**Executive Summary**
The document is the Industrial Disputes (Andaman and Nicobar Islands) Amendment Regulation, 2025, a regulation promulgated by the President to amend the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, concerning the Union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It was issued on November 19, 2025, and will come into force on a date appointed by the Administrator via official notification.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Amendment to Section 2 of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947:**
* Inserts a new clause (pp) defining "State Government" as the Administrator of the Union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands appointed by the President.
* **Amendment to Section 22 of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947:**
* **Sub-section (1):**
* Replaces "in a public utility service" with "in any industrial establishment or a public utility service."
* Replaces "six weeks" with "sixty days" in clause (a).
* **Sub-section (2):**
* Replaces "No employer carrying on any public utility service" with "No employer of any industrial establishment, or carrying on any public utility service."
* Replaces "six weeks" with "sixty days" in clause (a).
* **Sub-section (3):**
* Replaces "public utility service" with "industrial establishment or public utility service" at both occurrences.
* **Amendment to Section 25K of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947:**
* Replaces "one hundred workmen" with "three hundred workmen" in sub-section (1).
**Impact Analysis**
**Administrator of the Union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands**
* **Impact:** Granted the authority of defining the effective start date of the regulation via official notification. They are also now defined as the "State Government" within the context of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947.
* **Action Required:** To appoint and notify the date on which the regulation will come into force.
**Employers and Employees within the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands**
* **Impact:** Employers in any industrial establishment or public utility service are now subject to the same regulations. The notice period for strikes and lockouts has been standardized to "sixty days". The threshold for applicability of certain provisions of the Industrial Disputes Act related to layoffs, retrenchment, and closure now applies to establishments with three hundred or more workmen (previously one hundred).
* **Action Required:** Employers and employees need to familiarize themselves with the new amendments, particularly regarding the notice periods for strikes/lockouts and applicability based on the number of workmen.
Key Entities Referenced
Industrial Disputes Act, 1947: The principal act being amended by this regulation, concerning resolution of disputes in industries.
Industrial Disputes (Andaman and Nicobar Islands) Amendment Regulation, 2025: The main regulation being published, amending the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 as applicable to Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
Andaman and Nicobar Islands: The Union Territory to which this amendment regulation specifically applies.
Ministry of Law and Justice: The ministry responsible for publishing the regulation.
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MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE
(Legislative Department)
New Delhi, the 19th November, 2025/Kartika 28, 1947 (Saka)
THE INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES (ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR
ISLANDS) AMENDMENT REGULATION, 2025
No. 9 o f 2025
Promulgated by the President in the Seventy-sixth Year of the Republic of India.
A Regulation further to amend the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, in its application
to the Union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
In exercise of the powers conferred by article 240 of the Constitution, the
President is pleased to promulgate the following Regulation made by her:—
1. (1) This Regulation may be called the Industrial Disputes (Andaman and Short title,
extent and
Nicobar Islands) Amendment Regulation, 2025.
commencement.
(2) It extends to the whole of the Union territory of Andaman and Nicobar
Islands.
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Administrator may, by
notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.2 THE GAZETTE OF IND2I A EXTRAORDINARY [Part II—
Amendment of 2.In the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (hereinafter referred to as the principal 14 of 1947.
section 2.
Act), in section 2, after clause (p), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:—
‘(pp) “State Government” means the Administrator of the Union
territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands appointed by the President under
article 239 of the Constitution;’.
Amendment of 3.In section 22 of the principal Act,—
section 22.
(a)in sub-section (1),—
(i) for the words “in a public utility service”, the words “in any
industrial establishment or a public utility service” shall be substituted;
(ii)in clause (a), for the words “six weeks”, the words “sixty days”
shall be substituted;
(b)in sub-section (2),—
(i) for the words “No employer carrying on any public utility
service”, the words “No employer of any industrial establishment, or
carrying on any public utility service” shall be substituted;
(ii)in clause (a), for the words “six weeks”, the words “sixty days”
shall be substituted;
(c) in sub-section (3), for the words “public utility service” at both the
places where they occur, the words “industrial establishment or public
utility service” shall be substituted.
Amendment of 4. In section 25K of the principal Act, in sub-section (1), for the words “one
section 25K. hundred workmen”, the words “three hundred workmen” shall be substituted.
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DROUPADI MURMU,
PrPerseisdiednetn. t.
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DR. RAJIV MANI,
Secretary to the Govt. of India.
UPLOADED BY THE MANAGER, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA PRESS, MINTO ROAD, NEW DELHI–110002
AND PUBLISHED BY THE CONTROLLER OF PUBLICATIONS, DELHI–110054.
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