Earlier, on August 17, the Uttarakhand Cabinet made a historic decision by deciding to introduce the Uttarakhand Minority Educational Institutions Bill, 2025, in the Legislative Assembly.

Uttarakhand passed a bill expanding minority status benefits to Sikh, Jain, Buddhist, Christian, and Parsi institutions, ending the previous focus on Muslim institutions. This aims for greater ...

According to the Census of 2011, slightly more than 17% of the state’s population of 1.01 crore were non-Hindus (this includes those who did not state their religion).