Annexure

Information on achievements of Government during last 7 years in respect of the

Legislative Department, Ministry of Law and Justice.

Legislative Department does not administer any Scheme/programme. However,

information in respect of the Department is as under :-

Sl. Name of the Scheme/ Sector impacted Data on Photos/

No. achievement
Programme in 2014 and Videos
2021 (data may be
upto 20th May, attached
2021 be given) wherever
possible

1. EASE OF DOING BUSINESS

1. The Specific Relief The Specific Relief Act, 1963 - -

(Amendment) Act, 2018 (47 of 1963) is an Act to define
(18 of 2018) and amend law relating to
certain kinds of specific relief.
As part of the Government’s
endeavour to promote and
improve ‘ease of doing
business’, the said Act has
been amended by the Specific
Relief (Amendment) Act, 2018
(18 of 2018). The Amendment
Act came into force on 1st
October, 2018

2. EASY OF LIVING

1. Repeal of Obsolete Laws Bring reforms in the legal A total 1486 -

system obsolete Acts
have been
repealed by
the
Government of
India during
 the period
from May,
2014 to 20th
May, 2021

2. Amendment to the General Public- Applying for - -

Registration of Electors registration as an elector
Rules, 1960 and the became easier, convenient and
Conduct of Elections user-friendly.
Rules, 1961, to simplify
the various forms to make
them user friendly for the
voters, as proposed by the
Election Commission of
India.

3. Amendment to the Service Voters including - -

Conduct of Election Rules, Armed Forces Personnel-
1961, for introduction of Postal transmission of ballot
Electronically Transmitted papers to the service voters
Postal Ballot System had resulted in large number
(ETPBS) to the service of invalid votes due to non-
voters receipt of marked papers by
the deadline set for the same.
ETPBS has drastically reduced
the window of time available
for receipt of marked postal
ballot paper, which has
resulted in a substantial spike
in voting percentage by service
voters. In the General
Elections to the Lok Sabha in
2019, out of the total
18,02,646 postal ballots
dispatched using the ECI’s
flagship ETPBS, 10,84,266 e-
postal ballots were received
back on time, registering
60.14% turnout, as against
only 4%. in General Elections,
2014.

4. The Conduct of Election Senior citizens above 80 years - -

Rules, 1961 were amended of age and Persons with
to provide for postal ballot Disabilities and those on
facility for senior citizens temporary duty outside their
above 80 years, persons constituencies on the day of
 with disability (PWDs) and poll owing to exigencies. - Ease
voters who are not in a of voting by senior citizens,
position to be present in PWDs and those on temporary
their polling station on the duty outside their registered
day of poll owing to constituencies owing to service
exigencies of their service. exigencies. During the
elections held to the
Legislative Assemblies of the
States Jharkhand, Delhi and
Bihar subsequent to the
introduction of the facility in
October, 2019, a total of
64,774 senior citizens above
80 years of age and 57,238
PWDs were issued postal
ballots. Out of this, 54,582
senior citizens and 48,142
Persons with Disabilities
actually cast the vote in the
said elections.

In the wake of the Covid 19 patients and those

outbreak of Covid 19 on compulsory home or
pandemic, the said institutional quarantine.
provisions were further
amplified to cover citizens
above 65 years of age,
Covid 19 patients and
those under home or
institutional quarantine

5. The Conduct of Elections Candidates contesting - -

Rules,1961 were amended Parliamentary and Assembly
for enhancing the elections.- Candidates will
expenditure ceiling limit have more flexibility and
for candidates contesting leeway in campaign and
Parliamentary and State publicity the cost of which has
Assembly elections by ten increased exponentially in view
per cent over the existing of the restrictions on the
limits. Accordingly, the modes of electioneering
extant limit of Rs. 70 lakh following the outbreak of
for Lok Sabha and Rs. 28 Covid 19 pandemic
lakh for Assembly
elections for larger States
has been enhanced to Rs.
77 lakh and Rs. 30.80
lakhs respectively.
 Similarly, the
corresponding increase for
smaller States is from Rs.
54 lakh and Rs. 20 lakh
and from 59.40 lakh to
Rs. 22 lakh respectively.

6. India Code Updation- General public, lawyers, - -

Updating and uploading of
Central Acts on the New
India Code website. 860
Central Acts from the
years 1838 to 2021 have
been updated and
uploaded. Hindi version of
these Acts (1838 to 2020)
(except only three farmers
related Acts) are available
at www.legislative.gov.in.
judges etc. All the Acts and
their subordinate legislations
(made from time to time) are
available at one place which
are easily accessible to all
stakeholders. Therefore, India
Code Information System
(ICIS), a one stop digital
repository of all the Central
and State Legislations
including their respective
subordinate legislations has
been developed with the help of
NIC under the guidance of
Ministry of Law and Justice
(Legislative Department). It is
an important step in ensuing
legal empowerment of all
citizens as well as the object of
ONE NATION –ONE
PLATFORM.

7. Three Law Patrikas, (i) Law Professionals, Law - -

Uchchtam Nayalaya Universities, Law Colleges and
Patrika, (ii) Uchch Law Students.
Nayalaya Civil Nirnay
Patrika and (iii) Uchch
Nayalaya Dandik Nirnay
Patrika have been
published in Vidhi Sahitya
Prakashan. These Patrikas
have been standardised
with ISSN number
(International Standard
Serial Number).
8. Soft copy of these Patrikas Law Professionals, Law
since 2012 have been Universities, Law Colleges, Law
uploaded in Students and the common
http://legislative.gov.in/vi people.
dhi-sahitya in PDF
format.

9. Started Online Selling Law Professionals, Law - -

(Hard Copies) of Three Universities, Law Students,
Patrikas, Bare Acts and Agents and the common people
Law Publications of M/o
Law & Justice through
digital Payments and it is
available in
https://bharatkosh.gov.in
/product/product

3. ELIMINATING CORRUPTION

1. Amendment to Conduct General Public/Registered - -

of Electoral Rules, 1961. Voters- Voters would get to
inter alia, requiring the know the profile/antecedents
candidates to make a of the contesting candidates.
specific declaration that
he is a citizen of India,
and that he has not
acquired the citizenship
of any foreign country; a
provision for affixing of
photograph of the
candidate on the form,
etc.

2. Amendment to the All registered voters/General - -

Conduct of Election Rules,
1961, to amplify
Nomination Forms 2A to
2F, and making it
mandatory for candidates
to disclose the source(s) of
income of self and spouse
and to give specific
declaration relating to all
disqualification provisions.
public- Transparency in the
electoral process. Voters would
get to know the financial status
of the candidates/spouse and
also the status of the
disqualifications incurred by
them, which will enable the
voters to make an informed
choice.
3. Amendment to the All registered voters/general - -
Conduct of Election Rules, public- Transparency in the
1961, making it electoral process. Voters
mandatory for candidates would get to know the
to declare information financial status of /criminal
about their sources of cases pending against,
income of candidates contesting candidates,
including that of their enabling them to make an
dependents, about informed choice.
contracts with the
appropriate Government
and public company etc.
and for publicizing
information regarding
criminal cases pending
against them.

4. Amendment to the All registered voters/general - -

Conduct of Elections public- Transparency in the
Rules, 1961, making it electoral process. Voters would
mandatory to disclose get to know the financial
Total Income as per IT status and income details of
Returns of the candidates , the candidates for the
spouse and dependents , previous five years, enabling
including that of HUF if them to make an informed
the candidate is a choice.
Karta/Coparcener, for the
previous five years as
against that of one year at
present; indicating PAN
No. in Form 26 was made
mandatory; disclosure
provisions relating to
movable/immovable
assets was expanded to
include interest
in/ownership of offshore
assets etc.

4. EMPOWERING YOUTH WITH OPPORTUNITIES - NA

5. HEALTH FOR ALL - NA

6. INFRA FOR GROWTH - NA

7. MOBILITY FOR MIDDLE CLASS - NA

8. NAARI SHAKTI FOR NEW INDIA

1. The Muslim Women The Muslim Women (Protection - -

(Protection of Rights on of Rights on Marriage) Bill,
Marriage) Act, 2019 (20 of 2019, which replaced the
2019). Muslim Women (Protection of
Rights on Marriage) Second
Ordinance, 2019, has been
enacted as Act 20 of 2019 on
the 31st July, 2019. The
enactment is for prevention of
divorce by way of talaq-e-
biddat by certain Muslim
husbands in spite of the same
having been set aside by the
Supreme Court. This Act is in
force from the 19th September,
2018 (i.e. the date from which
the first Ordinance, namely,
the Muslim Woman (Protection
of Rights on Marriage)
Ordinance, 2018 (Ord. 7 of
2018) was promulgated).

9. PROSPEROUS FARMER FOR PROSPEROUS INDIA - NA

10. PUTTING INDIA FIRST - NA

11. RENEWED FOCUS OF NORTH EAST - NA

12. SOCIAL EMPOWERMENT

1. The Constitutional (One Members of the Scheduled - -

Hundred and Fourth) Castes and Scheduled Tribes
Amendment Act, 2019 was Community.- Continued
enacted for extension of political empowerment and
the reservation for the upliftment of the members of
Scheduled Castes and the the Scheduled Tribes and
Scheduled Tribes in the Scheduled Castes for a further
House of the People and period of ten years.
the State Legislative
Assemblies for a further
period of ten years beyond
25th January, 2020, i.e.,
upto 25th January, 2030.

2. The Personal Laws The Personal Laws - -

(Amendment) Act, 2019 (6 (Amendment) Act, 2019 (6 of
of 2019); 2019) further amended the
Divorce Act, 1869 (4 of 1869),
the Dissolution of Muslim
Marriages Act, 1939 (8 of
1939), the Special Marriage
Act, 1954 (43 of 1954), the
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (25
of 1955) and the Hindu
Adoptions and Maintenance
Act, 1956 (78 of 1956) so as to
omit the provisions that are
discriminatory to the leprosy
affected persons contained
therein. The Amendment Act
came into force on 1st March,
2019.

13. TAKING DEVELOPMENT TO THE POOREST - NA

14. TRANSFORMATIVE ECONOMIC GROWTH - NA

15. INDIA FIGHTS CORONA - NA

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