Overview
- The cabinet, meeting Wednesday, approved a state UCC draft and fixed May 26 for tabling it on the last day of an Assembly session that opens May 21.
- The draft would set one minimum marriage age, ban polygamy, give daughters equal inheritance rights, regulate live-in relationships, and require registration of marriages and divorces.
- All Scheduled Tribe communities in hill and plain areas are exempt, and the code does not touch religious rituals or traditional customs.
- Officials say the framework is tailored for Assam but broadly aligns with recent UCC moves in Uttarakhand, Goa and Gujarat, and it follows the BJP’s election pledge.
- A separate six‑month austerity plan pauses new government vehicle purchases, bars foreign trips for officials except medical cases, trims VIP convoys to cut fuel use by 20 percent, and halts buying foreign‑made items.