Geo Tagging of Waqf Properties To Be Implemented on War Footing

New Delhi, June 14, 2019:

The Centre has initiated 100% Geo tagging of Waqf properties with the help of IIT Roorkee and the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU).

The programme will be implemented “on a war footing,” said Minority Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi after chairing a meeting of the Central Waqf Council (CWC) in New Delhi on Wednesday.

There are at least 5.77 lakh Waqf-registered properties across the country.

Chairing the 80th meeting of Central Waqf Council (CWC) here, Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said that a programme had been launched on a war-footing for 100 per cent geo-tagging and digitisation of all Waqf properties so as to ensure transparency and safety of records.

A five-member committee headed by Justice (Retd) Zakiullah Khan to review Waqf properties lease rule had submitted its report and the government was taking necessary action on its recommendations.

The recommendations of the committee will ensure that Waqf rules are made easy and effective for better utilisation of Waqf properties and to free these properties, several of these entangled in disputes for several decades, from disputes.  The Central Government is taking necessary action on the recommendations of the committee

The Centre has been developing schools, colleges, ITIs, skill development centres, multi-purpose community centres “Sadbhav Mandap”, “Hunar Hub”, hospitals, business centres, common service centres etc. on large scale on Waqf properties across the country.

The Minister said that while only 90 districts of the country had been identified for Minority communities’ development during the earlier Central Government; present Government has expanded development programmes for Minorities in 308 districts of the country. There are around 5.77 lakh registered Waqf properties across the country. Geo Tagging and digitalisation will ensure transparency and safety of Waqf records.