ORDINANCES PROMULGATED BY THE PRESIDENT

FROM 1952 TO 1999

 Year                  No.of                                              Year                     No. of 
                          Ordinances                                                                  Ordinances 
                          Promulgated                                                                Promulgated

 1952 
 1954 
 1956 
 1958 
 1960 
 1962 
 1964 
 1966 
 1968 
 1970 
 1972 
 1974 
 1976 
 1978 
 1980 
 1982 
 1984 
 1986 
 1988 
 1990 
 1992 
 1994 
 1996 
 1998

  9

  9

  9

  7

  1

  8

  3

13

13

  5

  9

15

16

  6

10

  1

15

  8

  7

10

21

14

32

20

1953

1955

1957

1959

1961

1963

1965

1967

1969

1971

1973

1975

1977

1979

1981

1983

1985

1987

1989

1991

1993

1995

         1997 

       1999

  7

  7

  6

  3

  3

  --

  7

  9

10

23

  4

29

16

10

12

11

  8

10

  2

  9

34

15

31

                 10

 
 N.B. The   position regarding Governments which were in power at the Centre during the years in which Ordinances were promulgated is as under:-

 

First  Lok  Sabha    :                             April 2, 52 to April 4, 57: National Congress (Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru)

Second Lok Sabha :                             April 5, 57 to March 31, 62: National Congress (Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru)

Third Lok Sabha :                                 April 2, 62 to March 3, 67: National Congress (Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru from April 2, 62 to May 27, 1964, Shri Guljari Lal Nanda from May 27, 1964 to June 9, 1964, Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri from June 9, 1964 to January 11, 1966 Shri Guljari Lal Nanda from January 11, 1966 to January 24, 1966 and Smt. Indira Gandhi from January 24, 1966 to March 3, 1967) 

Fourth Lok Sabha :                              March 4, 67 to December 27, 70: Congress (I) (Smt. Indira Gandhi)

Fifth Lok Sabha    :                               March 15, 71 to January 18, 77  : Congress(I)   (Smt. Indira Gandhi)                          

Sixth Lok Sabha   :                   March 23, 77 to August 22, 79: Congress (I)/Janata Party (Smt. Indira Gandhi 18.1.77 to 24.3.77)

                                                (Shri Morarji Desai from March 24, 77 to July 28,79 and Shri Charan Singh from July 28, 79 January 14, 80)

Seventh Lok Sabha:                  January 10, 80 to December 31, 84 : Congress (I) (Smt. Indira Gandhi from January 14 , 80 to October 31, 84 and Shri Rajiv Gandhi from October 31, 84 to December 2, 89)

Eighth Lok Sabha:                                December 31, 84 to November 27, 89: Congress(I) (Shri Rajiv Gandhi from October 31, 84 to December 2, 1989)

Ninth Lok Sabha                                  December 2,89 to March 13, 91: (Shri V. P.Singh from December 2, 89 to November 10, 90 and Shri Chandra Shekhar from November 10, 90 to June 21, 91)

Tenth Lok Sabha:                                 June 21, 91 to May 10 , 96 : Congress (I) Shri P.V.Narasimha Rao from June 21, 96   to May 16, 1996)

Eleventh Lok Sabha:                            May 16, 96  to December 4, 1997: Bharatiya Janata Party /United Front

(i) (Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee from May 16, 96 to June 1, 1996): June 1, 96 to March 19, 1998 : United Front

                                                                (ii) (Shri H.D.Deve Gowda from June 1, 96 to April 21, 1997 and Shri I.K.Gujral from  April 21, 1997 to March 19, 1998

Twelfth Lok Sabha:                              March 19, 98 to 26.4.99 : Bharatiya Janata Party led alliance (Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee from March 19, 1998 to 13.10.1999)

 

Thirteenth Lok Sabha                          October 13, 1999 onwards : Bharatiya Janata Party led by NDA (Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee from October 13, 1999 onwards)

                                                               

 

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