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 both Houses pass disapproving resolutions. It is also compulsory for a session of Parliament to be held within six months. A total of 679 ordinances have been issued from 1950–2014.
List of Central Government Ordinances since 2001 Year Title of Ordinance Ref.20011Indian Council of World Affairs Ordinance, 20012Taxation Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 20013Indian Council of World Affairs (Second) Ordinance, 20014Food Corporations (Amendment) Ordinance, 20015Live-stock Importation (Amendment) Ordinance, 20016Institute of Technology (Amendment) Ordinance, 20017Companies (Amendment) Ordinance, 20018Passports (Amendment) Ordinance, 20019Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance, 200110Institute of Technology (Amendment) Second Ordinance, 200111Passports (Amendment) Second Ordinance, 200112Prevention of Terrorism (Second) Ordinance, 200120021Central Excise Tariff (Amendment) Ordinance, 20022Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Ordinance, 20023Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest (Second) Ordinance, 20024Representation of the People (Amendment) Ordinance, 20025Unit Trust of India (Transfer of Undertaking and Repeal) Ordinance, 2002 6Securities and Exchange Board of India (Amendment) Ordinance, 20027Delhi Metro Railway (Operation and Maintenance) Ordinance, 2002 2003 1 Customs Tariff (Amendment) Ordinance, 2003 2 Taxation Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2003 3 National Tax Tribunal Ordinance, 2003 4 Prevention of Terrorism (Amendment) Ordinance, 2003 5 Representation of the People (Amendment) Ordinance, 2003 6 Delimitation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2003 7 Indian Telegraph (Amendment) Ordinance, 2003 8 Indian Medicine Central Council (Amendment) Ordinance, 2003 2004 1 Prevention of Terrorism (Repeal) Ordinance, 2004 2 Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Ordinance, 2004 3 Banking Regulation (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Provisions Ordinance, 2004 4 Securities Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2004 5 Enforcement of Security Interest and Recovery of Debts Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2004 6 National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions Ordinance, 2004 7 Patents (Amendment) Ordinance, 2004 8 Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority Ordinance, 2004 2005 1 Central Excise Laws (Amendment and Validation) Ordinance, 2005 2 Citizenship (Amendment) Ordinance, 2005 3 Manipur University Ordinance, 2005 4 Taxation Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2005 2006 1 National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions (Amendment) Ordinance, 2006 2 National Council for Teacher Education (Amendment and Validation) Ordinance, 2006 3 Indian Telegraph (Amendment) Ordinance, 2006 2007 1 Banking Regulation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2007 2 National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (Amendment) Ordinance, 2007 3 National Tax Tribunal (Amendment) Ordinance, 2007 4 Sports Broadcasting Signals (Mandatory Sharing with Prasar Bharati) Ordinance, 2007 5 State Bank of India (Amendment) Ordinance, 2007 6 National Capital Territory of Delhi Law (Special Provisions) Ordinance, 2007 7 National Capital Territory of Delhi Law (Special Provisions) Second Ordinance, 2007 8 Payment of Bonus (Amendment) Ordinance, 2007 2008 1 Delimitation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2008 2 Railways (Amendment) Ordinance, 2008 3 Forward Contracts (Regulation) Amendment Ordinance, 2008 4 Sugar Development Fund (Amendment) Ordinance, 2008 5 Prasar Bharti (Broadcasting Corporation of India) Amendment Ordinance, 2008 6 Food Safety and Standards (Amendment) Ordinance, 2008 7 Employee's State Insurance (Amendment) Ordinance, 2008 8 Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (Amendment) Ordinance, 2008 2009 1 High Court and Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Amendment Ordinance, 2009 2 Central Industrial Security Force (Amendment) Ordinance, 2009 3 Central Universities Ordinance 2009 4 Meghalaya Appropriation (Vote on Account) Ordinance, 2009 5 Meghalaya Appropriation Ordinance, 2009 6 Competition (Amendment) Ordinance, 2009 7 Jharkhand Contingency Fund (Amendment) Ordinance, 2009 8 Central Universities (Amendment) Ordinance, 2009 9 Essential Commodities (Amendment And Validation) Ordinance, 2009 2010 1 Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains (Amendment & Validation) Ordinance, 2010 2 Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Ordinance, 2010 3 Securities and Insurance Laws (Amendment and Validation) Ordinance, 2010 4 Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Ordinance, 2010 2011 1 Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Ordinance, 2011 2 Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Kancheepuram Ordinance, 2011 3 Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Amendment Ordinance, 2011 2012 1 All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (Amendment) Ordinance, 2012 2013 1 Securities and Exchange Board of India (Amendment) Ordinance, 2013 2 Readjustment of Representation of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Ordinance, 2013 3 Criminal Law (Amendment) Ordinance, 2013 4 Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Ordinance, 2013 5 Securities and Exchange Board of India (Amendment) Second Ordinance, 2013 6 Readjustment of Representation of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies (Second) Ordinance, 2013 7 National Food Security Ordinance, 2013 8 Securities Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2013 9 Securities Laws (Amendment) Second Ordinance, 2013 10 Readjustment of Representation of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies (Third) Ordinance, 2013 11 Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Second Ordinance, 2013 2014 1 Scheduled Castes And The Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Ordinance, 2014 2 Securities Laws (Amendment) Odinance, 2014 3 Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Amendment) Ordinance, 2014 4 Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2014 5 Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Ordinance, 2014 6 Textile Undertakings (Nationalisation) Laws (Amendment and Validation) Ordinance, 2014 7 Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Second Ordinance, 2014 8 Insurance Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2014 9 Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency In Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Amendment) Ordinance, 2014 2015 1 Citizenship (Amendment) Ordinance, 2015 2 Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Ordinance, 2015 3 Mines And Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Ordinance, 2015 4 Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Amendment) Ordinance, 2015 5 Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Amendment) Second Ordinance, 2015 6 Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Ordinance, 2015 7 Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Second Ordinance, 2015 8 Commercial Courts, Commercial Division and Commercial Appellate Division of High Courts Ordinance, 2015 9 Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2015 2016 1 Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Ordinance, 2016 2 Uttarakhand Appropriation (Vote on Account) Ordinance, 2016 3 Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Second Ordinance, 2016 4 Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Ordinance, 2016 5 Dentists (Amendment) Ordinance, 2016 6 Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Third Ordinance, 2016 7 Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Fourth Ordinance, 2016 8 Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Fifth Ordinance, 2016 9 Payment of Wages (Amendment) Ordinance, 2016 10 Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Ordinance, 2016 20171Banking Regulation (Amendment) Ordinance, 20172Punjab Municipal Corporation Law (Extension to Chandigarh) Ordinance, 20173Central Goods and Services Tax (Extension to Jammu and Kashmir) Ordinance, 20174Integrated Goods and Services Tax (Extension to Jammu and Kashmir) Ordinance, 20175Goods and Services Tax (Compensation to States) Amendment Ordinance, 20176Indian Forest (Amendment) Ordinance, 20177Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Ordinance, 201720181Fugitive Economic Offenders Ordinance, 2018 2Criminal Law (Amendment) Ordinance, 2018 3Commercial Courts, Commercial Division and Commercial Appellate Division of High Courts (Amendment) Ordinance, 20184Homeopathy Central Council (Amendment) Ordinance, 20185National Sports University Ordinance, 2018 6Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Ordinance, 2018 7Muslim Women (Protection Of Rights On Marriage) Ordinance, 2018 8Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Ordinance, 20189Companies (Amendment) Ordinance, 201820191Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Ordinance, 20192Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Ordinance, 20193Companies (Amendment) Ordinance, 20194Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Second Ordinance, 2019 5Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Second Ordinance, 2019 6Companies (Amendment) Second Ordinance, 20197Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Ordinance, 20198Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Ordinance, 20199Aadhar and Other Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2019 10New Delhi International Arbitration Centre Ordinance, 201911Homeopathy Central Council (Amendment) Ordinance, 201912Special Economic Zones (Amendment) Ordinance, 2019 13Central Educational Institutions (Reservation In Teachers’ Cadre) Ordinance, 201914Prohibition of Electronic Cigarettes (Production, Manufacture, Import, Export, Transport, Sale, Distribution, Storage and Advertisement) Ordinance, 2019 15Taxation Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2019 16Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Ordinance, 201920201Mineral Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 20202Taxation and Other Laws (Relaxation of Certain Provision) Ordinance, 20203Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament (Amendment) Ordinance, 20204Salaries and Allowances of Ministers (Amendment) Ordinance, 20205Epidemic Diseases (Amendment) Ordinance, 20206Homoeopathy Central Council (Amendment) Ordinance, 20207Indian Medicine Central Council (Amendment) Ordinance, 20208Essential Commodities (Amendment) Ordinance, 20209Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Ordinance, 202010Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Ordinance, 202011Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Ordinance, 202012Banking Regulation (Amendment) Ordinance, 202013Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas Ordinance, 202014Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Ordinance, 202020211Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Ordinance, 20212Tribunals Reforms (Rationalisation and Conditions of Service) Ordinance, 20213Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Ordinance, 20214Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas Ordinance, 20215Indian Medicine Central Council (Amendment) Ordinance, 20216Homoeopathy Central Council (Amendment) Ordinance, 20217Essential Defence Services Ordinance, 20218Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Amendment) Ordinance, 20219Central Vigilance Commission (Amendment) Ordinance, 202110Delhi Special Police Establishment (Amendment) Ordinance, 202120231Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Ordinance, 202320251Manipur Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Ordinance, 20252Manipur Goods and Services Tax (Second Amendment) Ordinance, 202520261Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Ordinance, 20262Income-tax (Amendment) Ordinance, 2026
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