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 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 2003
| Year | Number | Title of Ordinance | Ref. |
| 2003 | 1 | Great persons Amendment Ordinance, 2003 | |
| 2003 | 2 | Taxation Laws Ordinance, 2003 | |
| 2003 | 3 | National Tax Tribunal Ordinance, 2003 | |
| 2003 | 4 | Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance, 2003 | |
| 2003 | 5 | Representation of the People Ordinance, 2003 | |
| 2003 | 6 | Delimitation Ordinance, 2003 | |
| 2003 | 7 | Indian Telegraph Ordinance, 2003 | |
| 2003 | 8 | Indian Medicine Central Council Ordinance, 2003 | |
| 2004 | 1 | Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance | |
| 2004 | 2 | Unlawful activities Amendment Ordinance | |
| 2004 | 3 | Banking Regulation and Miscellaneous Provisions Ordinance | |
| 2004 | 4 | Securities Laws Ordinance, 2004 | |
| 2004 | 5 | Enforcement of Security Interest and Recovery of Debts Laws Ordinance, 2004 | |
| 2004 | 6 | National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions Ordinance | |
| 2004 | 7 | Patents Ordinance, 2004 | |
| 2004 | 8 | Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority Ordinance | |
| 2005 | 1 | Central Excise Laws Ordinance | |
| 2005 | 2 | Citizenship Ordinance | |
| 2005 | 3 | Manipur University Ordinance, 2005 | |
| 2005 | 4 | Taxation Laws Ordinance, 2005 | |
| 2006 | 1 | National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions Ordinance, 2006 | |
| 2006 | 2 | National Council for Teacher Education Ordinance, 2006 | |
| 2006 | 3 | Indian Telegraph Ordinance, 2006 | |
| 2007 | 1 | Banking Regulation Ordinance, 2007 | |
| 2007 | 2 | National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research Ordinance, 2007 | |
| 2007 | 3 | National Tax Tribunal Ordinance, 2007 | |
| 2007 | 4 | Sports Broadcasting Signals Ordinance, 2007 | |
| 2007 | 5 | State Bank of India Ordinance, 2007 | |
| 2007 | 6 | National Capital Territory of Delhi Law Ordinance, 2007 | |
| 2007 | 7 | National Capital Territory of Delhi Law Second Ordinance, 2007 | |
| 2007 | 8 | Payment of Bonus Ordinance, 2007 | |
| 2008 | 1 | Delimitation Ordinance, 2008 | |
| 2008 | 2 | Railways Ordinance, 2008 | |
| 2008 | 3 | Forward contracts Amendment Ordinance, 2008 | |
| 2008 | 4 | Sugar Development Fund Ordinance, 2008 | |
| 2008 | 5 | Prasar Bharti Amendment Ordinance, 2008 | |
| 2008 | 6 | Food Safety and Standards Ordinance, 2008 | |
| 2008 | 7 | Employee's State Insurance Ordinance, 2008 | |
| 2008 | 8 | Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority Ordinance, 2008 | |
| 2009 | 1 | High Court and Supreme Court Judges Amendment Ordinance, 2009 | |
| 2009 | 2 | Central Industrial Security Force Ordinance, 2009 | |
| 2009 | 3 | Central Universities Ordinance 2009 | |
| 2009 | 4 | Meghalaya Appropriation Ordinance, 2009 | |
| 2009 | 5 | Meghalaya Appropriation Ordinance, 2008 | |
| 2009 | 6 | Competition Ordinance, 2009 | |
| 2009 | 7 | Jharkhand Contingency Fund Ordinance, 2009 | |
| 2009 | 8 | Central Universities Ordinance, 2009 | |
| 2009 | 9 | Essential Commodities Ordinance, 2009 | |
| 2010 | 1 | Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Ordinance, 2010 | |
| 2010 | 2 | Indian Medical Council Ordinance, 2010 | |
| 2010 | 3 | Securities and Insurance Laws Ordinance, 2010 | |
| 2010 | 4 | Enemy Property Ordinance, 2010 | |
| 2011 | 1 | Indian Medical Council Ordinance, 2011 | |
| 2011 | 2 | Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Kancheepuram Ordinance, 2011 | |
| 2011 | 3 | Cable Television Networks Amendment Ordinance, 2011 | |
| 2012 | 1 | All-India Institute of Medical Sciences Ordinance, 2012 | |
| 2013 | 1 | Securities and Exchange Board of India Ordinance, 2013 | |
| 2013 | 2 | Readjustment of Representation of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Ordinance, 2013 | |
| 2013 | 3 | Criminal Law Ordinance, 2013 | |
| 2013 | 4 | Indian Medical Council Ordinance, 2013 | |
| 2013 | 5 | Securities and Exchange Board of India Second Ordinance, 2013 | |
| 2013 | 6 | Readjustment of Representation of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Ordinance, 2013 | |
| 2013 | 7 | National Food Security Ordinance, 2013 | |
| 2013 | 8 | Securities Laws Ordinance, 2013 | |
| 2013 | 9 | Securities Laws Second Ordinance, 2013 | |
| 2013 | 10 | Readjustment of Representation of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Ordinance, 2013 | |
| 2013 | 11 | Indian Medical Council Second Ordinance, 2013 | |
| 2014 | 1 | Scheduled Castes And The Scheduled Tribes Amendment Ordinance, 2014 | |
| 2014 | 2 | Securities Laws Odinance, 2014 | |
| 2014 | 3 | Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Ordinance, 2014 | |
| 2014 | 4 | Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Ordinance, 2014 | |
| 2014 | 5 | Coal Mines Ordinance, 2014 | |
| 2014 | 6 | Textile Undertakings Laws Ordinance, 2014 | |
| 2014 | 7 | Coal Mines Second Ordinance, 2014 | |
| 2014 | 8 | Insurance Laws Ordinance, 2014 | |
| 2014 | 9 | Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency In Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Ordinance, 2014 | |
| 2015 | 1 | Citizenship Ordinance, 2015 | |
| 2015 | 2 | Motor Vehicles Ordinance, 2015 | |
| 2015 | 3 | Mines And Minerals Amendment Ordinance, 2015 | |
| 2015 | 4 | Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Ordinance, 2015 | |
| 2015 | 5 | Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Second Ordinance, 2015 | |
| 2015 | 6 | Negotiable Instruments Ordinance, 2015 | |
| 2015 | 7 | Negotiable Instruments Second Ordinance, 2015 | |
| 2015 | 8 | Commercial Courts, Commercial Division and Commercial Appellate Division of High Courts Ordinance, 2015 | |
| 2015 | 9 | Arbitration and Conciliation Ordinance, 2015 | |
| 2016 | 1 | Enemy Property Ordinance, 2016 | |
| 2016 | 2 | Uttarakhand Appropriation Ordinance, 2016 | |
| 2016 | 3 | Enemy Property Second Ordinance, 2016 | |
| 2016 | 4 | Indian Medical Council Ordinance, 2016 | |
| 2016 | 5 | Dentists Ordinance, 2016 | |
| 2016 | 6 | Enemy Property Third Ordinance, 2016 | |
| 2016 | 7 | Enemy Property Fourth Ordinance, 2016 | |
| 2016 | 8 | Enemy Property Fifth Ordinance, 2016 | |
| 2016 | 9 | Payment of Wages Ordinance, 2016 | |
| 2016 | 10 | Specified Bank Notes Ordinance, 2016 | |
| 2017 | 1 | Banking Regulation Ordinance, 2017 | |
| 2017 | 2 | Punjab Municipal Corporation Law Ordinance, 2017 | |
| 2017 | 3 | Central Goods and Services Tax Ordinance, 2017 | |
| 2017 | 4 | Integrated Goods and Services Tax Ordinance, 2017 | |
| 2017 | 5 | Goods and Services Tax Amendment Ordinance, 2017 | |
| 2017 | 6 | Indian Forest Ordinance, 2017 | |
| 2017 | 7 | Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code Ordinance, 2017 | |
| 2018 | 1 | Fugitive Economic Offenders Ordinance, 2018 | |
| 2018 | 2 | Criminal Law Ordinance, 2018 | |
| 2018 | 3 | Commercial Courts, Commercial Division and Commercial Appellate Division of High Courts Ordinance, 2018 | |
| 2018 | 4 | Homeopathy Central Council Ordinance, 2018 | |
| 2018 | 5 | National Sports University Ordinance, 2018 | |
| 2018 | 6 | Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code Ordinance, 2018 | |
| 2018 | 7 | Muslim Women Ordinance, 2018 | |
| 2018 | 8 | Indian Medical Council Ordinance, 2018 | |
| 2018 | 9 | Companies Ordinance, 2018 | |
| 2019 | 1 | Muslim Women Ordinance, 2019 | |
| 2019 | 2 | Indian Medical Council Ordinance, 2019 | |
| 2019 | 3 | Companies Ordinance, 2019 | |
| 2019 | 4 | Muslim Women Second Ordinance, 2019 | |
| 2019 | 5 | Indian Medical Council Second Ordinance, 2019 | |
| 2019 | 6 | Companies Second Ordinance, 2019 | |
| 2019 | 7 | Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Ordinance, 2019 | |
| 2019 | 8 | Jammu and Kashmir Reservation Ordinance, 2019 | |
| 2019 | 9 | Aadhar and Other Laws Ordinance, 2019 | |
| 2019 | 10 | New Delhi International Arbitration Centre Ordinance, 2019 | |
| 2019 | 11 | Homeopathy Central Council Ordinance, 2019 | |
| 2019 | 12 | Special Economic Zones Ordinance, 2019 | |
| 2019 | 13 | Central Educational Institutions Ordinance, 2019 | |
| 2019 | 14 | Prohibition of Electronic Cigarettes Ordinance, 2019 | |
| 2019 | 15 | Taxation Laws Ordinance, 2019 | |
| 2019 | 16 | Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code Ordinance, 2019 | |
| 2020 | 1 | Mineral Laws Ordinance, 2020 | |
| 2020 | 2 | Taxation and Other Laws Ordinance, 2020 | |
| 2020 | 3 | Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament Ordinance, 2020 | |
| 2020 | 4 | Salaries and Allowances of Ministers Ordinance, 2020 | - |
| 2020 | 5 | Epidemic Diseases Ordinance, 2020 | |
| 2020 | 6 | Homoeopathy Central Council Ordinance, 2020 | |
| 2020 | 7 | Indian Medicine Central Council Ordinance, 2020 | |
| 2020 | 8 | Essential Commodities Ordinance, 2020 | - |
| 2020 | 9 | Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code Ordinance, 2020 | |
| 2020 | 10 | Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce Ordinance, 2020 | |
| 2020 | 11 | Farmers Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Ordinance, 2020 | |
| 2020 | 12 | Banking Regulation Ordinance, 2020 | - |
| 2020 | 13 | Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas Ordinance, 2020 | |
| 2020 | 14 | Arbitration and Conciliation Ordinance, 2020 | |
| 2021 | 1 | Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Ordinance, 2021 | |
| 2021 | 2 | Tribunals Reforms Ordinance, 2021 | |
| 2021 | 3 | Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code Ordinance, 2021 | |
| 2021 | 4 | Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas Ordinance, 2021 | |
| 2021 | 5 | Indian Medicine Central Council Ordinance, 2021 | |
| 2021 | 6 | Homoeopathy Central Council Ordinance, 2021 | |
| 2021 | 7 | Essential Defence Services Ordinance, 2021 | |
| 2021 | 8 | Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Ordinance, 2021 | |
| 2021 | 9 | Central Vigilance Commission Ordinance, 2021 | |
| 2021 | 10 | Delhi Special Police Establishment Ordinance, 2021 | |
| 2023 | 1 | Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi Ordinance, 2023 | |
| 2025 | 1 | Manipur Goods and Services Tax Ordinance, 2025 | |
| 2025 | 2 | Manipur Goods and Services Tax Ordinance, 2025 |