# 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. A total of 679 ordinances have been issued from 1950-2014.

## List of Central Government Ordinances since 2003

| Year | Number | Title of Ordinance |
| 2003 | 1 | Great persons (Tariff) Amendment Ordinance, 2003 |
| 2003 | 2 | Taxation Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2003 |
| 2003 | 3 | National Tax Tribunal Ordinance, 2003 |
| 2003 | 4 | Prevention of Terrorism (Amendment) Ordinance, 2003 |
| 2003 | 5 | Representation of the People (Amendment) Ordinance, 2003 |
| 2003 | 6 | Delimitation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2003 |
| 2003 | 7 | Indian Telegraph (Amendment) Ordinance, 2003 |
| 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 |
| 2004 | 5 | Enforcement of Security Interest and Recovery of Debts Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2004 |
| 2004 | 6 | National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions Ordinance |
| 2004 | 7 | Patents (Amendment) Ordinance, 2004 |
| 2004 | 8 | Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority Ordinance |
| 2005 | 1 | Central Excise Laws (Amendment and Validation) Ordinance |
| 2005 | 2 | Citizenship (Amendment) Ordinance |
| 2005 | 3 | Manipur University Ordinance, 2005 |
| 2005 | 4 | Taxation Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2005 |
| 2006 | 1 | National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions (Amendment) Ordinance, 2006 |
| 2006 | 2 | National Council for Teacher Education (Amendment and Validation) Ordinance, 2006 |
| 2006 | 3 | Indian Telegraph (Amendment) Ordinance, 2006 |
| 2007 | 1 | Banking Regulation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2007 |
| 2007 | 2 | National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (Amendment) Ordinance, 2007 |
| 2007 | 3 | National Tax Tribunal (Amendment) Ordinance, 2007 |
| 2007 | 4 | Sports Broadcasting Signals (Mandatory Sharing with Prasar Bharati) Ordinance, 2007 |
| 2007 | 5 | State Bank of India (Amendment) Ordinance, 2007 |
| 2007 | 6 | National Capital Territory of Delhi Law (Special Provisions) Ordinance, 2007 |
| 2007 | 7 | National Capital Territory of Delhi Law (Special Provisions) Second Ordinance, 2007 |
| 2007 | 8 | Payment of Bonus (Amendment) Ordinance, 2007 |
| 2008 | 1 | Delimitation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2008 |
| 2008 | 2 | Railways (Amendment) Ordinance, 2008 |
| 2008 | 3 | Forward contracts (Regulation) Amendment Ordinance, 2008 |
| 2008 | 4 | Sugar Development Fund (Amendment) Ordinance, 2008 |
| 2008 | 5 | Prasar Bharti (Broadcasting Corporation of India) Amendment Ordinance, 2008 |
| 2008 | 6 | Food Safety and Standards (Amendment) Ordinance, 2008 |
| 2008 | 7 | Employee's State Insurance (Amendment) Ordinance, 2008 |
| 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 |
| 2009 | 2 | Central Industrial Security Force (Amendment) Ordinance, 2009 |
| 2009 | 3 | Central Universities Ordinance 2009 |
| 2009 | 4 | Meghalaya Appropriation (Vote on Account) Ordinance, 2009 |
| 2009 | 5 | Meghalaya Appropriation Ordinance, 2008 |
| 2009 | 6 | Competition (Amendment) Ordinance, 2009 |
| 2009 | 7 | Jharkhand Contingency Fund (Amendment) Ordinance, 2009 |
| 2009 | 8 | Central Universities (Amendment) Ordinance, 2009 |
| 2009 | 9 | Essential Commodities (Amendment And Validation) Ordinance, 2009 |
| 2010 | 1 | Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains (Amendment & Validation) Ordinance, 2010 |
| 2010 | 2 | Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Ordinance, 2010 |
| 2010 | 3 | Securities and Insurance Laws (Amendment and Validation) Ordinance, 2010 |
| 2010 | 4 | Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Ordinance, 2010 |
| 2011 | 1 | Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Ordinance, 2011 |
| 2011 | 2 | Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Kancheepuram Ordinance, 2011 |
| 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 |
| 2013 | 2 | Readjustment of Representation of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Ordinance, 2013 |
| 2013 | 3 | Criminal Law (Amendment) Ordinance, 2013 |
| 2013 | 4 | Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Ordinance, 2013 |
| 2013 | 5 | Securities and Exchange Board of India (Amendment) Second Ordinance, 2013 |
| 2013 | 6 | Readjustment of Representation of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies (Second) Ordinance, 2013 |
| 2013 | 7 | National Food Security Ordinance, 2013 |
| 2013 | 8 | Securities Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2013 |
| 2013 | 9 | Securities Laws (Amendment) Second Ordinance, 2013 |
| 2013 | 10 | Readjustment of Representation of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies (Third) Ordinance, 2013 |
| 2013 | 11 | Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Second Ordinance, 2013 |
| 2014 | 1 | Scheduled Castes And The Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Ordinance, 2014 |
| 2014 | 2 | Securities Laws (Amendment) Odinance, 2014 |
| 2014 | 3 | Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Amendment) Ordinance, 2014 |
| 2014 | 4 | Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2014 |
| 2014 | 5 | Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Ordinance, 2014 |
| 2014 | 6 | Textile Undertakings (Nationalisation) Laws (Amendment and Validation) Ordinance, 2014 |
| 2014 | 7 | Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Second Ordinance, 2014 |
| 2014 | 8 | Insurance Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2014 |
| 2014 | 9 | Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency In Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Amendment) Ordinance, 2014 |
| 2015 | 1 | Citizenship (Amendment) Ordinance, 2015 |
| 2015 | 2 | Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Ordinance, 2015 |
| 2015 | 3 | Mines And Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Ordinance, 2015 |
| 2015 | 4 | Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Amendment) Ordinance, 2015 |
| 2015 | 5 | Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Amendment) Second Ordinance, 2015 |
| 2015 | 6 | Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Ordinance, 2015 |
| 2015 | 7 | Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Second Ordinance, 2015 |
| 2015 | 8 | Commercial Courts, Commercial Division and Commercial Appellate Division of High Courts Ordinance, 2015 |
| 2015 | 9 | Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2015 |
| 2016 | 1 | Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Ordinance, 2016 |
| 2016 | 2 | Uttarakhand Appropriation (Vote on Account) Ordinance, 2016 |
| 2016 | 3 | Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Second Ordinance, 2016 |
| 2016 | 4 | Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Ordinance, 2016 |
| 2016 | 5 | Dentists (Amendment) Ordinance, 2016 |
| 2016 | 6 | Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Third Ordinance, 2016 |
| 2016 | 7 | Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Fourth Ordinance, 2016 |
| 2016 | 8 | Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Fifth Ordinance, 2016 |
| 2016 | 9 | Payment of Wages (Amendment) Ordinance, 2016 |
| 2016 | 10 | Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Ordinance, 2016 |
| 2017 | 1 | Goods and Services Tax (Compensation to States) Ordinance, 2017 |
| 2018 | 1 | The Criminal Law Amendment Ordinance, 2018 |
| 2018 | 2 | Companies (Amendment) Ordinance, 2018 |
| 2019 | 1 | Companies (Amendment) Ordinance, 2019 |
| 2019 | 2 | Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Teachers’ Cadre) Ordinance, 2019 |
| 2019 | 3 | The Taxation Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2019 |
| 2020 | 1 | The Epidemic Act 1897 (Amendment) Act Ordinance, 2020 |