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Act No. 28 of 1996 15 sections 19 August 1996 Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Cess Act, 1996An Act to provide for the levy and collection of a cess on the cost of construction incurred by employers with a view to augmenting the resources of the Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Boards constituted under the Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996. read more... Ministry of Labour and Employment |
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Act No. 40 of 1996 5 sections 24 December 1996 Provisions of the Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996An Act to provide for the extension of the provisions of Part IX of the Constitution relating to the Panchayats to the Scheduled Areas. read more... Ministry of Panchayati Raj |
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Act No. 03 of 1997 44 sections 08 January 1997 Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya Act, 1996An Act to establish and incorporate a teaching University for the promotion and development of Hindi language and literature, through teaching and research, with a view to enabling Hindi to achieve greater functional efficiency and recognition as a major international language and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. read more... Ministry of Human Resource Development |
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Act No. 02 of 1997 43 sections 08 January 1997 Maulana Azad National Urdu University Act, 1996An Act to establish and incorporate in University at the national level mainly to promote and develop Urdu language and to import vocational and technical education in Urdu medium through conventional teaching and distance education system and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. read more... Ministry of Human Resource Development |
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Act No. 17 of 1997 16 sections 25 March 1997 Lalit Kala Akadami (Taking Over of Management) Act, 1997An Act to provide for the taking over of the management of the Lalit Kala Akadami for a limited period in the public interest and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. read more... Ministry of Culture |
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Act No. 22 of 1997 23 sections 26 March 1997 National Environment Appellate Authority Act, 1997An Act to provide for the establishment of a National Environment Appellate Authority to hear appeals with respect to restriction of areas in which any industries, operations or processes or class of industries, operations or processes shall not be carried out or shall be carried out subject to certain safeguards under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. read more... Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change |
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Act No. 24 of 1997 55 sections 28 March 1997 Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997An Act to provide for the establishment of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India and the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal to regulate the telecommunication services, adjudicate disputes, dispose of appeals and to protect the interests of service providers and consumers of the telecom sector, to promote and ensure orderly growth of the telecom sector and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. read more... Ministry of Communications |
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Act No. 30 of 1997 7 sections 28 May 1997 Vice-President s Pension Act, 1997An Act to provide for the payment of pension and other facilities to retiring Vice-Presidents. read more... Ministry of Home Affairs |
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Act No. 31 of 1997 4 sections 18 August 1997 Dock Workers (Regulation of Employment) (Inapplicability to Major Ports) Act, 1997An Act to provide for inapplicability of the Dock Workers (Regulation of Employment) Act, 1948 to dock workers of major port trusts and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. read more... Ministry of Shipping |
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Act No. 13 of 1998 38 sections 26 June 1998 National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research Act, 1998An Act to declare the institution known as the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research to be an institution of national importance and to provide for its incorporation and matters connected therewith. read more... Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers |
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Act No. 17 of 1998 13 sections 07 July 1998 Lotteries (Regulation) Act, 1998An Act to regulate the lotteries and to provide for matters connected therewith and incidental thereto. read more... Ministry of Home Affairs |
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Act No. 05 of 1999 5 sections 07 January 1999 Leaders and Chief Whips of Recognised Parties and Groups in Parliament (Facilities) Act, 1998An Act to provide for facilities to Leaders and Chief Whips of recognised parties and groups in Parliament. read more... Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs |
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Act No. 42 of 1999 51 sections 29 December 1999 Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to foreign exchange with the objective of facilitating external trade and payments and for promoting the orderly development and maintenance of foreign exchange market in India. read more... Ministry of Finance |
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Act No. 40 of 1999 10 sections 29 December 1999 Central Industrial Security Force (Amendment and Validation) Act, 1999An Act further to amend the Central Industrial Security Force Act, 1968, and to validate certain revision petitions disposed of under the rules made under the said Act. read more... Ministry of Home Affairs |
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Act No. 41 of 1999 32 sections 29 December 1999 Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority Act, 1999An Act to provide for the establishment of an Authority to protect the interests of holders of insurance policies, to regulate, promote and ensure orderly growth of the insurance industry and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto and further to amend the Insurance Act, 1938, the Life Insurance Corporation Act, 1956 and the General Insurance Business (Nationalisation) Act, 1972. read more... Ministry of Finance |
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Act No. 48 of 1999 87 sections 30 December 1999 Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999An Act to provide for the registration and better protection of geographical indications relating to goods. read more... Ministry of Commerce and Industry |
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Act No. 44 of 1999 36 sections 30 December 1999 National Trust for Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities Act, 1999An Act to provide for the constitution of a body at the National level for the Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. read more... Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment |
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Act No. 18 of 2000 6 sections 07 June 2000 The Leaders and Chief Whips of Recognised Parties and Groups in Parliament (Facilities) Amendment Act, 2000An Act to amend the Leaders and Chief Whips of Recognised Parties and Groups in Parliament (Facilities) Act, 1998 read more... Ministry of Home Affairs |
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Act No. 21 of 2000 125 sections 09 June 2000 Information Technology Act, 2000An Act to provide legal recognition for transactions carried out by means of electronic data interchange and other means of electronic communication, commonly referred to as "electronic commerce", which involve the use of alternatives to paper-based methods of communication and storage of information, to facilitate electronic filing of documents with the Government agencies and further to amend the Indian Penal Code, the Indian Evidence Act, 1872, the Banker's Books Evidence Act, 1891 and the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. read more... Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology |
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Act No. 34 of 2000 56 sections 26 August 2000 Chemical Weapons Convention Act, 2000An Act to give effect to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. read more... Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers |
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Act No. 37 of 2000 96 sections 04 September 2000 Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Act, 2000An Act to provide for the protection of semiconductor integrated circuits layout-designs and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. read more... Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology |
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Act No. 45 of 2000 4 sections 08 December 2000 Coal India (Regulation of Transfers and Validation) Act, 2000An Act to empower the Central Government to direct the transfer of the land, or of the rights in or over land or of the right, title and interest in relation to a coal mine, coking coal mine or coke oven plant, vested in the Coal India Limited or in a subsidiary company to any subsidiary company of Coal India Limited or any other subsidiary company and to validate certain transfers of such land or rights. read more... Ministry of Coal |
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Act No. 52 of 2000 11 sections 11 December 2000 Immigration (Carriers Liability) Act, 2000An Act to make the carriers liable in respect of passengers brought by them into India in contravention of the provisions of the Passport (Entry into India) Act, 1920 and the rules made thereunder and matters connected therewith. read more... Ministry of Home Affairs |
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Act No. 54 of 2000 15 sections 27 December 2000 Central Road Fund Act, 2000An Act to give statutory status to the existing Central Road Fund governed by the Resolution of Parliament passed in 1988, for development and maintenance of national highways and improvement of safety at railway crossings, and for these purposes to levy and collect by way of cess, a duty of excise and duty of customs on motor spirit commonly known as petrol, high speed diesel oil and for other matters connected therewith. read more... Ministry of Road Transport and Highways |
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Act No. 08 of 2000 48 sections 25 April 2001 Mizoram University Act, 2000An Act to establish and incorporate a teaching and affiliating University in the State of Mizoram and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. read more... Ministry of Human Resource Development |
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Act No. 29 of 2001 31 sections 03 September 2001 Indian Council of World Affairs Act, 2001An Act to declare the Indian Council of World Affairs to be an institution of national importance and to provide for its incorporation and matters connected therewith. read more... Ministry of External Affairs |
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Act No. 45 of 2001 38 sections 14 September 2001 Advocates' Welfare Fund Act, 2001An Act to provide for the constitution of a welfare fund for the benefit of advocates and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. read more... Ministry of Law and Justice |
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Act No. 33 of 2002 14 sections 03 June 2002 Delimitation Act, 2002An Act to provide for the readjustment of the allocation of seats in the House of the People to the States, the total number of seats in the Legislative Assembly of each State, the division of each State and each Union territory having a Legislative Assembly into territorial constituencies for elections to the House of the People and Legislative Assemblies of the States and Union territories and for matters connected therewith. read more... Ministry of Law and Justice |
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Act No. 35 of 2002 52 sections 11 June 2002 Haj Committee Act, 2002An Act to establish a Haj Committee of India and State Haj Committees for making arrangements for the pilgrimage of Muslims for Haj, and for matters connected therewith. read more... Ministry of Minority Affairs |
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Act No. 36 of 2002 3 sections 11 June 2002 Foreign Aircraft (Exemption from Taxes and Duties on Fuel and Lubricants) Act, 2002An Act to implement Agreements entered into by India with other countries in pursuance of the Convention on International Civil Aviation opened for signatures at Chicago on the 7th December, 1944. read more... Ministry of Civil Aviation |