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November 2024

Editorial

By Dr CA Mayur B. Nayak, Editor
Reading Time 7 mins

Overdose of Laws and Regulations?

[Need of the Hour: Less Government, More Governance]

 

An interesting statistic is found in Wikipedia1 about the number of Acts in India. Apart from the Finance Acts, there are 891 Central Acts which are still in force as of 15th October, 2024, of which 108 Acts are of the 19th Century (1836–1900), 571 Acts are of the 20th Century (1901–2000), and 212 Acts are of the 21st Century (2001–2024). Apart from the above, there are a number of Acts passed by each State Government, Municipal Corporation and other Government bodies. The oldest Act in force is the Bengal Indigo Contracts Act, 1836, and the latest being the Public Examination (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024. It is heartening to note that 1,486 obsolete and redundant laws have been repealed by the Government of India since 2014 till date2.

1   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_India and https://cdnbbsr.s3waas.gov.in/s380537a945c7aaa788ccfcdf1b99b5d8f uploads/2023/10/202408221608906963.pdf

2   Refer the Editorial of June 2024 for more details

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