80's

  1. Integrated Rural Development Programme, 1977-78 - To enable identified rural poor families to cross the poverty line
  2. Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 - To provide for the prevention, control and abatement of air pollution
  3. Anti-Hijacking Act, 1982 - To give effect to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft
  4. Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Programme, 1983 - To provide guaranteed employment to at least one member of every landless household upto 100 days in a year
  5. The Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP), 1983 - Conceived by Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam to help India attain self sufficiency in missile technology
  6. The Family Courts Act, 1984 - to secure speedy settlement of disputes relating to marriage and family affairs
  7. Creation of Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT), 1984: Triggered a telecom revolution in the rural India
  8. Comprehensive Crop Insurance Scheme, 1985 - To provide security to farmers during crop loss due to natural disasters
  9. Anti-Defection Law, 1985 - Provisions for disqualification of elected members on the grounds of defection to another party
  10. National Drinking Water Mission, 1986 - To ensure the provision of adequate drinking water supply to the rural community with stress on water quality and technology intervention
  11. Mizoram Accord of June, 1986 - To end insurgency and violence and restore peace in Mizoram
  12. Consumer Protection Act, 1986 - To provide better protection of consumers' interests
  13. National Policy on Child Labour 1987 – An action plan for tackling the problem of Child Labour
  14. Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 - to combat corruption in govt agencies and public sector enterprises
  15. The Scheduled Castes and Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 - To prevent atrocities against members of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes