NEW DELHI: A cabinet meeting The meeting chaired by chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami was held at the state secretariat on Monday, where the cabinet approved the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) manual.
The approval came after a detailed review by the legislative department.
Addressing the media after the meeting, CM Pushkar Singh Dhami reaffirmed his government’s commitment to fulfill its election promises. “We had promised the people of Uttarakhand in 2022 that we would bring the UCC Bill as soon as our government was formed. We keep that promise. The bill was prepared, approved, approved by the President and became law. The training process is almost complete and after reviewing everything, we will soon announce the implementation dates,” he said.
The BJP government introduced the UCC bill during a special session of the Uttarakhand legislative assembly on February 6, 2023.
It was approved with a comfortable majority the next day. President Droupadi Murmu subsequently gave her assent to the bill on March 13, making Uttarakhand the first state in India to potentially implement the UCC.
The Uniform Civil Code seeks to establish a uniform set of personal laws applicable to all citizens, regardless of religion, gender or caste. It covers issues such as marriage, divorce, adoption, inheritance and succession.