Parliament Question: UMEED Portal

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 842 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.02.2026 UMEED PORTAL 842: SHRI BENNY BEHANAN: SHRI K SUDHAKARAN: Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be please to State:- (a) whether the Government is aware that the UMEED portal for digital registration of Waqf properties faced persistent technical glitches during late 2025 including server crashes, login failures, missing or inaccessible fields, delayed uploads, and other functional issues and if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise; (b) the details of Waqf properties uploaded, approved, pending and rejected, State and month- wise; (c) the steps taken or proposed to be taken to resolve these technical problems such as system upgrades, additional training for Waqf Boards, helplines or independent technical audits; and (d) whether the Government has issued any guidelines to ensure uniform and reliable reporting across all States and Union Territories (UTs) and plans to monitor the portal performance in real time to avoid delays in registration of pending Waqf properties and if so, the details thereof? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF MINORITY AFFAIRS (SHRI KIREN RIJIJU) (a) to (d): The Ministry of Minority Affairs developed and launched the statutory UMEED Central Portal-2025 on 06.06.2025 for uploading details of existing waqf and properties dedicated to the waqf, registration of new waqf, and for facilitating the overall management and governance of waqf in accordance with the provisions of the Act. Following the launch and subsequent scaling-up of the UMEED Central Portal-2025, certain intermittent technical and operational issues were reported by some users, particularly during the initial phase and during periods of high concurrent usage. These issues were almost uniform across all States/UTs and were largely transitional and operational in nature, rather than indicating of any systemic malfunction of the Portal. The issues arose primarily due to digitization of large volumes of legacy data, variations in internet connectivity at the user end, differing levels of digital preparedness among field-level functionaries, and gaps in the availability of statutory records with certain State Waqf Boards. The issues reported included occasional login delays due to delayed receipt of OTPs attributable to user-end connectivity, non-submission of certain mandatory fields owing to non- availability of requisite documents, and issues relating to data validation under the maker-checker-approver workflow. In several instances, such difficulties arose due to the non- availability of records prescribed under the Act with certain State Waqf Boards. All such issues and queries were addressed as and when received through the Helpdesk mechanism, and necessary clarifications, remarks and resolutions were provided on the Portal under the grievance redressal module. Notwithstanding these issues, the Portal remained largely functional throughout the prescribed period, and the process of digital uploading of details of waqf and waqf-dedicated properties continued across States and Union Territories. Moreover several communications were also received from the stakeholders on the matter. The issues raised therein were addressed and resolved on a real-time basis, and the replies along with details of the grievances redressed have been uploaded on the UMEED Central Portal-2025 i.e. https://umeed.minorityaffairs.gov.in/ and those were also resolved during the video conferences & Zonal Review Meetings. A State-wise and month-wise monitoring mechanism has been built into the Portal to continuously track the status of waqf properties uploaded, approved, pending or reverted. This mechanism enables early identification of bottlenecks, targeted technical support and focused compliance-oriented interventions. Based on continuous monitoring, no State or Union Territory has been identified as having been disproportionately affected due to any systemic or persistent technical malfunction of the Portal. The UMEED Central Portal-2025 was launched on 06.06.2025. While the pace of data submission during the initial months was negligible, a substantial increase in uploads was observed towards the latter part of the prescribed period, including significant volumes uploaded during the final month and in the last week. A State-wise and month-wise Waqf Progress Report on the UMEED Central Portal is as Annexure-I. As per Rule 3 of the UMEED Rules, 2025, the uploaded data has been examined and instances of erroneous entries, particularly relating to the area of waqf properties, were observed. Accordingly, all State Waqf Boards have been advised to re-verify the area details with reference to relevant land records. In cases where discrepancies involving unusually large area entries persist, the same shall be re-examined by nominated State Government officials. ******ANNEXURE-I ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (A) to (D) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 842 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.02.2026 ON ‘UMEED PORTAL’ RAISED SHRI BENNY BEHANAN AND SHRI K SUDHAKARAN S. State waqf June July August Septembe Octobe November December Total No Board Name r r 1 Andaman And 0 0 0 0 12 119 82 213 Nicobar Islands 2 Andhra Pradesh 0 4 0 52 421 9523 1290 11290 3 Assam 0 0 2 1 32 306 340 681 4 Bihar Shia 0 0 12 6 15 3379 1808 5220 5 Bihar Sunni 0 10 193 181 161 5208 4231 9984 6 Chandigarh 0 0 10 5 3 5 0 23 7 Chhattisgarh 0 0 0 0 0 1091 833 1924 8 Dadra & Nagar 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 Haveli And Daman And Diu 9 Delhi 2 1 0 1 22 2194 932 3152 10 Gujarat 0 1 2 18 468 8246 18725 27460 11 Haryana 1 0 0 439 3701 8580 724 13445 12 Himachal 1 0 0 62 204 542 90 899 Pradesh 13 Jammu And 0 0 18 558 1202 17490 6025 25293 Kashmir 14 Jharkhand 0 0 1 22 27 247 259 556 15 Karnataka 0 0 0 31 5816 46578 5903 58328 16 Kerala 0 3 0 0 32 2995 39747 42777 17 Lakshadweep 0 0 1 3 2 43 419 468 18 Madhya Pradesh 0 1 0 3 15 4904 16398 21321 19 Maharashtra 0 2 15 37 2196 39657 21032 62939 20 Manipur 1 3 0 0 0 248 141 393 21 Meghalaya 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 13 22 Odisha 1 12 107 945 1942 1344 1850 6201 23 Puducherry 0 0 0 0 1 145 474 620 24 Punjab 1 2 4 1655 4298 16421 3529 25910 25 Rajasthan 0 4 13 11 168 7073 14969 22238 26 Tamil Nadu 0 0 0 0 12 1432 6808 8252 27 Telangana 0 1 0 2 2244 23189 21046 46482 28 Tripura 0 0 397 1 0 1879 503 2780 29 Uttarakhand 0 2 7 100 225 775 1170 2279 30 UP Shia 0 0 12 51 163 3230 3030 6486 31 UP Sunni 2 2 7 140 2354 31363 52494 86362 32 West Bengal 2 3 21 3 90 4248 18724 23091 Total 11 51 822 4327 25826 242463 243582 517082 *****