Central Ordinances Archive Index 1947-2025
Summary
The Legislative Department of India's Ministry of Law updated its central ordinances archive index with new PDF documents. The archive now contains compiled ordinances spanning 1861 to 2025. Recent additions include a 4.17 MB document dated 04/12/2025 covering the 2021-2025 period.
What changed
The Legislative Department, Ministry of Law and Justice published an updated index of central ordinances archives on its legislative.gov.in portal. The update added a new PDF compilation dated December 4, 2025 (4.17 MB) covering ordinances from 2021 to 2025. The full archive includes historical compilations from multiple periods including 2001-2011 (27.56 MB), 1986-1995 (66.72 MB), and earliest records from 1861-1930 (35.33 MB). All documents are PDFs accessible via direct download links.
Government agencies, legal researchers, and practitioners requiring access to historical Indian central ordinances should use this portal. No compliance deadlines or enforcement actions are associated with this administrative archive listing. The documents serve as reference materials for statutory research and historical legal analysis.
What to do next
- Bookmark the legislative.gov.in portal for access to central ordinances
- Identify ordinances relevant to your regulatory domain from the 2021-2025 compilation
- Download required historical ordinances from the indexed PDF archives
Source document (simplified)
2021 to 2025
04/12/2025 4.17 MB View 2020
10/01/2020 7.86 MB View 2019
12/01/2019 9.51 MB View 2018
21/04/2018 5.33 MB View 2017
04/05/2017 1.67 MB View 2016
07/01/2016 7.48 MB View 2015
06/01/2015 4.37 MB View 2014
04/03/2014 7.92 MB View 2013
21/01/2013 4.48 MB View 2012
16/07/2012 580.24 KB View 2001 to 2011
01/01/2012 27.56 MB View 1996 to 2000
01/01/2001 71.32 MB देखें 1986 to 1995
01/01/1996 66.72 MB View 1985
20/02/1985 5.41 MB View 1984
12/01/1984 40.02 MB View 1982 to 1983
24/09/1982 8.01 MB View 1981
12/01/1981 8.56 MB View 1980
07/03/1980 55.02 MB View 1976 to 1979
31/12/1979 140.31 MB View 1968 to 1975
26/12/1961 70.69 MB View 1955 to 1967
21/01/1955 47.32 MB View 1949 to 1954
25/01/1949 54.06 MB View 1947
07/01/1947 9.15 MB View 1946
07/01/1947 9. 15 एमबी देखें 1945
13/01/1945 42.44 MB View 1944
13/01/1944 37.97 MB View 1943
09/01/1943 25.95 MB View 1931 to 1942
07/02/1980 80.23 MB View 1861 to 1930
12/01/1931 35.33 MB View
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