Dehradun, April 4 -- Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday, April 4, indicated that the state government might be initiating a population control law to curb "infiltration" and ensure the state's values remain intact.

This comes as Uttarakhand implemented the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in January 2025, becoming the first state in India to put the law into effect.

Now, the Bharatiya Janata Party-led state government is hinting at controlling the population to preserve the state's cultural and social foundations.

"Our focus is to ensure that the state's cultural values remain intact and that there is no infiltration. After the historic implementation of the UCC, we are now discussing and deliberating on further legislati...