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The committee conducted a mammoth public outreach for 20 months. The report submission was delayed because the document, originally in English, had to be translated into Hindi.
Uttarakhand House is likely to approve the UCC Bill next month, becoming the first state to enact the Uniform Civil Code. Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has announced that a panel is finalizing the draft law. The UCC was a key electoral promise of the BJP in the 2022 assembly polls. The drafting panel, headed by former SC judge Justice (Retd) Ranjana Prakash Desai, has received over 2.3 lakh suggestions and interacted with 60,000 people and political parties.