The Uttarakhand government on Monday (January 20, 2025) approved the rules for the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in a State Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami. Paving the way for its implementation, Mr. Dhami said the government would issue a gazette notification for the legislation by the end of January.
Tatkal registration, door-to-door services in remote areas, and state-wide mock drill on January 21 – these are some of the key provisions in Uttarakhand’s Uniform Civil Code manual of rules, which the state’s Pushkar Singh Dhami cabinet approved Monday.
According to sources, the rules manual, which was approved by the Cabinet meeting convened for the purpose Monday, is expected to be announced after the local body elections Thursday since the Model Code of Conduct is currently in force. The training of the officials is also in the final stages.
On January 13, Uttarakhand government began training its officials to help familiarise them with the UCC portal.
Officials said online portals have been developed for citizens and officials, featuring Aadhaar-based verification, AI-based translation services in 22 Indian languages, and data integration across more than 13 departments/services (e.g., birth-death registrations, district/high courts, etc.). These portals are cloud-based and equipped with disaster recovery systems.
An official source said: “The government has set separate fees for expedited registration under the Tatkal service. The registration and termination process for live-in relationships has also been simplified. Termination applications by one partner will require confirmation from the other partner. In testamentary succession, wills can be uploaded on the portal for online registration, modification, revalidation, or revival”.
Extensive training programs are being conducted for the effective implementation of these provisions, sources added.
“A state-wide mock drill is scheduled for January 21. Additionally, the target is to train 10,000 village development officers (VDO) under the CSC scheme by January 24, 2025. District-wise nodal officers have been appointed, and a helpline has been established to address portal-related queries. For legal queries, district-level prosecution department officers have been designated,” it further said.
Apart from the portal, the state government has authorised Common Service Centres (CSCs) to facilitate online registration. In remote and mountainous areas where internet access is limited, CSC agents will provide door-to-door services to ensure that citizens can avail of these facilities.
The UCC portal has options for three stakeholders to log in – the citizens, service centre staff, and officials. Aadhaar details are required for signing up.
The list of services the portal offers includes registration of marriage, divorce, and live-in registrations, termination of live-in relationships, intestate succession and declaration of legal heirs, testamentary successions, appeal in cases where application is rejected, access to information, and complaint registration.
A five-member expert panel was formed to frame a report, led by retired judge Ranjana Prakash Desai, and based on this, the Uniform Civil Code Bill, 2024, was passed in the Assembly on February 7, 2024. The Act was notified on March 12, 2024, after assent from the President. Though the committee formed to draw up rules for implementing UCC submitted its report to the government on October 18 and the government planned to have the UCC in place before November 9, the state’s 24th Foundation Day, this could not happen as the training of staff was not yet complete.
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