Ministry of Minority Affairs

Waqf Properties in the Country

Posted On: 07 FEB 2022 5:04PM by PIB Delhi

This Ministry is implementing Shahari Waqf Sampatti Vikas Yojana (SWSVY) through Central Waqf Council (CWC). Under this scheme, interest free loan is provided to Waqf Institutions/Waqf Boards for taking up economically viable projects on the urban Waqf land such as commercial complexes, marriage halls, hospitals, cold storages etc. During the last 5 years (2016-17 to 2020-21) an amount of Rs.1861.93 lakh was provided towards interest free loans to various Waqf institutions/Waqf Boards in the country by CWC for development of 24 projects.           

As per provisions of Section 32 of the Waqf Act 1995 as amended, general superintendence of all Waqf properties in a State is vested with the State/UT Waqf Boards (SWBs) and the Waqf Board is empowered to manage these Waqf properties. Hence, the details of Waqf properties and the revenue generated from each of such property are not maintained by Central Government. As per the information available on dedicated online portal called WAMSI (Waqf Assets Management System of India), so far 7,85,934 immovable Waqf properties have been registered on the portal. SWBs-wise details of registered Waqf properties are given at Annexure. 

Annexure

State/UT Waqf Boards-wise details of immovable Waqf properties registered on WAMSI portal

    

S. No.

Name of State Waqf Board

Number of immovable Waqf properties registered on WAMSI Registration Module

1.

Andaman & Nicobar Island

150

2.

Andhra Pradesh

10708

3.

Assam

1616

4.

Bihar (Shia)

1672

5.

Bihar (Sunni)

6480

6.

Chandigarh

34

7.

Chhattisgarh

2665

8.

Dadra and Nagar Haveli

32

9.

Delhi

1047

10.

Gujarat

30881

11.

Haryana

23117

12.

Himachal Pradesh

4494

13.

Jharkhand

435

14.

Jammu & Kashmir

32506

15.

Karnataka

58578

16.

Kerala

49019

17.

Lakshadweep

896

18.

Madhya Pradesh

31342

19.

Maharashtra

31716

20.

Manipur

966

21.

Meghalaya

58

22.

Odisha

8510

23.

Puducherry

693

24.

Punjab

58608

25.

Rajasthan

24774

26.

Tamil Nadu

60223

27.

Tripura

2643

28.

Telangana

41567

29.

Uttar Pradesh(Sunni)

199701

30.

Uttar Pradesh(Shia)

15006

31

Uttarakhand

5317

32

West Bengal

80480

Total

785934

 

This information was given by the Union Minister for Minority Affairs Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.

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