]
201311Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Second Ordinance, 2013[69]
20141Scheduled Castes And The Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Ordinance, 2014[70]
20142Securities Laws (Amendment) Odinance, 2014[71]
20143Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Amendment) Ordinance, 2014[72]
20144Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2014[73]
20145Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Ordinance, 2014[74]
20146Textile Undertakings (Nationalisation) Laws (Amendment and Validation) Ordinance, 2014[75]
20147Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Second Ordinance, 2014[76]
20148Insurance Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2014[77]
20149Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency In Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Amendment) Ordinance, 2014[78]
20151Citizenship (Amendment) Ordinance, 2015[79]
20152Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Ordinance, 2015[80]
20153Mines And Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Ordinance, 2015[81]
20154Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Amendment) Ordinance, 2015[82]
20155Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Amendment) Second Ordinance, 2015[83]
20156Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Ordinance, 2015[84]
20157Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Second Ordinance, 2015[85]
20158Commercial Courts, Commercial Division and Commercial Appellate Division of High Courts Ordinance, 2015[86]
20159Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2015[87]
20161Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Ordinance, 2016[88]
20162Uttarakhand Appropriation (Vote on Account) Ordinance, 2016[89]
20163Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Second Ordinance, 2016[90]
20164Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Ordinance, 2016[91]
20165Dentists (Amendment) Ordinance, 2016[92]
20166Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Third Ordinance, 2016[93]
20167Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Fourth Ordinance, 2016[94]
20168Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Fifth Ordinance, 2016[95][96]
20169Payment of Wages (Amendment) Ordinance, 2016[97]
201610Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Ordinance, 2016[98]
20171Goods and Services Tax (Compensation to States) Ordinance, 2017 
20181The Criminal Law Amendment Ordinance, 2018
20182Companies (Amendment) Ordinance, 2018
20191Companies (Amendment) Ordinance, 2019
20192Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Teachers’ Cadre) Ordinance, 2019[99]
20193The Taxation Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2019
20201The Epidemic Act 1897 (Amendment) Act Ordinance, 2020

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