Pushkar Singh Dhami

पुष्कर सिंह धामी

Chief Minister

BJP Uttarakhand

Career

Uttarakhand CM since 2021 (re-elected 2022)

Role

Chief Minister

Current Role

Since Mar 2022 · Present

Born

1975 · Age 51

Education

LLB, HNB Garhwal University

Terms in Office

Uttarakhand CM since 2021 (re-elected 2022)

About

Chief Minister of Uttarakhand (born 1975) Pushkar Singh Dhami is an Indian politician and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, serving as the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand since 4 July 2021. He has represented the Champawat Assembly constituency in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly since 2022 and represented Khatima from 2012 to 2022. He lost his seat in the 2022 elections, but was re-elected as Chief Minister by BJP MLAs. He was later elected to Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly following a by-election. He is the only Chief Minister of the state to assume a second consecutive term as CM..

Projects & Initiatives 1 ongoing · 1 completed

Uniform Civil Code — Uttarakhand

समान नागरिक संहिता, उत्तराखंड

Completed

CompletedImplemented 27 Jan 2025 (Act passed Feb 2024, presidential assent Mar 2024)

Since 2024 · Uttarakhand became the first Indian state to enact a Uniform Civil Code (Jan 2025). The code provides uniform rules for marriage, divorce, inheritance, and adoption for all residents regardless of religion, with exemptions for Scheduled Tribes.

Char Dham All-Weather Road

चार धाम सड़क

Ongoing

Budget₹12,000 crore (central government allocation to NHIDCL and BRO for 889 km of highway)

Since 2016 · Central government all-weather road connectivity project for the four Char Dham pilgrimage sites: Badrinath, Kedarnath, Gangotri, and Yamunotri. Supreme Court oversight due to environmental concerns in ecologically sensitive Himalayan zones.

Manifesto promise tracker

Headline manifesto commitments of the current government, with a sourced status. We track only whether each promise was kept — not its merits.

BJPBJP · manifesto 2022

3 Delivered1 In progress

Delivered Since 2025

Implement a Uniform Civil Code (UCC)

The Uttarakhand Uniform Civil Code came into force on 27 January 2025 with the launch of an official portal, making Uttarakhand the first state in India to enact a UCC covering marriage, divorce, succession and mandatory registration of marriages and live-in relationships (scheduled tribes excluded).

Verified Jun 2026 · ucc.uk.gov.in

Delivered Since 2025

Enact a strict land law (Bhu Kanoon) to curb outside land buyers

The Uttarakhand cabinet approved a stringent land law on 20 February 2025 and the Assembly passed it on 21 February 2025, barring outsiders from buying agricultural/horticultural land (except Haridwar and Udham Singh Nagar), capping outsider residential purchases, and shifting land-purchase approval from district magistrates to the state government.

Verified Jun 2026 · newsonair.gov.in

Delivered Since 2022

Enact a stricter anti-conversion (Freedom of Religion) law

The Uttarakhand Assembly passed the Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Bill on 29 November 2022, making unlawful religious conversion a cognisable, non-bailable offence punishable with 3 to 10 years' imprisonment plus fines and victim compensation.

Verified Jun 2026 · tribuneindia.com

In progress Since 2023

Empower rural women economically (Lakhpati Didi / self-help groups)

Under the Mukhyamantri Lakhpati Didi Yojana (target of 1.25 lakh women, support up to Rs 5 lakh), the state reported over 1.63 lakh women certified as 'Lakhpati Didi' by August 2025, with the program continuing alongside Saras/Growth Centre marketing infrastructure.

Verified Jun 2026 · dord.gov.in

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