Lok Sabha Question No. 3801 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-17
Subject: Enemy Properties
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Parvatagouda Chandanagouda Gaddigoudar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3801

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 17 TH  MARCH, 2020/PHALGUNA 27, 1941 (SAKA)

ENEMY PROPERTIES

3801.

SHRI P.C. GADDIGOUDAR:

SHRI RAJIV RANJAN SINGH ALIAS LALAN SINGH:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  the  total  number  of  enemy  properties  located  in  the  country  and  the approximate value thereof, Statewise;

(b)  whether  the  Government has set up a high level Committee for disposal of enemy properties vested with the Custodian of Enemy Property for India;

(c) if so, the details thereof; and

(d)  the  time  by  which  the  above  proposal  is  likely  to  be  implemented  and  the estimated  amount  of  revenue  likely  to  be  generated  by  the  Government  as  a result of this proposal?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)

(a):   As on date enemy shares of 302 companies and 12426 immovable enemy properties are vested in the Custodian of Enemy Property for India (CEPI). The details of vested immovable properties are given in Annexure-I. The value of the enemy properties has been estimated at about Rupees One Lakh Crore.

(b) & (c): The Government of India has laid down detailed procedure for sale of enemy shares vide Order dated 18.02.2019. Further, the Government vide Orders dated 21.03.2018, 08.03.2019 and 22.01.2020 laid down the detailed procedures for  disposal of  immovable enemy  properties vested in the  Custodian of  Enemy

## LS.US.Q.NO.3801 FOR 17.03.2020

Property for India (CEPI). The  details are given in Annexure-II. Several Committees including  the  Alternative  Mechanism  consisting  of  Home  Minister, Finance Minister and Minister of Road Transport and Highways have been set up by the aforesaid orders.

(d):   Vesting of an enemy property is an ongoing process as new properties are taken up for vesting after their identification and the  properties so vested are taken up for disposal  thereafter.   The disposal is subject to market processes and judicial interventions.  Therefore, no time limit has been fixed for disposal of enemy properties.

## LS.US.Q.NO.3801 FOR 17.03.2020

## ANNEXURE-I

ANNEX REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3801TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 17.03.2020

## Details of immovable enemy properties vested with the CEPI

| Sl.No.   | Name of State    |   Total No. of properties |
|----------|------------------|---------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh   |                        01 |
| 2.       | Assam            |                        29 |
| 3.       | Andaman& Nicobar |                        01 |
| 4.       | Bihar            |                        94 |
| 5.       | Chhattisgarh     |                        11 |
| 6.       | Delhi            |                       659 |
| 7.       | Daman & Diu      |                        01 |
| 8.       | Goa              |                       295 |
| 9.       | Gujarat          |                       152 |
| 10.      | Haryana          |                        71 |
| 11.      | Jharkhand        |                        10 |
| 12.      | Karnataka        |                        24 |
| 13.      | Kerala           |                        71 |
| 14.      | Madhya Pradesh   |                        94 |
| 15.      | Maharashtra      |                       208 |
| 16.      | Meghalaya        |                        57 |
| 17.      | Rajasthan        |                        13 |
| 18.      | Tamil Nadu       |                        67 |
| 19.      | Telangana        |                       157 |
| 20.      | Tripura          |                       105 |
| 21.      | Uttar Pradesh    |                      5936 |
| 22.      | Uttarakhand      |                        69 |
| 23.      | West Bengal      |                      4301 |
|          | Total            |                     12426 |

## LS.US.Q.NO.3801 FOR 17.03.2020

## ANNEXURE-II

ANNEX REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) & (c) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3801TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 17.03.2020

Detailed procedure for disposal of enemy shares Order dated 18.02.2019

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