Acts by subject
5,383 Acts across 18 subjects, Central and State together.
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Tax
Income tax, GST, customs, excise, land revenue and the rest of the revenue statutes.
1,001 Acts · 28,408 sections
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Education and culture
Schools, universities, institutes, antiquities and the arts.
946 Acts · 32,710 sections
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Local government
Municipalities, panchayats, town planning and civic administration.
490 Acts · 26,370 sections
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Agriculture
Farming, produce, seeds, fertilisers, livestock and fisheries.
404 Acts · 11,860 sections
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Labour and employment
Wages, industrial relations, social security and conditions of work.
367 Acts · 8,651 sections
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Environment and resources
Pollution, forests, wildlife, water, mines and energy.
306 Acts · 8,167 sections
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Property and land
Transfer, tenancy, acquisition, registration and land reform.
302 Acts · 11,477 sections
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Criminal law
Offences, procedure, evidence and policing.
293 Acts · 11,736 sections
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Health and food
Medicine, public health, food safety, drugs and medical practice.
228 Acts · 6,450 sections
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Constitution and elections
The Constitution, the franchise, and the machinery of representation.
203 Acts · 3,508 sections
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Family and personal law
Marriage, succession, guardianship, maintenance and adoption.
147 Acts · 3,675 sections
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Transport and infrastructure
Roads, railways, shipping, aircraft, ports and highways.
143 Acts · 3,594 sections
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Banking and finance
Banks, securities, insurance, payments and foreign exchange.
137 Acts · 3,607 sections
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Welfare and rights
Civil rights, disability, scheduled castes and tribes, and social protection.
129 Acts · 2,727 sections
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Civil procedure and courts
How a civil case is brought, tried, appealed and enforced.
111 Acts · 2,070 sections
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Company and commercial
Companies, insolvency, competition, contracts and the conduct of business.
92 Acts · 5,014 sections
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Technology and media
Information technology, data protection, telecoms and broadcasting.
49 Acts · 1,278 sections
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Defence and security
The forces, national security and the disciplines that govern them.
35 Acts · 2,052 sections
How an Act gets onto a shelf
This is a rules-based classification over the title of the Act, with the administering Ministry as a weaker second signal, and the rules are written out in full in scripts/build_db.py so you can see exactly which word put an Act where it is. An Act can sit under more than one subject, and an Act that matches nothing is left off rather than filed on a wrong shelf.
It is a finding aid, not a legal taxonomy. Where an Act belongs is often arguable, and nothing here turns on it.
5,260 of 10,086 Acts match no rule and are not listed here. They are all reachable from the Central index, the State pages and search.
Source and method. Compiled from the enactments of Parliament and of the State legislatures as published on India Code, and republished together with commentary and other original matter under section 52(1)(q)(ii) of the Copyright Act, 1957. Structured, cross-referenced and maintained by eCourtsIndia. This page is not a substitute for legal advice.