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Central Act (NIC)
Act No. 28 of 1996
15 sections
19 August 1996
Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Cess Act, 1996

An 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
Central Act (NIC)
Act No. 40 of 1996
5 sections
24 December 1996
Provisions of the Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996

An 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
Central Act (NIC)
Act No. 03 of 1997
44 sections
08 January 1997
Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya Act, 1996

An 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
Central Act (NIC)
Act No. 02 of 1997
43 sections
08 January 1997
Maulana Azad National Urdu University Act, 1996

An 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
Central Act (NIC)
Act No. 17 of 1997
16 sections
25 March 1997
Lalit Kala Akadami (Taking Over of Management) Act, 1997

An 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
Central Act (NIC)
Act No. 22 of 1997
23 sections
26 March 1997
National Environment Appellate Authority Act, 1997

An 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
Central Act (NIC)
Act No. 24 of 1997
55 sections
28 March 1997
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997

An 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
Central Act (NIC)
Act No. 30 of 1997
7 sections
28 May 1997
Vice-President s Pension Act, 1997

An Act to provide for the payment of pension and other facilities to retiring Vice-Presidents. read more...

Ministry of Home Affairs
Central Act (NIC)
Act No. 31 of 1997
4 sections
18 August 1997
Dock Workers (Regulation of Employment) (Inapplicability to Major Ports) Act, 1997

An 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
Central Act (NIC)
Act No. 13 of 1998
38 sections
26 June 1998
National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research Act, 1998

An 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
Central Act (NIC)
Act No. 17 of 1998
13 sections
07 July 1998
Lotteries (Regulation) Act, 1998

An Act to regulate the lotteries and to provide for matters connected therewith and incidental thereto. read more...

Ministry of Home Affairs
Central Act (NIC)
Act No. 05 of 1999
5 sections
07 January 1999
Leaders and Chief Whips of Recognised Parties and Groups in Parliament (Facilities) Act, 1998

An Act to provide for facilities to Leaders and Chief Whips of recognised parties and groups in Parliament. read more...

Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
Central Act (NIC)
Act No. 42 of 1999
51 sections
29 December 1999
Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999

An 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
Central Act (NIC)
Act No. 40 of 1999
10 sections
29 December 1999
Central Industrial Security Force (Amendment and Validation) Act, 1999

An 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
Central Act (NIC)
Act No. 41 of 1999
32 sections
29 December 1999
Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority Act, 1999

An 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
Central Act (NIC)
Act No. 48 of 1999
87 sections
30 December 1999
Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999

An Act to provide for the registration and better protection of geographical indications relating to goods. read more...

Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Central Act (NIC)
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, 1999

An 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
Central Act (NIC)
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, 2000

An Act to amend the Leaders and Chief Whips of Recognised Parties and Groups in Parliament (Facilities) Act, 1998 read more...

Ministry of Home Affairs
Central Act (NIC)
Act No. 21 of 2000
125 sections
09 June 2000
Information Technology Act, 2000

An 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
Central Act (NIC)
Act No. 34 of 2000
56 sections
26 August 2000
Chemical Weapons Convention Act, 2000

An 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
Central Act (NIC)
Act No. 37 of 2000
96 sections
04 September 2000
Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Act, 2000

An 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
Central Act (NIC)
Act No. 45 of 2000
4 sections
08 December 2000
Coal India (Regulation of Transfers and Validation) Act, 2000

An 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
Central Act (NIC)
Act No. 52 of 2000
11 sections
11 December 2000
Immigration (Carriers Liability) Act, 2000

An 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
Central Act (NIC)
Act No. 54 of 2000
15 sections
27 December 2000
Central Road Fund Act, 2000

An 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
Central Act (NIC)
Act No. 08 of 2000
48 sections
25 April 2001
Mizoram University Act, 2000

An 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
Central Act (NIC)
Act No. 29 of 2001
31 sections
03 September 2001
Indian Council of World Affairs Act, 2001

An 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
Central Act (NIC)
Act No. 45 of 2001
38 sections
14 September 2001
Advocates' Welfare Fund Act, 2001

An 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
Central Act (NIC)
Act No. 33 of 2002
14 sections
03 June 2002
Delimitation Act, 2002

An 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
Central Act (NIC)
Act No. 35 of 2002
52 sections
11 June 2002
Haj Committee Act, 2002

An 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
Central Act (NIC)
Act No. 36 of 2002
3 sections
11 June 2002
Foreign Aircraft (Exemption from Taxes and Duties on Fuel and Lubricants) Act, 2002

An 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