Uttarakhand: After the implementation of UCC, there has been a jump in marriage registration, 1634 marriages are taking place every day

After the implementation of Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in Uttarakhand from 27 January 2025 in Dehradun, marriage registration has become mandatory. Since then 1634 marriages are being registered every day under the UCC Act. Whereas, earlier the average of marriage registration in the 2010 Act was only 67 per day.

More than 3 lakh marriage registrations done under UCC

Before the implementation of Uniform Civil Code in Uttarakhand, marriages were registered under the Uttarakhand Marriage Registration Act- 2010. But then very few people used to get marriage registered, under this Act implemented from 2010, a total of 3,30,064 marriage registrations took place till 26 January 2025, in this way, according to the old Act, the average number of marriage registrations per day could reach only 67.

Boom in marriage registration after implementation of UCC

After the implementation of UCC in Uttarakhand from January 27, there has been a tremendous jump in marriage registration. Due to solid law and easy process, people are now showing great enthusiasm for marriage registration. The situation is that from January 27, 2025 till now, the number of marriage registrations under UCC has reached 3,01,526. The average of marriage registrations per day after UCC is 1634. Which is many times more than the previous law.

Deadline for marriage registration extended

The government has increased the current time limit for marriage registration under UCC from 6 months to one year. In this regard, a notification has been issued by the Department of Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs. This will facilitate those people who have not been able to get marriage registration done under UCC till now due to some reason.

Women are getting safe: CM

Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said that the number of registrations under the Uniform Civil Code is increasing day by day. This shows the comprehensiveness and significance of the law. Every registration under the Uniform Civil Code is a concrete step towards a strong society. With this, the interests of women are especially being protected.