U'khand Assembly passes UCC bill

State first in India to implement uniform code

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Uttarakhand is the first state in the country to implement Uniform Civil Code (UCC) since independence. In the assembly elections of Uttarakhand, BJP had assured to implement UCC. After securing majority in the elections and forming the government, Chief Minister Dhami started work towards UCC in May 2022. Which was presented in the House on Tuesday and discussion started. After almost two days of discussion, the bill was passed with majority after voting in the House on Wednesday, 7 February. After the implementation of UCC in Uttarakhand, announcements of its implementation in Assam, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh and other states have started. The UCC law implemented in Uttarakhand can be a model for other states.

The Uniform Citizenship Bill of Uttarakhand is of 780 pages. In this, suggestions have been collected from about 2 lakh 33 thousand people. The five-member panel headed by Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai has prepared this bill after a total of 72 meetings. This bill has 4 parts except the preliminary part. The first and second parts have 7 chapters each. The total number of schedules in this bill is also seven. There are a total of 392 sections in all the chapters.