Parliament Question: Recording of Waqf Properties

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6131 TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.04.2026 RECORDING OF WAQF PROPERTIES 6131: SHRI CHAVDA VINOD LAKHAMSHI, SHRI VIJAY BAGHEL SHRI MADHAVANENI RAGHUNANDAN RAO Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be please to state:- (a) the details of the number of Waqf properties recorded in the national database after the enactment of the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2014, State/Union territory-wise; (b) the details and the number of properties where verification and updating of ownership and records have been completed after the implementation of the new provisions; (c) the details and the number of cases of encroachment or disputed ownership identified during the verification process; and (d) the details and the number of cases in which action has been initiated for the removal of encroachment or recovery of Waqf properties in such cases? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF MINORITY AFFAIRS (SHRI KIREN RIJIJU) (a) to (b): The Ministry of Minority Affairs launched the statutory Portal i.e. UMEED Central Portal-2025 on 06.06.2025 in accordance with the provisions of 3(ka) of the Unified Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency and Development Act, 1995 which mandates that details of all existing waqf and dedicated properties to waqf registered prior to the commencement of the amended Act shall be uploaded on the Portal within a period of six months, with a provision for further extension of up to six months by the Waqf Tribunal on sufficient cause being shown by the mutawalli. The Portal operates on a three-tier user protocol of Maker, Checker, and Approver to ensure real-time and verified data entry by preventing uploading of irrelevant or incorrect details of existing waqf & the property dedicated to the waqf. As on 27.03.2026, total 6,56,193 existing waqf properties have been initiated on the Portal, out of which 3,24,984 properties have been validated and approved by the approver, while 47,528 properties were rejected during verification.(c) to (d): At present, details of 44,752 encroached waqf properties have been uploaded by the State/UT Waqf Boards on the UMEED Portal–2025. However, it is stated that the process of uploading, verification and validation of waqf property data on the UMEED Central Portal–2025 is ongoing process. Several State/UT Waqf Boards have sought extensions of time from the competent authority/Tribunal for completion of the data entry and verification process in accordance with the provisions of the Act. Accordingly, the exact number of such cases, as well as the number of cases where action has been initiated for removal of encroachments or recovery of waqf properties, is ascertained only after the completion of the entire process on the Portal. ******