Goa, Aug. 18 -- The Uttarakhand Cabinet on Sunday approved the Uttarakhand Minority Educational Institutions Bill, 2025, paving the way for its introduction in the upcoming monsoon assembly session scheduled for Tuesday in Gairsain, Chamoli district.

The landmark legislation seeks to extend minority status-so far limited only to Muslim institutions-to those established by Sikh, Jain, Christian, Buddhist, and Parsi communities as well.

Chaired by Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, the state cabinet cleared the bill with the aim of creating a transparent, modern, and accountable framework for granting minority status to educational institutions while ensuring high standards in education.

Under the proposed law, a Uttarakhand State Minor...