Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Shri Amit Shah congratulates Shri Bhupendra Patel, Chief Minister of Gujarat, and all the legislators who supported the passage of the Uniform Civil Code Bill in the state

• Gujarat became the second Indian state to legislate a Uniform Civil Code (UCC), after Uttarakhand, with the passage of the UCC Bill in the State Assembly in March 2026.
• The development operationalises Article 44 (DPSP) of the Constitution at the state level and revives the federal vs. uniformity debate in personal law.
• High Prelims salience (state-firsts, Article reference, dates) and Mains salience (GS-I society, GS-II polity/governance, GS-IV ethics of secularism).