India, Sept. 25 -- Uttarakhand home secretary Shailesh Bagauli on Thursday reviewed the implementation of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) across the state in a video conference with all district magistrates and directed them to intensify awareness drives and ensure compulsory marriage registration under the new law. He instructed officials to work in a "planned manner" to achieve full marriage registration within the next three months. So far 4,02,096 people have applied for registration of marriage/acknowledgement of registered marriage on the UCC portal.

Bagauli said the first UCC Day will be observed on January 27, 2026, with public awareness programmes to be held in every district. He also sought suggestions from District Magistrates fo...