Parliament Question: Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-2765 ANSWERED ON 05/08/2026 WAQF (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2025

2765. SHRI E TUKARAM SHRI SASIKANTH SENTHIL

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state: -

(a) whether the Government has taken steps after the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 to improve digitisation, income reporting and transparent management of Waqf properties across the country;

(b) if so, the details of the number of Waqf properties registered, digitised and updated on the Central Waqf portal, State/UT-wise;

(c) whether State Waqf Boards report the annual income generated from Waqf properties and the utilisation of such income for education, scholarships, hostels, healthcare and other charitable purposes and if so, the details thereof;

(d) whether any assessment has been made of Waqf properties that can be developed for educational and social welfare purposes including schools, colleges, skill centres, hostels and healthcare facilities; and

(e) if so, the details thereof along with the steps taken by the Central Waqf Council to ensure that income from Waqf properties is used for the benefit of intended beneficiaries? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF MINORITY AFFAIRS (SHRI KIREN RIJIJU)

(a) The Unified Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency and Development (UMEED) Act, 1995 as amended by Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, has come into force w.e.f. 08.04.2026. As per Section 3(ka) of the UMEED Act, 1995, UMEED Central Portal-2025 has been developed and launched on 06.06.2025 for uploading details of waqf, registration of new waqf, and for facilitating the overall management and governance of waqf properties in a transparent manner.(b) As on 31.07.2026, State/UT wise number of waqf properties uploaded on the UMEED Central Portal-2025 across the country is at Annexure-I.

(c) As per Section 3-B of the UMEED Act, 1995, the details of waqf which are to be uploaded on the Portal including, inter alia, details of annual income and expenses of the waqf properties, details of amount set apart for religious, charitable and other purposes etc.

(d) and (e) As per Section 32 of the UMEED Act, 1995, the general superintendence of all auqaf in a State vests in the Waqf Board established or the State and it is the duty of the Waqf Board to exercise its powers under this Act to ensure that the auqaf under its superintendence are properly maintained, controlled and administered and the income thereof is duly applied to the objects and for the purposes for which the auqaf were created or intended.

Central Waqf Council is a statutory body under the Central Government for the purpose of advising the Central Government, State Governments and the Waqf Boards on matters concerning the working of the Waqf Boards and the due administration of auqaf. The Waqf Boards have to furnish information to the Council on the performance of Waqf Boards in a State, particularly on their financial performance, survey, maintenance of waqf deeds, revenue records, encroachment of waqf properties, annual reports and audit reports.

In accordance with provisions of Section 3-B(1) of the UMEED Act, 1995, the process of uploading, verification and validation of waqf property details on the UMEED Central Portal- 2025 is ongoing. Accordingly, information regarding annual income from waqf properties, and its utilisation for the intended purposes can be ascertained once the process of completion of data uploading and validation is completed.

*****ANNEXURE-I ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (B) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2765 FOR 05.08.2026 ON ‘WAQF (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2025’ RAISED BY SHRI E TUKARAM AND SHRI SASIKANTH SENTHIL.

WAQF PROGRESS REPORT AS ON 31.07.2026 No. of Total No of No of No of Waqf Waqf Waqf Waqf Properties Properties Properti Properties Submitted No of Total No of Rejected By es Submitted By Waqf Waqf Checker / Initiated By Maker Checker Properties Properties Approver for entry (Pending (Pending Approved Initiated / (Pending Sr. State Waqf by with with by Completed with No. Board Maker C hecker) A pprover) A pprover T i ll Date Maker) (A + B + C +

(A) (B) (C) (D) D + E) (E) Andaman And Nicobar 1 Islands 58 0 1 147 213 7 Andhra 2 Pradesh 318 429 63 14698 15584 76 3 Assam 74 411 32 188 734 29 4 Bihar Shia 245 28 5 5955 6312 79 5 Bihar Sunni 1358 1715 58 6700 11420 1589 6 Chandigarh 1 0 0 22 23 0 7 Chhattisgarh 133 24 0 2089 2445 199 8 Delhi 273 1901 150 200 3182 658 9 Gujarat 2846 19 9 24508 30796 3414 10 Haryana 408 0 0 12919 13447 120 Himachal 11 Pradesh 58 16 0 837 915 4 Jammu 12 and Kashmir 221 33 3 25248 25567 62 13 Jharkhand 221 750 3 135 1109 0 14 Karnataka 4114 55 2 53509 58845 1165 15 Kerala 3903 8020 21 63086 79951 4921 16 Lakshadweep 131 37 0 298 479 13 Madhya 17 Pradesh 1939 6076 566 22362 32375 1432 18 Maharashtra 4486 10388 52 46961 71936 10049 19 Manipur 17 55 91 374 542 5 20 Meghalaya 0 0 0 13 13 0 21 Odisha 470 115 301 4050 6626 1690 22 Puducherry 24 62 4 507 624 2723 Punjab 735 7 1 25374 26339 222 24 Rajasthan 2376 756 379 17034 32616 12071 25 Tamil Nadu 2187 991 2 8014 15120 3926 26 Telangana 3798 1 7 54605 63984 5573 Dadra And Nagar Haveli and Daman 27 And Diu 1 1 0 0 2 0 28 Tripura 23 0 0 2710 2778 45 29 Uttarakhand 281 63 147 1599 2386 296 Uttar Pradesh 30 Shia 1005 328 26 4758 8176 2059 Uttar Pradesh 31 Sunni 13877 5717 198 103184 152713 29737 32 West Bengal 3680 1503 12 115551 131845 11099 Total 49261 39501 2133 617635 799097 90567 *****