Uttarakhand Governor Returns Bill on Forced Conversions

The governor of Uttarakhand, India, sent back a new law about stopping people from being forced to change their religion.

The law was supposed to make the punishment for forcing someone to change their religion much stronger, like life in jail and a big fine.

But the governor said the law had some small mistakes in the words used, so he sent it back to the government to fix.

Right now, the punishment for this crime in Uttarakhand is 10 years in jail and a smaller fine.

The new law would also have different punishments for different situations, like when the person being forced is more vulnerable.

This isn't the first time the law has been changed - it was updated in 2022 too.