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Several devastating earthquakes have taken place world over causing severe damage to structures, loss of life and property. Earthquake resistant design of structures is continuously evolving taking cognizance of behaviour of structures during past earthquakes to achieve an acceptable behaviour of structure during earthquake. Bureau of Indian Standards have also revised the criteria for earthquake resistant design of structures included in code IS:1893. The �General Provisions and Buildings�, which were covered in IS 1893 (Part 1):2002 are revised in IS 1893 (Part 1):2016. Similarly, �Industrial Structures�, which were covered in IS 1893 (Part 4):2005 are revised in IS 1893 (Part 4):2015. The clauses presented in these codes provides guidance to the structural designers and architects to plan and design realistic earthquake resistant structures. Knowledge of the revised provisions vis-�-vis earlier provisions is not only essential for proper design of structures but also mandated by the codes. This paper covers a comparative study of important provisions of the earlier codes and the revised codes in the context of IS 1893. Some very important revised provisions of the IS:13920 pertaining to ductile design and detailing are also included in the study. This study aims to highlight the changes in approach that are needed to be incorporated in the most basic earthquake resistant design of general and industrial buildings.