India, Jan. 7 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
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Title of the Bills
1.
The "Tribhuvan" Sahkari University Bill, 2025
2.
The Finance Bill, 2025
3.
The Protection of Interests in Aircraft Objects Bill, 2025
4.
The Immigration and Foreigners Bill, 2025
5.
The Income-tax Bill, 2025
6.
The Appropriation Bill, 2025
7.
The Appropriation (No. 2) Bill, 2025
8.
The Manipur Appropriation Bill, 2025
9.
The Manipur Appropriation (Vote on Account) Bill, 2025
10.
The Appropriation (No. 3) Bill, 2025
11.
The Indian Ports Bill, 2025
12.
The National Sports Governance Bill, 2025
13.
The National Anti-Doping (Amendment) Bill, 2025
14.
The Manipur Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2025
15.
The Manipur Appropriation (No. 2) Bill, 2025
16.
The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2025
17.
The Income-tax (No.2) Bill, 2025
18.
The Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2025
19.
The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Bill, 2025
20.
The Indian Institutes of Management (Amendment) Bill, 2025
21.
The Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2025
22.
The Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025
23.
The Constitution (One Hundred and Thirtieth) Amendment Bill, 2025
24.
The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2025
25.
The Government of Union Territories (Amendment) Bill, 2025
26.
The Manipur Goods and Services Tax (Second Amendment) Bill, 2025
27.
The Central Excise (Amendment) Bill, 2025
28.
The Health Security se National Security Cess Bill, 2025
29.
The Appropriation (No. 4) Bill, 2025
30.
The Repealing and Amending Bill, 2025
31.
The Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishtthan Bill, 2025
32.
The Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India Bill, 2025
33.
The Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin): VB-G RAM G (विकसित भारत- जी राम जी) Bill, 2025
34.
The Sabka Bima Sabki Raksha (Amendment of Insurance Laws) Bill, 2025
35.
The Securities Markets Code, 2025
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Title of the Acts
1.
The Appropriation (No. 3) Bill, 2024 (Act No. 1 of 2025)
2.
The Appropriation Bill, 2025 (Act No. 2 of 2025)
3.
The Appropriation (No. 2) Bill, 2025 (Act No. 3 of 2025)
4.
The Manipur Appropriation Bill, 2025 (Act No. 4 of 2025)
5.
The Manipur Appropriation (Vote on Account) Bill, 2025 (Act No. 5 of 2025)
6.
The Oilfield (Regulation and Development) Amendment Bill, 2025 - (Act No. 6 of 2025)
7.
The Finance Bill, 2025 - (Act No. 7 of 2025)
8.
The Appropriation (No. 3) Bill, 2025 (Act No. 8 of 2025)
9.
The Railways (Amendment) Bill, 2025 (Act No. 9 of 2025)
10.
The Disaster Management (Amendment) Bill, 2025 (Act No. 10 of 2025)
11.
The "Tribhuvan" Sahkari University Bill, 2025 (Act No. 11 of 2025)
12.
The Boilers Bill, 2025 (Act No. 12 of 2025)
13.
The Immigration and Foreigners Bill, 2025 (Act No. 13 of 2025)
14.
The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025 (Act No. 14 of 2025)
15.
The Mussalman Wakf (Repeal) Bill, 2025 (Act No. 15 of 2025)
16.
The Banking Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2025 (Act No. 16 of 2025)
17.
The Protection of Interests in Aircraft Objects Bill, 2025 (Act No. 17 of 2025)
18.
The Bills of Lading Bill, 2025 (Act No. 18 of 2025)
19.
The Carriage of Goods by Sea Bill, 2025 (Act No. 19 of 2025)
20.
The Coastal Shipping Bill, 2025 (Act No. 20 of 2025)
21.
The Readjustment of Representation of Scheduled Tribes in Assembly Constituencies of the State of Goa Bill, 2025 (Act No. 21 of 2025)
22.
The Manipur Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2025 (Act No. 22 of 2025)
23.
The Manipur Appropriation (No. 2) Bill, 2025 (Act No. 23 of 2025)
24.
The Merchant Shipping Bill, 2025 (Act No. 24 of 2025)
25.
The National Sports Governance Bill, 2025 (Act No. 25 of 2025)
26.
The National Anti-Doping (Amendment) Bill, 2025 (Act No. 26 of 2025)
27.
The Indian Ports Bill, 2025 (Act No. 27 of 2025)
28.
The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2025 (Act No. 28 of 2025)
29.
The Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill 2025 (Act No. 29 of 2025)
30.
The Income-Tax Bill, 2025 (Act No. 30 of 2025)
31.
The Indian Institutes of Management (Amendment) Bill, 2025 (Act No. 31 of 2025)
32.
The Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025 (Act No. 32 of 2025)
33.
The Manipur Goods and Services Tax (Second Amendment) Bill, 2025 (Act No. 33 of 2025)
34.
The Central Excise (Amendment) Bill, 2025 (Act No. 34 of 2025)
35.
The Health Security se National Security Cess Bill, 2025 (Act No. 35 of 2025)
36.
The Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin): VB-G RAM G (विकसित भारत-जी राम जी) Bill, 2025 (Act No. 36 of 2025)
37.
The Repealing and Amending Bill, 2025 (Act No. 37 of 2025)
38.
The Appropriation (No. 4) Bill, 2025 (Act No. 38 of 2025)
39.
The Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India Bill, 2025 (Act No. 39 of 2025)
40.
The Sabka Bima Sabki Raksha (Amendment of Insurance Laws) Bill, 2025 (Act No. 40 of 2025)
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Title of the Ordinance
1.
The Manipur Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025 (Ordinance No. 1 of 2025)
2.
The Manipur Goods and Services Tax (Second Amendment) Ordinance, 2025 (Ordinance No. 2 of 2025)
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Title of the Regulation
1.
The Union Territory of Ladakh Reservation (Amendment) Regulation, 2025 (1 of 2025)
2.
The Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Councils (Amendment) Regulation, 2025 (2 of 2025)
3.
The Ladakh Official Languages Regulation, 2025 (3 of 2025)
4.
The Ladakh Civil Services Decentralization and Recruitment (Amendment) Regulation, 2025(4 of 2025)
5.
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands Co-operative Societies (Amendment) Regulation, 2025 (5 of 2025)
6.
The Lakshadweep Registration of Societies Regulation, 2025 (6 of 2025)
7.
The Factories (Andaman and Nicobar Islands) Amendment Regulation, 2025 (7 of 2025)
8.
The Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Amendment) Regulation, 2025 (8 of 2025)
9.
The Industrial Disputes (Andaman and Nicobar Islands) Amendment Regulation, 2025 (9 of 2025)
10.
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands Shops and Establishments (Amendment) Regulation, 2025 (10 of 2025)
11.
The Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (Amendment) Regulation, 2025 (11 of 2025)
12.
The Factories (Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu) Amendment Regulation, 2025 (12 of 2025)
13.
The Industrial Disputes (Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu) Amendment Regulation, 2025 (13 of 2025)
14.
The Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Shops and Establishments (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Amendment Regulation, 2025 (14 of 2025)
15.
The Factories (Ladakh) Amendment Regulation, 2025 (15 of 2025)
16.
The Industrial Disputes (Ladakh) Amendment Regulation, 2025 (16 of 2025)
17.
The Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Lakshadweep (Amendment) Regulation, 2025 (17 of 2025)
18.
The Factories (Lakshadweep) Amendment Regulation, 2025 (18 of 2025)
19.
The Industrial Disputes (Lakshadweep) Amendment Regulation, 2025 (19 of 2025)
20.
The Lakshadweep (Indian Stamp Amendment) Regulation, 2025 (20 of 2025)
Bills forwarded to Parliament for introduction
Bills Enacted
Ordinance Promulgated
Regulations issued
During the period from 1st January, 2025 to 31st December, 2025, the total number of 2281 subordinate legislations including statutory rules, regulations, orders and notifications have been scrutinized and vetted by this Department.
The Price Negotiation Committee has been constituted for fixing the final price of destruction of M2-EVMs after completing its shelf life. The Price Negotiation Committee (PNC), after due consideration, finalized the rates for destruction of M2 EVMs. These rates were communicated to the ECI vide this Department's letter dated 28-09-2025.
The Parliament has enacted the Repealing and Amending Act, 2025 (37 of 2025) to repeal certain enactments and to amend certain other enactments. As per the Second Schedule of the said Act, it has -
(a) amended the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 and the General Clauses Act, 1897; and
(b) omitted section 213 of the India Succession Act, 1925 and consequential amendments are, inter alia, made in section 3 and 370 of the Act, administered by Legislative Department
The amendments in the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 and the General Clauses Act, 1987 are made to meet the situation arising in the light of the merger of Registered Post services with Speed Post. The amendments in the Indian Succession Act, 1925 removed the discriminatory linkage between mandatory probate and the religion of the testator based on geographical locations. This will reduce unnecessary court intervention, promotes uniform and fair applicability of succession laws across the country and is a major step towards ease of living. Consequential amendments on omission of section 213 are being made in other provisions of the Act. Clause (b) of sub-section (2) of section 370 is omitted for being a relic of the colonial rule, now obsolete and redundant.
The Institute of Legislative Drafting Research (ILDR) was set up in January, 1989 under the aegis of the Legislative Department, Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India to scale up the capabilities and availability of trained Legislative counsel to deal with legislative proposals. Since its inception, ILDR has been imparting theoretical, clinical, practical knowledge as well as offsite training in Legislative Drafting and Research to officers of Central Government Departments, State Government/Union territory Administrations, public institutions and government bodies.
II. The following courses are conducted by the ILDR, namely: -
1. Session-I: Simplifying and Codifying Laws for Citizens and
2. Session-II: Digital Access & Plain Language for Empowerment of Citizens.
The India Conde Portal is a database of all Central Acts which are in force and their subordinate legislations made thereunder from time to time and is available at https://www.indiacode.nic.in/ for public viewing. The Legislative Department has taken initiative to launch the India Code Information System (ICIS), a one stop digital repository of all the Central and State legislation including their respective subordinate legislations in the year 2018 with the help of NIC. It is an important step in ensuing legal empowerment of all citizens as well as the object of ONE NATION-ONE PLATFORM which consist of all Central Acts and State Acts along with their subordinate legislations. All Central Acts and State Acts provides details relating to sections schedules, short titles, enactment dates and also foot-notes. Search facility has been made available and a free Text Search is also available.
II. As an ongoing process, during the year 2025, 17 Central Acts enforced and 02 spent Acts & 147 repealed Acts have been updated and uploaded on the portal. All the administrative Ministries/Departments in the Government of India are updating and uploading their subordinate legislations under the Acts enacted by Parliament on the India Code Portal. All the State Governments and Union territories are also updating and uploading the State Acts and subordinate legislations framed under these State Act.
III. The India Code Information System (ICTS) is a major-Governance initiative containing all existing Central and State Acts of country having largest democracy place. Therefore, available Acts are referred nationally as well as internationally by Law makers Judiciary Academicians, Law Students, etc. This web portal it accessed globally. The IC1S prevents the monopoly of private publishers who may claim copyrights of their publication.
The Selection Committee chaired by the Hon'ble Prime Minister recommended the name of Shri Gyanesh Kumar, Election Commissioner for appointment as Chief Election Commissioner in place of Shri Rajiv Kumar, who demitted office as Chief Election commissioner in the Election Commission of India on 18th February, 2025. As one vacancy of Election commissioner fall vacant due to the appointment of Shri Gyanesh Kumar as the Chief Election Commissioner, the Selection committee also recommended the name of Dr. Vivek Joshi for appointment as Election Commissioner. The names recommended for appointment as Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioner were approved by the Hon'ble President on 17th February, 2025 and both of them joined their office on 19th February, 2025. This was the first exercise for appointment of Chief Election Commissioner in terms of the new Act.
A delegation of the following from the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), United Kingdom, accompanied by officials from the British High Commission, held a meeting with the Secretary, Legislative Department, Ministry of Law and Justice along with other Senior Officers of the Department on 6th November 2025. During the meeting, both sides engaged in a comprehensive discussion on enhancing bilateral cooperation in the field of Law and Justice. The comprehensive discussions covered a wide range of subjects including legislative drafting, Ease of Living initiatives, Repealing of Obsolete Laws, Tribunal system, Gender Justice and training programmes for officers of both the countries in the area of legislative drafting. The meeting reflected the shared commitment of India and the United Kingdom to strengthen mutual collaboration in the field of law and justice.
Official Language Wing, Legislative Department has processed 83 Central Acts for being authenticated by the Hon'ble President of India, which includes 48 Central Acts in Regional Languages under Section 2 of the Authoritative Texts (Central Laws) Act, 1973 (50 of 1973) and 35 Central Acts in Hindi under clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 5 of the Official Languages Act 1963 (19 of 1963) to be published as authoritative text thereof. The Working Group of Regional Languages has approved the translations of 22 Central Acts of different regional languages i.e., Bengali, Kannada, Manipuri, Punjabi and Urdu in his meeting.
During the year 2025, Official Language Wing of this Department has published the Constitution of India updated up to 106th amendment in Assamese, Bodo, Kannada, Kashmiri, Marathi, Nepali, Odia, Punjabi, Santhali, Telugu language in book form and uploaded the same on official website of the Department. Also, the virtually updated version of Constitution of India in Bengali, Tamil and Urdu languages are uploaded on official website of Legislative Department, Ministry of Law & Justice.
The Constitution of India has recently been released in Santhali language by Hon'ble President of India, Smt. Draupadi Murmu on 25th December, 2025 at Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi in the presence of Shri C.P. Radhakrishnan, Hon'ble Vide-President of India, Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal, Hon'ble Minister of State (I/C), Ministry of Law & Justice and other invitees including the Members of Santhali speaking community.
11. RTI Cell
The matters under RTI Act, 2005 have been decentralized w.e.f October, 2025 by designating Central Public Information Officer and First Appellate Authority at the Section level, in order to reduce procedural delays, fix accountability and ensure timely and efficient disposal of RTI matters, in accordance with prescribed timelines.
12. Publication Section
During the year 2025, the Legislative Department compiled and scrutinized the Constitution of India (English version) incorporating the latest amendments including the Constitution (One Hundred and Sixth Amendment) Act, 2023. Further, the manuscript for the new edition of the Constitution of India for the year 2025 has been prepared and forwarded to the Official Languages Wing for publication in diglot version (English and Hindi).
The Index to Statutory Definitions, Fourth Edition Book is being updated by the Department. The last edition of the publication titled "Index to Statutory Definitions" was published in the year 2003.
Publication Section, Legislative Department also prepares the manuscripts (English version) of the Central Acts duly incorporating up to date amendments and forward it to the Official Languages Wing for publishing it in diglot version. During the year 2025, the manuscripts of the following Central Acts were prepared, namely:-
13. Official Language Section
During the year 2025, the Legislative Department, Ministry of Law and Justice, undertook several significant initiatives to ensure progressive, effective, and wider use of Hindi in accordance with the Official Language Policy of the Government of India. The Department not only promoted the use of Hindi in administrative functioning but also made notable contributions in the field of legal literature.
(i) Participation in National-Level Official Language Events
The Department actively participated in the Golden Jubilee celebrations of the Official Language, details of which are as follows:
These events highlighted the Department's active role in the promotion and propagation of Official Language.
(ii) Hindi Day Celebrations and Release of Legal Literature
On the occasion of Hindi Day Celebration and the Fifth All India Official Language Conference, 2025 held at Gandhinagar, Gujarat, during 14-15th September, 2025:
The following three important legal publications brought out by Official Language Wing, Legislative Department, in bilingual format, namely: -
This achievement marked a significant milestone in strengthening the use of Hindi in legislative works.
(iii) Expansion of Official Language Usage in Digital Medium
With a view to ensuring wider use of Official Language, the official website of the Legislative Department was fully bilingualised, enabling citizens and stakeholders to access information in both Hindi and English.
(iv) Constitution of the Hindi Advisory Committee
For effective implementation of the Official Language policy:
(v) Implementation of Official Language Incentive Schemes
During the year 2025, the following Official Language incentive schemes ( all related to year 2025-26) were effectively implemented in the Legislative Department:
These schemes encouraged officers and staff to increasingly use Hindi in official work.
(vi) Activities Organised During Hindi Fortnight - 2025
Following activities were organised in the Legislative Department during Hindi Fortnight to enhance awareness about Official language:
(vii) Compliance with the Official Language Act and Annual Programme
The Legislative Department ensured:
During the year 2025, the Legislative Department made significant progress in the use, promotion, and propagation of the Official Language Hindi. The Department remains committed to further strengthening the implementation of the Official Language policy of the Government of India in the years ahead.
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